Unit 1
Name all 13 provinces and territories?
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.
Name the 5 great lakes?
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
What is livability
Livability is how good a place is to live in.
What is the thinnest layer of earth?
The thinnest layer of earth is the crust.
What is the absolute location ?
the exact, unchangeable geographic position of a point on Earth
Name The four Concepts of Geographic Thinking
Interrelationships?
Natural + Natural
Natural + Human
Human + Natural
Human + Human
Name the 3 types of maps?
General purpose maps,Thematic Maps,Topographical Maps.
Which method of transportation is the cheapest when moving goods across continents?
The answer is water
What is Earth's inner core mostly made up of?
The inner core made up mainly of iron and nickel.
Name 5 important cities in Canada?
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, and Ottawa
What are the 5 types of trends?
Increasing,Decreasing,Unchanging,Fluctuating,Unpredictable
Name the 5 levels of connections?
Local,Regional,Provincial,National,Global
What are the 5 different types of transportation?
The five different types of transportation are road, rail, water, air, and pipelines.
What is the outer core mostly heated by?
The answer is radioactive decay.
What are 5 different build-up physical processes?
The 5 are tectonic plants, volcanoes, glaciers, rivers, and wind.
Name the 4 Geo technologies?
GPS,GIS,Telematics,Remote sensing
What are the 4 concepts of geographical thinking?
spatial significance, patterns and trends, interrelationships, and geographic perspectives
What are the four different categories of livability?
The four different categories of livabilities are social, environmental, economic, and political.
Approximately how many years does it take for Earth's magnetic field to reverse, and what layer of Earth produces earth magnetic field?
The answers are that Earth's magnetic field reverses every 200,000 to 300,000 years, and the layer that produces the magnetic field is the outer core
What is Alpha Numeric Grid?
A grid system using letters and numbers to see squares on a map.
What are the 6 different patterns and what do they each mean?
Dispersed,evenly spread out. Concentrated,Focused in one spot only. Clustered,multiple groupings. Linear,follows a line. Outlier, out of place. Absent,Missing or not present.
Why is it often necessary to use Latitude and longitude grid systems?
Using a grid with latitude and longitude on it is necessary for an absolute location anywhere on earth
How do rapid population growth and declining mortality rates in developing countries primarily affect urban housing?
They cause cities to grow faster than housing can be built, resulting in slums.
Who created the hypothesis of continental drift?
The answer is Dr. Alfred Wegener.
What does the social geographical perspective focus on?
Focuses on people, culture, and quality of life.