Mapping
Time Zones
Indigenous Names
Lat and Long
Skill Testing!
100

This type of map shows national and state boundaries rather than physical features.

Political Map

100

This is the number of Time Zones we have in Canada

six

100

The Indigenous name for Toronto, meaning "where there are trees standing in the water."

Tkaronto

100

This is the name for imaginary horizontal lines that measure distances north or south of the Equator.

Lines or Parallels of Latitude

100

If it is 6:50 in Montreal, what time is it in Winnipeg?

5:50

200

A topographic map uses these lines to represent elevation changes.

Contour Lines

200

This Canadian engineer helped develop the system of standard time.

Sir Sanford Fleming

200

This city’s name comes from the Algonquin word "Kebec," meaning "where the river narrows."

Quebec City

200

The Prime Meridian, located at 0° longitude, passes through this famous location in England.

Greenwich

200

If it is 7:51 in Winnipeg what time is it in St. John's?

10:21

300

The essential elements of a map can be remembered with this acronym: TODALS.

Title, Orientation, Date, Author, Legend,Scale
300

The Canadian province that has a time zone offset by 30 minutes instead of a full hour.

Newfoundland 

300

This Okanagan name, "Kiʔláwnaʔ," translates to "grizzly bear."

Kelowna

300

The name of the latitude line where the sun is directly overhead during the Winter Solstice.

Tropic of Capricorn

300

Using the Map of England that Ms. Panning projects (because you have to pay a premium to add it to a jeopardy game), find the lat and long coordinates of the city of London.

51.5 degrees Norrth, 0.1 degrees west

400

This type of map uses dots to show the presence of a feature or phenomenon.

Dot Map
400

This Province does not observe daylight savings time.

Saskatchewan

400

The Indigenous name for Ottawa, "Odawa," refers to this economic activity

Trading or Buying and Selling

400

The International Date Line is found at this degree of longitude.

180 Degrees

400

Using the Map of England that Ms. Panning projects (because you have to pay a premium to add it to a jeopardy game), find the lat and long coordinates of the city of Middlesbrough

54.6 degrees N, 1.2 degrees west

500

A thematic map that uses shaded or coloured areas to represent statistical data.

choropleth map

500

Daylight Savings Time is often remembered using this phrase

What is spring forward, fall backwards

500

The city of Saskatoon is named after this fruit.

Saskatoon Berry

500

The two latitude lines that define the area known as "the tropics."

Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer

500

Name each of the Canadian time zones from West to East

  • Pacific Standard Time (PST)
  • Mountain Standard Time (MST)
  • Central Standard Time (CST)
  • Eastern Standard Time (EST)
  • Atlantic Standard Time (AST)
  • Newfoundland Standard Time (NST)
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