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Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Provinces and Territories and their capital

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Nova Scotia-Halifax 
New Brunswick-Fredericton 
Newfoundland and Labrador-St. Johns
Prince Edward Island-Charlottetown 
Quebec-Quebec City 
Ontario-Toronto 
Manitoba-Winnipeg 
Saskatchewan-Regina 
Alberta-Edmonton 
British Columbia-Victoria 
Yukon-Whitehorse 
Northwest Territories-Yellowknife
Nunavut-Iqaluit
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Population density definition and how to calculate

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# of people per kilometre square 
Divide population by the area
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What province is
Fraser river
Calgary
Saskatoon

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British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan

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Great Lakes

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Huron
Ontario
Michigan 
Erie 
Superior
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Capital of Canada

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Ottawa

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Three types of maps

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Topographic
Thematic
General-purpose

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map projections and their advantages and disadvantages

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Mercator-good direction and navigation, bad size and distance
Equal-area-good size and distance, bad direction and navigation
Winkel Tripel-good balance between direction,navigation, size, and distance, bad because not perfect for either (has small distortions for both)

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Large vs Small scale maps and examples of maps and scales

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Area per km square for Canada

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9,992,000

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Canada’s rank for km squared

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2

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1 ranking country for area km squared

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Russia

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1 ranking countries area per km squared

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17,705,000

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Canada’s rank for population of people

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35th

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Canada’s #s for population of people

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35,000,000

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1 ranking country for population of people

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China

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1 ranking world country’s numbers for population of people

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1.4 billion

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Canada’s rank for population density

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206th

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Canada’s numbers for population density

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3

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1 world ranking country for population density

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Singapore

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1 ranked countries numbers for population density

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6,430

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Canada’s rank for wealth

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8th

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Canada’s #s for wealth

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31,000

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1 ranking country for wealth

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Luxembourg

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1 ranked countries numbers for wealth

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58,900

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Population density definition and how to calculate

A 
# of people per kilometre square 
Divide population by the area
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Q

Provinces and Territories and their capital

A 
Nova Scotia-Halifax 
New Brunswick-Fredericton 
Newfoundland and Labrador-St. Johns
Prince Edward Island-Charlottetown 
Quebec-Quebec City 
Ontario-Toronto 
Manitoba-Winnipeg 
Saskatchewan-Regina 
Alberta-Edmonton 
British Columbia-Victoria 
Yukon-Whitehorse 
Northwest Territories-Yellowknife
Nunavut-Iqaluit
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What province is
Fraser river
Calgary
Saskatoon

A

British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan

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Q

Great Lakes

A 
Huron
Ontario
Michigan 
Erie 
Superior
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Capital of Canada

A

Ottawa

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Three types of maps

A

Topographic
Thematic
General-purpose

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Q

map projections and their advantages and disadvantages

A

Mercator-good direction and navigation, bad size and distance
Equal-area-good size and distance, bad direction and navigation
Winkel Tripel-good balance between direction,navigation, size, and distance, bad because not perfect for either (has small distortions for both)

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Q

Large vs Small scale maps and examples of maps and scales

A

.

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Area per km square for Canada

A

9,992,000

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Canada’s rank for km squared

A

2

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1 ranking country for area km squared

A

Russia

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Q

1 ranking countries area per km squared

A

17,705,000

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Canada’s rank for population of people

A

35th

37
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Canada’s #s for population of people

A

35,000,000

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1 ranking country for population of people

A

China

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Q

1 ranking world country’s numbers for population of people

A

1.4 billion

40
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Canada’s rank for population density

A

206th

41
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Canada’s numbers for population density

A

3

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1 world ranking country for population density

A

Singapore

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1 ranked countries numbers for population density

A

6,430

44
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Canada’s rank for wealth

A

8th

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Canada’s #s for wealth

A

31,000

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Q

1 ranking country for wealth

A

Luxembourg

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1 ranked countries numbers for wealth

A

58,900

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