Geographic Knowledge
What does the suffix "graphia" mean in Greek
what is "to describe, to write, to draw, to record"
it explains meanings of symbols and colors on a map
What is a legend
What is the best representation of the earth?
What is a globe
What is the Capital City of Yukon
What is Whitehorse
the number of points on a compass rose
What is eight
Geography is a study of relationships that exist in the environment between __________________
What is People and the Land OR Land and the People
__________ is the art and science of making maps.
What is cartography
What map is well suited for navigation charts – gives true compass bearings between any two points but distances and area are greatly distorted
What is mercator projection
Which is the southern most province in Canada
What is Ontario
Services that are offered in a growing city would fall under the discipline of __________
What is Human Geography
What are the three questions we ask to gain geographic knowledge?
What is Where?
Why is it there?
Why should we care?
What are the two types of Maps?
What is Reference and Topographic
Which map projection was adopted by the National Geographic Society
What is the Winkel Tripel Projection
Where is Thunder Bay located (State Province & closest geographic landform)
What is Ontario- right on Lake Superior
What is the branch of natural Science in Geography which deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment
What is Physical Geography
What is geographic Knowledge
What is knowledge of Terms relating to geography (what?). Places: spatial knowledge (where?). Methods & systems used to look at things geographically (what, where and why there?)
What type of map show the distribution of a specific topic.
What is topographic map
an equal-area map projection that has the least amount of distortion
What is a Winkel Tripel projection
Which is located more north- Saskatoon or Regina
What is Saskatoon
Where is the Great Plains ecozone located AND what is the landed often used for?
What is (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba) and (Agriculture, Urbanization, Oil & gas)
What is the criteria to determine Geographic Importance?
What is
Spatial Influence
Inherent or assigned significance
Instrumental or Strategic Value
List all seven components a map should have.
What is..
title
scale
legend
date of publication
direction
borders
information about the map projection.
Which projection has the lines of latitude straight and lines of longitude curved?
What is Robinson projection
Which is located more South- Edmonton or Calgary?
What is Calgary
What is the definition of Biome
What is "A Biome is a large geographical area characterized by specific plant and animal communities."