GTC/GGQ & Concepts
Any 2 letters to come up. BOTH must be correct.
What are the Geographic Guiding Questions and Geographic Thinking Concepts?
GGQ --> What is there? Why there? Why care?
GTC --> Spatial Significance, Interrelationships, Patterns and Trends, Geographic Perspectives
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List any 2 types of maps.
Political, physical, road, topographic, climate, economic/resource, choropleth
C's come up.
What was it called when all the continents were connected?
Pangaea.
A's come up.
List any 3 landform regions of Canada
Arctic, Cordillera, Interior Plains, Hudson Bay Lowlands, St. Lawrence Lowlands, Appalachian, Canadian Shield
A's come up.
Answer questions in the correct order
What provinces are directly west and east of Saskatchewan?
West - Alberta, East - Manitoba
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People and things related to people and culture and cities is what type of geography?
Human Geography
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What are the 5 major components of a map.
Border, Title, Legend, Direction (Compass), Scale
B's come up.
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
Choose any two. both must be correct.
Which two landform regions have a mix of both mountains and lowlands.
Canadian Shield and Arctic
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What province does the cordillera landform region mostly cover?
British Columbia
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Guatemala was formed from the constant layers of eruptions that created layers of lava that turned into land and soil.
This statement answers which guiding question?
GGQ - What is where? (How was it formed)
C's come up.
What is one benefit/positive to the peter's projection map?
Map that represents countries true to size.
Choose any two people. Both must be correct for points.
Which boundary has the plates crashing toward one another?
Convergent
C's come up.
Define this term AND identify 3 forces that affect this.
Natural movement of the earth's surface from one location to another.
Erosion - Water, wind, ice
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What are the 5 great lakes?
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
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If bananas lose popularity and demand, there is less to import, less need for jobs. However, if they gain popularity, more will be in demand, more profit more jobs.
Which GTC does this statement describe?
GTC - Interrelationships (How does one think affect the other?)
C's and B's come up. One person has to be correct.
Identify these two maps:
1. shows major or minor roads/highways.
2. No physical features and focuses on state, national, or boundaries of places
2. Political
A's come up.
What are the four main layers of the earth from outside to inside?
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
Any 2 come up and must be correct.
1. What is a large, slow moving piece of ice formed by layers of snow?
2. What are the two types?
Glacier - Alpine and Continental
Group answer together, 1 person come up.
Which territories are covered by the Canadian Shield?
What are their capital cities?
1. Northwest, Yellowknife
2. Nunavut, Iqaluit