Mapping Canada
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, East, South, and West
Name the four hemispheres of Earth.
Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western
What is the name of the imaginary line at 0° latitude that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
What map feature explains the symbols and colours used on a map?
Legend
Name the three oceans that border Canada
Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans
What direction is halfway between North and East on a 16-point compass?
Northeast (NE)
Which two hemispheres is most of Canada located in?
What is the difference between latitude and longitude?
Latitude measures north or south of the Equator.
Longitude measures east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Name all six essential features of a map.
Title, legend, scale, direction, border, and date of publication
How many provinces and territories does Canada have?
10 Provinces and 3 Territories
What are the three types of map scale?
Direct statement, line (or linear), and representative fraction scale (RF).
What does the acronym PMCEAN stand for when remembering Canada's time zones?
Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic, Newfoundland
What do you call a person who creates or designs maps?
Cartographer
You want to study the population density of different Canadian provinces. Should you use a topographic map or a thematic map?
Thematic map
Which Canadian province is located directly west of New Brunswick and directly north of the state of Maine?
Quebec
A map uses a scale of 1:50,000. If two locations are 4 cm apart on the map, how far apart are they in real life? Give your answer in kilometres.
1:50,000
(4 x 1) = (4 x 50,000)
4cm = 200,000 km
200,000 / 100,000 = 2km
It is 2:00 p.m. in Toronto, which observes Eastern Time. What time is it in Winnipeg, which observes Central Time?
1:00 p.m. Winnipeg is one hour behind Toronto.
What is the difference between a political map and a general-purpose map?
A political map emphasizes borders and political divisions, while a general-purpose map shows a variety of features, such as roads, cities, and physical features.
What is one major difference between a globe and a flat map when representing Earth's surface?
A globe represents Earth's overall shape more accurately, while a flat map can distort size, shape, distance, or direction.
Starting in Ontario, name the provincial capital cities you would pass through as you travel east to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Toronto, Quebec City, Fredericton, Halifax, and St. John’s.
A map has a verbal scale: 1 cm represents 5 km. Two towns are 7 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they in real life, and what type of scale is being used?
35 km
Direct statement scale
It is 12:00 noon in Toronto. What time is it in St. John's, Newfoundland, which is 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Toronto?
1:30 p.m. This accounts for Newfoundland's half-hour time-zone difference.
What is the International Date Line, and what generally happens when you cross it?
An imaginary line near 180° longitude where the calendar date changes by approximately one day when crossed.
A map makes Greenland appear almost as large as Africa, even though Africa is much larger. What is this an example of, and why does it happen?
Distortion is caused by representing Earth's curved surface on a flat map.