Exam review

Question 1

Label the 10 provinces and 3 territories and their capital cities

Answer 1

See map

Question 2

What is the driest part of Canada?

Answer 2

The arctic

Question 3

What is the largest freshwater lake in the world?

Answer 3

Lake superior

Question 4

How many earthquakes occur in Canada and how many can be felt?

Answer 4

3500, 50

Question 5

What is Canada’s population

Answer 5

34 million

Question 6

The world largest producer of maple syrup

Answer 6

Quebec

Question 7

Canada’s largest city

Answer 7

Toronto

Question 8

Most populated provice

Answer 8

Ontario

Question 9

Only province that borders more than two other provinces

Answer 9

Quebec

Question 10

Mt. Logan is where?

Answer 10

Yukon

Question 11

Longest bridge in Canada connects

Answer 11

PEI and New Brunswick

Question 12

Canada’s biggest forestru province

Answer 12

British Columbia

Question 13

Ontario borders

Answer 13

Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Quebec, Manitoba

Question 14

Warmest winters are in the

Answer 14

West

Question 15

Most expensive natural disaster was an

Answer 15

ice storm

Question 16

Most NHL players per capita

Answer 16

Saskatchewan

Question 17

Prarie province that touches the sea

Answer 17

Manitoba

Question 18

Canada’s largest export

Answer 18

Wood

Question 19

Most important crop

Answer 19

Wheat

Question 20

Most recent province

Answer 20

Newfoundland

Question 21

Current prime minister

Answer 21

Stephan Harper

Question 22

Most Canadians would like to move to

Answer 22

British Columbia

Question 23

Most Canadian’s live

Answer 23

south

Question 24

Which city is closest to the center of Canada?

Answer 24

Winnipeg

Question 25

Predominant winds in Canada come the

Answer 25

west

Question 26

New immigrants flock to what three cities?

Answer 26

Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal

Question 27

Largest producer of automobiles

Answer 27

Oshuwa

Question 28

In 1900 A map would be missing what provinces>

Answer 28

Alberta, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan

Question 29

What province would still be missing in 1948

Answer 29

Newfoundland

Question 30

Canada’s longest river

Answer 30

Mackenzie river

Question 31

Define map

Answer 31

A 2D drawing that represents the earth’s features. An example is a thematic map, which shows only one type of feature, such as vegetation

Question 32

What are the components a map should have?>

Answer 32

Title, legend, scale, date of publication, direction, borders

Question 33

On maps, what points towards you?

Answer 33

South

Question 34

How many degrees in a circle

Answer 34

360

Question 35

Draw and label a compass rose

Answer 35

See drawing

Question 36

Define small scale map

Answer 36

A small scale map is a ma[ that shows a small amount of detail in a large area, for example a scale of 1:250 000

Question 37

Define large scale map

Answer 37

A map that shows a large amount of detail in a small area, For example a scale of 1:50 000

Question 38

List three types of map scales and provide an example for each

Answer 38

Direct statement- one cm represents 5 km
Line scale:
Representative fraction: 1:50 000

Question 39

How many cm in km

Answer 39

100 000

Question 40

Define latitude

Answer 40

Lines of latitude are parallel lines that run horizontally. The begin at the equator (0) and measure angular distance north and south of it, diminishing in size until they reach the North and South Poles (90N and 90S respectively) For example, the tropic of Cancer lies at 23.5 N

Question 41

What is longitude?

Answer 41

Lines of longitude run from pole to pole around the earth