The Canadian Geographer
This map projection stretches land near the poles, making places like Canada look bigger than they are.
What is the Mercator Projection?
The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.
What is Pangea?
Weather describes daily conditions, while this term describes long-term patterns.
What is Climate?
A resource that can be replaced naturally over time.
What is a renewable resource?
Population distribution where people live along rivers or roads.
What is Linear distribution?
Name one bias of the Mercator Projection
What is that it exaggerates the size of land near the poles / makes Europe and North America look more important? / Greenland is much bigger
The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
Name one LOWERN factor that affects climate.
What is Latitude / Ocean Currents / Wind & Air Masses / Elevation / Relief / Near Water?
This industry level involves taking raw materials from the Earth.
What is Primary Industry?
This population pyramid shape shows an aging population like Japan.
What is a narrow base / top-heavy pyramid?
This geographic thinking concept asks: Why is this place important?
What is Spatial Significance?
Give one piece of evidence Wegener used to support his theory.
What are fossils, rock types, mountain ranges, or climate evidence?
This happens when tectonic plates move and can cause earthquakes or volcanoes.
What is plate movement / plate tectonics?
Turning raw materials into products happens at this industry level.
What is Secondary Industry?
People under 15 and over 65 are part of this group.
What is the dependent population?
This concept looks at how humans and the environment affect each other.
What are Interrelationships?
This Canadian scientist helped explain plate tectonic movements.
Who is J. Tuzo Wilson?
Changing how we live to deal with climate change is called this.
What is Adaptation?
An energy source like wind or solar is considered this type.
What is Alternative Energy?
A reason people leave a country is called this.
What is a Push Factor?
Social, political, environmental, and economic impacts are known as these.
What are Lenses of Impact?
This plate movement causes earthquakes when plates slide past each other.
What is Transform Movement?
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate change is called this.
What is Mitigation?
This viewpoint believes technology can solve environmental problems.
What is the Technocentric View?
Canada’s immigration system awards points based on skills, education, and language - how many points do you need to enter Canada.
What is the Point System? / 67 points