Which of the following types of questions could be answered with some kind of distribution map?
check all that apply:
a. who are the victims of a certain type of crime?
b. why is an education system succeeding or failing?
c. how many people own homes?
d. who can read and who can’t?

The questions that could be answered by a distribution map are:

A) Who are the victims of a certain type of crime?

C) How many people own homes?

D) Who can read and who can't?

Explanation:

Distribution maps are used to represent the spatial distribution of a characteristic or attribute on a map.  They are very useful for identifying patterns.  In the case of questions A, C, and D, a distribution map could help to show where people with a certain characteristic are located.  For example, for option A, the map might show that people living in a certain area of town were the victims of a given crime.  

Option C could not be answered by a distribution map because it is looking for a complex set of reasons that cannot be mapped out spatially.  

no

explanation:

since the earth is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator, geodesy represents the figure of the earth as an oblate spheroid. the oblate spheroid, or oblate ellipsoid, is an ellipsoid of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.