All About Canada
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What are the 5 themes of Geography?
Location, Movement, Place, Region, Human/Environmental Interaction
Why is Canada referred to as a country with a scattered population?
Big country with people spread out throughout it.
North, South, East and West.
What is the capital of Ontario?
Toronto
What continent is Canada located in?
North America
Geography was first studied by what ancient civilization?
the Greeks
Name 2 things that will effect the population of a country (increase or decrease in population)
Cartologist. .
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
How many provinces and territories does Canada have?
10 provinces and 3 territories
Geography is the study of two branches: human geography and ___________ geography.
Physical
What is a clustered population?
A population that is close together and unevenly distributed.
How many continents are there? Name them.
What country's flag is represented by a red circle in the middle of a plain red background?
Japan
How many Great Lakes border Canada?
5
What was the industrial revolution?
The evolution of manufacturing.
What does carrying capacity mean when you are talking about population?
The maximum amount of species an environment can support.
This is a type of map that shows a certain theme (such as population trends).
Choropleth Maps.
What 4 countries are represented in Great Britain's Union Jack flag?
Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
Name the 3 oceans that surround Canada.
Atlantic to the east, Pacific to the west and the Arctic to the North.
One career that you can do if you study geography is this, helping governments understand what kind of resources and buildings are needed in a city.
What is an urban planner?
Demography.
Name at least 3 countries that you plotted on your map of South America.
Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Ecuador, Columbia etc etc.
What flag is white with a blue globe, and olive branches creeping up on either side ?
United nations flag