Canada
Capital of Canada
Ottawa
What continent is India apart of?
Asia
A person who is a map-maker
cartographers
Define Physical Geography:
Physical geography is the study of Earth's seasons, climate, atmosphere, soil, streams, landforms, and oceans.
A large hill with steep sides. Formed when large pieces of the earth collide and forces the earth upwards
Mountain
Capital of Ontario
Toronto
Which Country has a larger land mass?
(A) Greenland
(B) Brazil
(C) India
(B) Brazil
What are 'Cardinal Directions'?
North, East, South, West
Define Human Geography:
The study of the interrelationships between people, place, and environment.
or
How humans impact the environment.
Land areas where more water evaporates into the air than comes back through precipitation
Desert
Alberta
Which Continent is Brazil in?
South America
Longitude runs?
Vertical
North to South
Is the Ice melting in the Arctic human or physical geography? Explain.
Human geography, because humans are causing global warming.
Large area of tall land with a mostly flat top formed in many different ways: erosion of mountains or magma swells up below the surface of the earth
Plateau
What is the Capital of Nunavut?
Iqaluit
What continent is Greenland in?
North America
Latitude runs?
Horizontal
East to West
Roads, buildings, malls and schools are part of physical geography or human geography?
Human geography
Found at the edge of rivers where they meet the ocean dirt and other sediment flow down the river and creates a triangle piece of land at the mouth of a river
Delta
What is the current population of Canada?
39.1 million (and growing)
Name the two continents that would help prove the theory of Continental Drift and explain why
South America and Africa
- They seem to 'fit' together as if they were connected at one time
What are Intermediate directions?
The intermediate directions are northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW), and northwest (NW).
Give an example of how human geography has impacted the earth.
Answers may vary.
What is one of the most common ways in which landforms are formed or changed?
Tectonic Forces
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
Glaciation
Mining
Land Reclamation