Map of Canada
Geographic Thinking Concepts
Geographic Thinking Concepts Pt 2 :P
Map Projections
Latitude and Longitude
100

The capital of Manitoba

What is Winnipeg?

100

The branch of natural science which deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment such as the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere

What is physical geography?

100

The type of geography that economic activities is

What is human geography

100

The way we fit earth's three-dimensional surface onto flat paper or a screen

What is map projection

100

Imaginary lines on earth that run East-West around the globe and measure the distance North-South of the equator

What is latitude

200
The capital of Quebec

What is Quebec City?

200

An example of evidence

What is maps, statistical data, charts, diagrams, photographs, speeches, or editorials

200

The geographic thinking concept that examines the political, economic, and social context of geographic issues

What is geographic perspectives

200

A map maker

What is a cartographer

200

Another name for longitude lines

What is meridians

300

The capital of PEI

What is Charlottetown?

300

The concept that identifies the connection between the physical environment and human activities

What is interrelationships?

300

The idea that refers to the arrangement of phenomena across the Earth's surface

What is spatial patterns

300

Occurs when you try to put something round on a flat surface

What is distortion

300

The latitude line at 0°

What is the equator

400

The province Great Slave Lake is found in

Where is the Northwest Territories?

400
The idea that is about caring for and being accountable for the Earth's environment
What is environmental stewardship?
400

An example of environmental stewardship

What is various answers--correct ones to be determined by Ms. M

400

A map type that connect points of equal value, a.k.a. contour maps

What is isoline

400

The district in England where the prime meridian passes through

What is Greenwich, England

500

The five great lakes

What is Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Eerie, and Lake Ontario?

500

Three things to consider in the geographic thinking concept of patterns and trends

What is concentration, patterns of dispersion, and interconnectedness?

500

The three types of settlements, hand drawn and labelled

What is dispersed, linear, and nucleated

500

The four distortions we encounter when creating flat maps of a round earth

What is shape, distance, relative size, and direction
500

The approximate distance between each degree of latitude

What is 111km