Location
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
What is absolute location gives the exact coordinates, and relative location describes a place in relation to something else?
Describe one way BC communities have adapted to the risk of earthquakes.
Answer: What is using earthquake-resistant building designs and emergency preparedness plans?
Why is it important for map readers to understand intermediate directions when navigating terrain in BC?
because terrain rarely aligns perfectly with cardinal directions, and intermediate directions help with precise navigation
What two types of characteristics define a "place" in geography?
What are physical and human characteristics?
100 – Which type of map is best for identifying provincial borders and capital cities?
Answer: What is a political map?
What direction does the magnet end of the compass always point?
North
What does “modifying the environment” mean in geography? Give one example from BC.
Answer: What is changing the natural environment to meet human needs, like building dams or highways?
What tool would you use to find the absolute location of a place on Earth?
What is a GPS or a map with latitude and longitude?
Identify one physical and one human characteristic that make the city of Kelowna unique.
Answer: What is Okanagan Lake (physical) and its wineries/agriculture (human)?
Which type of map would you use to compare the elevation of different mountain ranges in BC?
Answer: What is a topographic or physical map?
Why might using relative location be less helpful in a remote part of BC than in an urban area like Vancouver?
What is because fewer landmarks or infrastructure make relative descriptions harder to follow?
How do wildfires in BC both influence and result from human-environment interactions?
Answer: What is that human land use (logging, development) can increase fire risk, while fires also shape how people plan and build in forested areas?
If a place is located at 49°N, 123°W, what kind of location is this?
Absolute location
How can the same place be perceived differently depending on who is describing it? Give an example.
What is a forest could be a sacred site to Indigenous people, a recreation area to hikers, or a resource to a logging company?
Which type of map highlights borders, cities, and government-defined regions rather than natural features?
Answer: What is a political map?
Describe how Vancouver’s absolute location (49°N, 123°W) influences its climate and human activity.
its coastal position leads to a mild, wet climate, supporting trade, tourism, and dense population
Large-scale logging in BC affects more than just trees. Name two broader impacts of this modification.
What are loss of biodiversity, disruption of Indigenous land use, increased erosion, or changes to water systems?
You are standing in Prince George and want to travel to Victoria. Which two cardinal directions would you mostly follow?
South and West?
Give an example of how changes in human characteristics of a place affect its physical characteristics over time?
Answer: What is urban development can lead to deforestation, pollution, and changes to waterways?
You’re studying how much rainfall each region in BC receives annually. What kind of map would best display this data?
Answer: What is a climate map or thematic map?
Two towns are on the same latitude but have very different climates. Why might this be the case?
What is elevation, proximity to water, and wind patterns can affect climate even if latitude is the same?
Describe how climate change could affect people living in coastal BC.
Answer: What is rising sea levels, increased flooding, and more severe storms that could damage homes and infrastructure?
What is the prime meridian?
The prime meridian is the line of 0° longitude, serving as the starting point for measuring longitude east and west around the Earth
Describe how BC’s physical geography influences the types of jobs found in different regions.
Answer: What is mountainous areas support forestry and mining, coastal areas support fishing and tourism, flatter land supports farming?
500 – You’re researching Indigenous land use and natural resource extraction in BC. Which two types of maps might you combine, and why?
Answer: What are thematic (for resource use) and political/territorial maps (to show traditional territories and legal boundaries)?