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Flashcards by Courtney Sampson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Courtney Sampson
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| Question | Answer |
| What are the 5 themes of geograpy? | Place, Location, Human / Environmental Interaction, Regions, Movement. |
| What is cartography? | the study of maps / map making |
| Why do we study geography | to understand the problems we may face such as: too many people overusing the earths resources lack of natural resources failure to education death, disease, cancer strong relationships to the enviornment |
| How many ordinal and cardinal points on a compass are there? | Ordinal = 12 Cardinal = 4 |
| What are the points on a compass rose | N NNE NE ENE E ESE SE SSE S SSW SW WSW W WNW NW NNW |
| What are the provinces and territories and their capitals | Ontario - Toronto Quebec - Quebec City New Brunswick - Fredricton Nova Scotia - Halifax Newfoundland - St. John British Colombia - Victoria Saskatchewan - Regina Manitoba - Winnipeg Alberta - Edmonton PEI - Charlottetown Nunavut - Iqaluit Yukon - Whitehorse NWT - Yellowknife |
| What is latitude | Line going -----, separates the N & S hemispheres |
| What is longitude | Line going l separates the E & W hemispheres |
| What elements should be on a map | label, border, compass rose, scale, |
| What are some types of graphs | bar graph, pie graph, double bar graph, line graph, plot graph |
| what is a small scale map? | a map that shows a large area with a small amount of detail |
| what is a large scale map? | Map that shows a large amount of detail in a small area. |
| Define Pangea | a supercontinent that existed 200 - 300 million years ago |
| define plate tectonics | theory that says earths outer layer is made up of plates which causes earthquakes, volcanoes etc |
| define continental drift | the shifting of the continents to create and dismantle pangea |
| define geoscience | a term used to describe a range of fiels within geology and resource management |
| define convectional precipitation | precipitation on hot summer days causes ground to heat which causes air to rise by convection when it cools precipitation occurs |
| define relief precipitation | when an air mass rises to cross a mountain barrier precipitation occurs |
| What are the different eras and their major geological contributions | Cenozoic - recent life - era of humans and mammals Mesozoic - middle life - age of reptiles birds and flowering plants Paleozoic - ancient life - era of fish amphibians and insects Precambrian - earliest life - first single and multicelled organisms |
| 4 main parts of the rock cycle | Metamorphic, Sediments, Magma, Igneous |
| how many landform regions are there | 7 Innuitian mountains Hudson bay - Arctic lowlands Western Cordillera Interior Plains Canadian Shield Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands Appalachians |
| What affects climateL | Latitude Ocean currents Winds and air masses Elevation (Altitude) Relief Near water |
| What is continental climate | warm to hot summers, cold winters, winnipeg manitoba |
| what is maritime climate | cool to warm summers, cool winters, halifax nova scotia |
| how many climate regions are there | 8 Arctic Taiga Cordillera Pacific Maritime Boreal Prairie Southeastern Atlantic Maritime |
| what are climographs? | climographs show monthly average precipitation and temperature |
| what are the 4 main parts of soil | 1. Minerals 2. Bacteria 3. Air 4. Moisture |
| what are the 4 soil regions of canada | Tundra Soils Wet climate soils Dry climate soils Complex soils of mountain areas |
| how many natural vegetation regions are in canada | 7 Tundra West Coast Forest Cordilleran vegetation Boreal and taiga Forest grassland mixed forest deciduos forest |
| how many ecozones are there? | 15 Taiga Cordillera Boreal Cordillera Pacific Maritime Taiga Plains Boreal Plains Prairie Taiga Shield Southern Arctic Northern Arctic Arctic Cordillera Boreal Shield Mixwood Plains Hudson Plains Atlantic Maritime |
| define ecosystem | an ecosystem is a distinct region determined by physical, biological, and human factors. |
| Describe the Boreal Plains | Landforms ar elevel to rolling plains Climate : long cold winters, short warm summers Vegetation : black spruce coniferous trees white birch Soils: Rich Human Activities : Population; 771 205, forestry, farming, oil Major Urban areas: Hinton and La Ronge |
| Name a few types of natural disastors | Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis |
| What are the 7 \continents | North america south america africa australia antartica europe asia |
| define population density | found by dividing the population by area |
| define prime meridian | a line that joins the N and S poles, goes through greenwich England) |
| Define GDP | gross domestic product, total value of goods and services produced in a country per person |
| Define gps | global positioning system, uses longitude and latitude to pin point an exact location anywhere on the earths surface |
| Define GIS | graphic information system software package for input maanagement analysis and display if spatial information |
| what is a population pyramid | a graph that shows population distribution by sex and age |
| 4 stages of population change | 1. high birth rate, high death rate 2. high birth rate, drop in death rate 3. birth rate drops, death rate is still low 4. birth rate and death rate are almost even |
| Describe some moments in canada's immigration history | high number of immigrants in good economic times and post war. low number of immigrants in poor economic times, depressions and wars |
| What are some examples of push factors | War, poor economics and education, natural disasters |
| What are some examples of pull factors | relatives, friends, climate and jobs |
| what are the 3 types of immigrants | 1.Business 2.Family 3.Refugee |
| What are the 3 key factors affecting rrrural settlement | 1.resources 2.transporation 3.government |
| what are the 6 major land groups | - residential - recreational - institutional - industrial - transportational - commercial |
| what are the 4 factors affecting land use patterns | 1. zoning 2. technology 3. land value 4. climate |
| Define economic base | economic activities that allow a community to exist |
| define greenbelt | preserved undeveloped land protected from urban development |
| define zoning | laws controlling the amount of development in an area |
| what is UNICEF | UNITED NATIONS CHILDRENS FUND promotes role of children |
| what is FAO | food and agriculture orgaization, raise nutrition and distributes food |
| what is WHO | world health organization. promotes research, provides medicine and supplies |
| What are the 4 principles of CIDA | 1. ddeal with poverty first 2. build partnerships 3. promote developent 4. help people help themselves |
| what are canadas main imports | technology goods from armer climates low cost goods motor vehicle parts |
| What are canadas main exports | 1. products based on our natural resources 2. plastics 3. motor vehicles 4. manufactured goods |
| what is protectionism | having high tariffs to protect companies |
| whatare 3 resons why canada must export | to pay for stuff we import to keep a healthy economy lower the price of canadian made good for canadians |
| define foreign aid | finiancial assistance provided to developing countries |
| define globalization | free movement of goods and services |
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