Geography exam study notes

Question 1

A line of latitude with the coordinates 66.5 S is:

Answer 1

the Antarctic Circle

Question 2

The___is located at 23.5 S latitude:

Answer 2

The Tropic of Capricorn

Question 3

The direction SW is___degrees

Answer 3

225

Question 4

The type of grid that uses letters and numbers as a reference is called:

Answer 4

Answer: Alphanumeric

Question 5

Which compass rose is directly opposite NW

Answer 5

SE

Question 6

Population density is:

Answer 6

People / km square

Question 7

How many degrees are there between North and West?

Answer: 270

Latitude measures distance__ of the equator.

Answer: north and south

Answer 7

How many degrees are there between North and West?

Answer: 270

Latitude measures distance__ of the equator.

Answer: north and south

Question 8

How many degrees are there between North and West?

Answer: 270

Latitude measures distance__ of the equator.

Answer: north and south

Answer 8

How many degrees are there between North and West?

Answer: 270

Latitude measures distance__ of the equator.

Answer: north and south

Question 9

How many degrees are there between North and West?

Answer 9

Answer: 270

Question 10

Latitude measures distance__ of the equator.

Answer 10

Answer: north and south

Question 11

If you drew a line from Oshawa to Winnipeg, you would be heading in a(n)____direction.

Answer 11

northwest

Question 12

The compass direction exactly halfway between northwest and southeast is:

Answer 12

southwest

Question 13

The compass direction exactly halfway between northwest and southeast is:

Answer 13

southwest

Question 14

What three main questions do geographers use to find answers to any geographic question?

Answer 14

What is there?

Why there?

Why care?

Question 15

What are the 4 important geographic concepts?

Answer 15

Interrelationship

Special significance

geographic perspective

pattern & trends

Question 16

Who uses Iso demographic maps?

Answer 16

Government, Geographers, politicians and urban planners

Question 17

GPS stands for

Answer 17

Global

position

System

Question 18

GPS stands for

Answer 18

Global

position

System

Question 19

GPS (definiton)

Answer 19

government system that provides location data

Question 20

GPS helps farmers by:

Answer 20

Efficiency

Alertness

Employees

Environmental

Flexibility

Question 21

Province/Territory:

Answer 21

1. Yukon
2. Nunavut
3. Alberta
4. Manitoba
5. Quebec
6. Nova Scotia

Question 22

Capital City:

Answer 22

Winnipeg

Yellow knife

Quebec City

St. Jhons

Toronto

Victoria

Question 23

Bodies of Water:

Answer 23

Lake Superior

Hudson’s Bay

Beaufort/ artic Ocean

Question 24

Starting at Winnipeg on the map, which compass direction is:

Answer 24

City B: NW

City C: ESE

City D: ENE

City E: SE

City F: W

Question 25

things you need on a map

Answer 25

Title

name

date

Capital block letters

Blue water

legend

Scale

Compass

Colored map

Numbers

Points

Question 26

Lines of longitude

An imaginary line that goes North and South around the Globe.

Question 27

The 4 main points on a compass rose.

GISDegrees:

Add 22.5 each direction (start at NNE/ after N)

Question 28

Computer system that manages and analyzes geographic information

CMA

Question 29

An urban area in Canada with a population over 100 000

Relative location

Question 30

Where something is located in relation to other geographic features.

Lines of latitude

Question 31

An imaginary line that goes East and West around the globe

Absolute location

Question 33

Where something is located in terms of

latitude and longitude.

Question 34

Ordinal points

Answer 34

The 12 directions that are found between

Question 35

Carinal points

Answer 35

The 4 main points on a compass rose.

Question 36

geotechnology

Answer 36

The use of advanced technology in the study of geography and in everyday use.

Question 37

Population density

Answer 37

The average number of people living in a particular place

Question 38

Degrees:

Answer 38

Add 22.5 each direction (start at NNE/ after N)

Question 39

Where in Canada is there a high risk of earthquakes?

Answer 39

Answer: British Columbia

Question 40

How many Major Plates are there?

Answer 40

Answer: 7

Question 41

Can an Earthquake happen at a Transform boundary?

Answer 41

Answer: True