Intro to Geography
These four questions guide our thinking when approaching geographical issues.
What's Where? Why there? Why care? What's next?
This tool allows us to navigate the world around us to understand the direction we are heading.
A compass.
This type of map has a specific theme to it and only shows that theme and nothing else.
Thematic map.
This city, located in Eastern Ontario, is the capital city of Canada.
Ottawa.
Global Positioning System.
This field of study is known generally as the study of place.
Geography
North, East, South, and West are the most commonly referred to points of direction. The term for what type of points they are shares its name with a red bird.
Cardinal points.
This part of a map explains the meaning behind symbols and colours on a map.
a legend.
These two cities are the capital cities of Ontario and Quebec, respectively.
Toronto, Quebec City.
This information system is a computer system that contains mapping data that people can use to inform decisions about a wide variety of things, such us urban planning.
Concentrations, clusters, linear data, absent data, outliers, and dispersed data are all examples of this part of the Concepts of Geographic Thinking.
Patterns.
These types of points are not cardinal points but represent the remaining directions on a compass.
Ordinal points.
This type of map includes contour lines and spot heights.
Topographic maps.
This ocean is located off the coast of British Colombia.
The Pacific Ocean.
This geotechnology involves communication between devices. It is part of why Google Maps knows traffic patterns in real time.
Telematics.
This Concept of Geographic Thinking involves analyzing an issue from different perspectives including social, environmental, economical, and political.
Geographical Perspectives
The specific degree (ex: 90 degrees East) where we are located shares the first four letters of its name with a commonly found fuzzy predator.
Bearings.
Lines of longitude show us our position east and west when looking at a map/globe. This line, which runs at 0 degrees, is longitude's version of the Equator.
The Prime Meridian.
The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is famously made up of an island and a piece of land attached to Quebec. This island, known as the Rock, was also featured in a famous Canadian musical.
Remote sensing helps us see footage of events happening in real time. This type of natural disaster is tracked very often using remote sensing so we can understand its movement patterns and where it may land so people can stay safe.
Hurricane.
Interrelationships allows us to analyze relationships between a mix of human and natural events. These four combinations are the possible types of relationships for our analysis.
H-H, H-N, N-H, N-N.
When reading a compass, the red arrow that moves always needs to line up with the non-moving red arrow underneath it. Across from the red arrow, this arrow tells us what direction we are heading.
Direction arrow.
These two tropics are located in the northern and southern hemispheres. They represent the position where the sun lies directly above you during the summer and winter solstices, respectively.
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.
This bay, located between Ontario and Quebec, is connected to the Hudson Bay and is politically a part of the province of Nunavut.
James Bay
Geotechnologies often work together. GPS, GIS, and Telematics work together to create this social media map which shows where all your friends are at any given point in time what they may be doing.
Snap Maps.