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Geography Unit 1 Test

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What is geography?

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The study of the interactions between humans and their environment

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What is physical geography?

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The study of the earth

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What is human geography?

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The study of people

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What are the branches of geography?

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Population, cultural, political, ecological, economic, natural resource, urban

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What is absolute location?

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Absolute location doesn’t need any context on what’s around it, and is said in terms of latitude and longitude (coordinates)

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What is relative location?

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Relative location is where something is located based on the location of something else. You’re giving a description but you might not know where it is

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What is the a “sense of place”?

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When you have a sense of place you have a connection to the location. You can better understand the environment and how people/wildlife interacts with it.

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What are the three key geographic questions?

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What is where? Why there? Why care?

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What is a primary source?

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Primary sources are sources of information that were created during the event/investigation.

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What are some examples of primary sources?

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A witness, a diary, a photograph, an interview, artifacts, etc

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What is a secondary source?

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Secondary sources are sources that were created after and event

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What are some examples of secondary sources?

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A documentary, a textbook, an article

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What are the four geographic concepts?

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Interrelationships, spatial significance, patterns and trends, geographic perspective

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What is interrelationships?

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A relationship that exists between different patterns and trends

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What is spatial significance?

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The importance of a particular location in geography

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What is patterns and trends?

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Patterns: the arrangement of objects on Earth’s surface in relationship to each other

Trend: a noticeable change in a pattern over time

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What is geographic perspective?

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A way of looking at the world that includes environmental, political and social implications

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What does TEK stand for?

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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Explain the First Nations, Métis and Inuit’s connection to the land

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They passed down stories about the land, their lifestyle was based off the land they lived on (they used its natural resources for tools, food, clothing, etc), they were nomadic and never settled in one fixed area and followed the migration patterns of animals

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Why is TEK important?

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The First Nations have obtained qualitative knowledge about the land based off their interactions with the land in their day to day lives. They may be more knowledgeable about the land than scientists, whom they are working with to help combat climate change (the Inuit peoples were the first to alert scientists about changes in the Arctic)

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What are the geographic inquiry steps in order?

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1) formulate questions
2) gather and organize information
3) interpret and analyze the information
4) evaluate and draw conclusions
5) communicate your conclusion to others

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What does GPS stand for?

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Global Positioning System

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How does GPS work?

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They use triangulation and absolute location (they require to be in the range of 3 satellites to work). They are accurate because of timestamps and coordinates (latitude and longitude)

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What are the uses for GPS?

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agriculture, archaeology, forestry, geology, natural hazards, recreation, surveying, weather forecasting

