Capital Cities
What is the capital city of Nova Scotia?
Halifax
What is province is Quebec City the capital city of?
Quebec
What is one way to remember the four directions?
NWSE
What is the centre latitude line called (0° latitude)?
Equator
What is a mountain?
Land that is very high above its surroundings. Is higher than a hill.
What is the capital city of Alberta?
Edmonton
What is province is Charlottetown the capital city of?
Prince Edward Island (PEI)
What are the three things places in a region share?
Similar climate, natural resources, and physical features (landforms).
What is half of the globe called?
Hemisphere
What are plains?
Flatlands
What is the capital city of Nunavut?
Iqaluit
What is province is Toronto the capital city of?
Ontario
What are the three climate zones?
Polar, temperate, and tropical
What are the invisible lines that go sideways (horizontally) on a globe called?
Latitude
What is a valley?
A landform with mountains on either side.
What is the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador?
St. John's
What are the three territories?
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
What are the eight directions on a compass rose?
N, NW, W, SW, S, SE, E, NE
What are the invisible lines that go up and down (vertically) on a globe called?
Longitude
What is a peninsula?
Land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is the capital city of Canada and where is it located?
Ottawa, in Ontario
What are the four maritime provinces?
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island (PEI), Newfoundland and Labrador
What lines divides the Earth into two hemispheres?
AND
What are the names of the two hemispheres?
Equator
Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
What is the centre longitude line called (0° longitude)?
Prime Meridian
What is a plateau?
Raised land that is flat on top. Usually has a cliff on at least one side.