Geographic Literacy
Natural Resources
Food from the Land
Industry and trade
Urban Places
100
name the only country in the world that has a larger area than Canada?
Russia
100
Is natural gas renewable or nonrenewable?
nonrenewable
100
what are the 2 types of trees?
coniferous trees and deciduous trees.
100
What are the 3 job groups?
Primary, secondary, tertiary.
100
What are the two factors that affect residential land use?
cost of land and age of neighbourhood
200
How many compass points are on a compass rose?
16
200
which province has the biggest oil reserve?
Alberta
200
what is the most northern vegetation region?
the tundra
200
which industry is trade in?
tertiary
200
What is the tallest building called?
Burj Khalifa
300
How many time zones are there in the world?
24
300
what percent of Alberta's forests get cut down for the oil sands?
1%
300
what are the 3 layers of soil?
Topsoil, subsoil, and parent material.
300
what percent of the work force is secondary industry?
21.2%
300
Why were factories near waterfronts and railways before the 1940's?
because all the transportation was by water or rail.
400
what are the 3 different types of map grid systems?
Alphanumeric grid, Map grid (military grid), Latitude and longitude grid.
400
which country has the most fresh water?
Brazil
400
what is one characteristic of a deciduous tree?
their leafs fall off or they're dormant in winter etc.
400
which industry is transportation in?
Tertiary
400
why are houses so small in cities?
because land costs lots per square meters
500
what are the 6 elements of a map?
There is title, legend, scale, population, directions, and borders.
500
The bulk of our food production comes from which natural resource?
Arable land
500
which Canadian Eco-zone is the biggest?
Boreal Shield Eco-zone
500
Is a firefighter in your community a basic or non-basic job?
trick question it's both
500
what is winter-city concept?
where buildings have both indoor and outdoors features.
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