Geographical Thinking Concepts
How do human forces, natural forces, and events connect to influence each other?
Interrelationships
Ordinal Directions
In the 1500's-1600's what nation cam to North America and started to colonize the area known as 'Acadia"?
France
Lines that run North to South
Meridians
What's Santa Clause favorite map?
Winkel-Tripel
What information can be used as evidence to support ideas about geography, and how adequately does the geographical evidence justify the interpretation offered?
Evidence & Interpretation
What cardinal direction is Bathurst in relation to Miramichi?
North
What are the three main groupings of Indigenous people in Canada?
First Nations, Metis, Inuit
How do you write a basic coordinate?
1. North or South of the Equator
2. East or West of Prime Meridian
What does NGS stand for?
National Geographic Society
What can we conclude about variation and distribution of geographical characteristics over time?
Patterns & Trends
Four main points of a compass N,S,E, and W
Cardinal Direction
What two things attracted indigenous parents to allowing their children to attend residential schools?
Healthcare
They wanted their children to succeed in the 'new world'
What is a 'revolution'
One full trip around the sun
What is distorted by the Gall-Peters Projection?
Shape of land masses
How do we determine and assess features that make locations/phenomena important?
What degree is South West?
225 degrees
What are the four principle groups in New Brunswick?
Mi'kmaq
Penobscot
Wolastoqiyik
Passamaquoddy
List the lines of Latitude
Artic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
How did Robinson work backwards when creating his map?
He approached it artistically
How desirable and responsible are the practices and outcomes associated with particular geographical actions and events?
Ethical Judgement
247.5 degrees
WSW
What two documents reflect the residential schools?
The Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, similar one for the survivors of the Newfoundland and Labrador schools
If it's 1:00pm in Greenwich Mean Time, what time is it in St. John New Brunswick?
9:00am
What is the shortcoming of the Mercator map projection?
Preserving land size