Map Skills & Landforms
What map can you find landforms on?
Physical Features Map
Canada is divided up into two things, what are they?
Territories & Provinces.
How were the Great Lakes created?
By melting glaciers
What is the difference between point source and non point source pollution?
Point source comes from a direct source and non point source comes from multiple sources, not just one.
Why were national parks created?
To protect natural resources
What map shows you weather patterns?
Climate Zones Map
5. Atlantic, Core, Prairie, Pacific, & Northern
14. In the Great Lakes, insects are eaten by tiny fish; small fish are eaten by larger fish; eagles and otters eat larger fish. This describes a...
Great Lakes food chain
What does an economic activity map show?
How people make their living and what a country may specialize in or its natural resources
To move from the country you were born is called...
Immigration
What term refers to the pattern of weather over a long period of time?
What is an ecumene?
A place well suited for permanent living
Which term is defined as the geographic area that includes all of the rivers and streams that flow into a lake or sea?
A Watershed
What is the difference between physical geography and human geography of a place?
Physical geography only includes things that are here on earth while human geography includes things human created and culture
Name 3 factor3 that would push you out of a country
Name 3 factors that would pull you to a country
Push factors ex: war, famine, bad leaders, low paying jobs, poverty, natural disasters, etc.
Pull Factors ex: wanting to be with family, job opportunity, personal freedom, safety, better health care, good climate, etc.
What do topographic maps show us?
Landforms and elevation
Why were lighthouses first built in the Atlantic Region?
To prevent shipwrecks.
Sea Lampreys & zebra mussel are part of which Great Lakes ecosystem problem?
Invasive species
What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas?
A region
The movement of a large group of people from one place to another.
What can you assume about a countries economic activity if they are located near a body of water?
Two things they may specialize in will be hydroelectric power and commercial fishing.
Which region do most people in Canada live in and why?
The Core Region. The climate best suits a permanent lifestyle and geographically, it's closer to the equator.
What are the 5 Great Lakes? List them in order from the smallest to the largest.
What is the world divided up into? Name them
Regions or Continents
North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Australia
Which US President established the first National Park. (Yellowstone 1872)
Ulysses S. Grant