Canada Provinces & Territories
Map Skills
Geographic Inquiry/ Landform Region
types of maps
Canada's Region
100

What is the capital of Canada? 

Ottawa

100

This map element explains symbols.

What is a legend? 

100

What are the three questions geographers try to answer? 

What's where? Why there? Why care? 

100

What map shows political divisions and boarders

what is a political map? 

100

Canada is the _____ largest country. 

second 

200

This province's capital is Victoria.  

What is British Columbia

200

This shows distance on a map vs real life. 

What is scale? 

200

The way something is arranged on a map? 

What is a pattern? 

200

What map shows height using contour lines?

What is a topographic map? 

200

What region does Ontario & Quebec fall in

Central Canada 

300

The capital of Alberta.

What is Edmonton? 

300

North, South, East, West are shown using this. 

What is a compass rose/direction? 

300
Connections between humans and environment?

What is an interrelationship?  

300

What map shows statistical data patterns? 

What is a thematic map? 

300

What region is Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta

Prairie Provinces 

400

This territory has the capital city Iqaluit

What is Nunavut? 

400
Maps use these two things to represent features. 

What are colours and symbols? 

400

Smallest but most populated Lowland region. 

Great Lakes & St.Lawrence Lowlands

400

A map that shows roads, parks and hospitals. 

What is a general purpose map? 

400

What ocean is on Canada's west coast? 

Pacific Ocean

500

This provinces capital is Charlottetown. 

What is Prince Edward Island? 

500

This sets the limits of the map.

What is the border? 

500
Oldest mountains in Canada

Appalachian Mountains 

500

Maps that show lots of detail of small areas. 

What are large-scale maps? 

500

Huge inland sea in east-central Canada.

Hudson Bay