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How is GPS used in agriculture?
It helps self-driving tractors help steer itself via gps instructions and allows them to drive in a straight line
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How is GPS used in archaeology?
It can help map out the dig site and where there might be other artifacts waiting to be found
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How can GPS be used in forestry?
It can help you determine where’s the best place to cut down trees with minimal impact and which places you should NOT cut down
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How can GPS be used in geology?
It can be used to make precise maps of geological features
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How can GPS be used in natural hazards?
They can be used to help predict natural disasters like erupting volcanoes and earthquakes
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How can GPS be used in recreation
They can help you look for recreational locations, such as a friend's house, the nearest McDonalds, etc
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How can GPS be used in surveying?
It is used for looking at a large area of land to collect data without actually touching the land. They can help surveyors look for where is the best place to build
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How can GPS help with weather forecasting?
They are like research help, and records the location of where natural disasters happen, can can help show trends
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What is remote sensing?
It is when you take pictures of the earth from a high distance/high above Earth's surface
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How does remote sensing work?
satellites take images of earth images from the satellite are then sent back to earth (to a ground station) a ground station is basically a room full of computers/mainframe scientists then look at the images (which are black and white) and add false colors to image
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What are the two types of satellites:
geostationary satellite: doesn’t move, just take pictures over and over near polar satellite: keeps moving and takes pictures from different angles
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What are the 10 uses of remote sensing:
Weather and climate, agriculture, forest management, mapping, mining, mapping sea ice patterns, environment, oceans and coastal regions, water resources, impact of geological events
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How can remote sensing be used in weather and climate?
to monitor weather patterns and/or weather phenomena, glaciers melting, shipping routes, natural disasters, forest fires, mineral exploration
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How can remote sensing be used in agriculture?
you can examine different crops and their growth stages as well as crop damage
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How can remote sensing be used in forest management?
you can monitor the forest being cut down and damage from forest fires
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How can remote sensing be used in mapping?
to keep maps up to date (reasons to update maps: erosion, human activities/urbanization, mountain building, natural disasters)
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How can remote sensing be used in mining?
to view faults and folds in mineral deposits
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How can remote sensing be used in mapping sea ice patterns?
can help plan safe shipping routes
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How can remote sensing be used in the environment?
tracking location and effects of pollution, managing wildlife
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How can remote sensing be used in oceans and coastal regions?
assess fish stocks, biological activity, oil spills, shipping
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How can remote sensing be used in water resources?
map & monitor floods, determine thickness of snow, map drainage basins
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How can remote sensing be used in impact of geological events?
study impact of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, mudslides, tsunamis
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What are telematics?
Telematics is short for telecommunications informatics. telematics links machines to each other, making connections between machines that will allow for digital information/data/communication to be transferred from machine to machine
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What are some advantages of driverless cars?
More efficient/help refuge traffic congestion Prevents drunk driving accidents and/or deaths Accessible to elderly, very young, disabled etc Reduces CO2 emissions convenient/multitasking Can help automatically find parking/parks easily
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What are some disadvantages of driverless cars?
Old cars may have to be thrown out and/or upgraded which may cost a lot of money Loss of jobs (truck drivers, Uber drivers, taxi drivers, etc) Legal issues in case of accident and who’s responsible Can’t necessarily always take into consideration variables like weather Cybersecurity concerns/hacking Maintenance of the car may be expensive Technological errors/difficulty/glitches Change in the infrastructure (removing traffic lights, adding lanes, etc)
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Plot Quebec on a map
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Plot New Brunswick on a map
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Plot Nova Scotia on a map
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Plot PEI on a map
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Plot Newfoundland & Labrador on a map
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Plot Ontario on a map
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Plot Manitoba on a map
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Plot Saskatchewan on a map
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Plot Alberta on a map
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Plot British Columbia on a map
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Plot Yukon on a map
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Plot Northwest Territories on a map
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Plot Nunavut on a map
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What is the capital of Quebec?
Quebec City
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Plot Quebec City on a map
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What is the capital of New Brunswick?
Fredericton
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Plot Fredericton on a map
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What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
Halifax
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Plot Halifax on a map
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What is the capital of PEI?
Charlottetown
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Plot Charlottetown on a map
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What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?
St. John's
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Plot St. John's on a map
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What is the capital of Ontario?
Toronto
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Plot Toronto on a map
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What is the capital of Manitoba?
Winnipeg
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Plot Winnipeg on a map
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What is the capital of Saskatchewan?
Regina
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Plot Regina on a map
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What is the capital of Alberta?
Edmonton
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What is the capital of British Columbia?
Victoria
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Plot Edmonton on a map
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Plot Victoria on a map
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What is the capital of Yukon?
Whitehorse
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Plot Whitehorse on a map
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What is the capital of Northwest Territories?
Yellowknife
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Plot Yellowknife on a map
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What is the capital of Nunavut?
Iqaluit
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Plot Iqaluit on a map
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Plot Vancouver on a map
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Plot Montreal on a map
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Plot Calgary on a map
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What are the 5 great lakes?
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario
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Plot Lake Superior on a map
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Plot Lake Michigan on a map
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Plot Lake Huron on a map
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Plot Lake Erie on a map
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Plot Lake Ontario on a map
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Plot Vancouver Island on a map
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Plot Ellesmere Island on a map
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Plot Cape Breton Island on a map
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Plot St. Lawrence River on a map
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Plot Great Bear Lake on a map
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Plot Great Salve Lake on a map
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Plot Mackenzie River on a map
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What does GIS stand for?
Geographic Information System
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What does GIS do?
it makes digital maps with layers of data with multiple data sets on it and helps us look at patterns and trends and relationships on a map
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How does GIS work?
computer + software (ArcView)
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What are the 5 uses of GIS?
911 service operators use GIS to help find your location and the quickest, most efficient route to your location, as well as the nearest first responders deciding whether there are enough children within a certain age range to build a school in the area Ensuring that deliveries that you’ve ordered gets delivered to you within the promised timeframe planning water and sewage systems in residential areas visualizing air masses in the atmosphere to help understand ecological problems like climate change
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What is Telematics also known as (NOT the long form)?
M2M

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