Unit 1: Geographer's Toolkit

Question 1

What is geography?

Answer 1

Geography is the study of how things (ex. climate, populations, & the environment) change over space (think: regions) and time on the Earth’s surface.

Question 2

What is BOLTSS?

Answer 2

An acronym of the parts of a map.

B = Border (The frame around the map)
O = Orientation (through a north arrow)
L = Legend (shows what symbols are used and what they represent)
T = Title (gives general information about what the map represents)
S = Scale (gives the perspective of size on the map compared to the actual size on Earth)
S = Symbols (represent different features on map)

Question 3

Political Maps

Answer 3

They show national boundaries, capital, and major cities.
They do not show the land’s physical features.

Question 4

Physical Maps

Answer 4

They show physical features such as rivers and mountains.
Green = lower elevations
Orange/Brown = higher elevations

Question 5

Climate Maps

Answer 5

Show general information of climate and precipitation of a place using different colours.

Question 6

Land-Use Resource Map

Answer 6

Features the type of natural resources/economic activity that dominates an area (use symbols).

Question 7

Elevation Map

Answer 7

Shows elevation change through colour or shading

Question 8

Topographic Map

Answer 8

Shows small areas with lots of detail. Elevation is shown through contour lines, and other natural/human features are shown.