Unit 1 Introduction Flashcards

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1
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What is the capital city of Alberta and what province is Alberta next to ?

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Capital city of Alberta is Edmonton. On the left of Alberta the province is British Columbia and to the right of Alberta is Saskatchewan

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2
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What’s the capital city of Saskatchewan?

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Regina

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What province is Winnipeg in and where is this province located next to ?

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Province is Manitoba. Located in between Saskatchewan and Ontario

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4
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What’s the capital city of Ontario?

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Toronto

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5
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What’s the capital city of Quebec?

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Quebec City

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Where is New Brunswick located and what’s it’s capital city ?

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New Brunswick is located in between Quebec and Prince Edward Island. It’s capital city is Fredericton.

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What’s the capital city of Prince Edward Island ? Where is it located?

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The capital city is Charlottetown. To the left (west) is New Brunswick and to the right ( east) is Nova Scotia

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What province belongs to the capital city: Halifax?

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Nova Scotia

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9
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What province is St. John’s in ?

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Newfoundland & Labrador

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10
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What are the 3 territories of Canada? What are their capital cities ?

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Yukon Territory- Whitehorse
Northwest terrtories- Yellowknife
Nunavut- Iqaluit

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Where are the Northwest Territories located ? What’s to the east ? What’s to the west?

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It’s located towards the north part of the Map(top of map) in between Yukon and Nunavut. Yukon is to the west and Nunavut is to the east

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12
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What are the 5 Great Lakes ?

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Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie & Lake Superior.

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What are the 7 continents of the world? What are the oceans of the world ?

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Continents ~ Africa,Antarctica,Asia, Europe, Australia, South America, & North America.
Oceans~ Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean,& southern ocean

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14
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What are the 3 major oceans surrounding Canada?

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Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean & Atlantic Ocean

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15
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What’s the capital of Canada?

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Ottawa

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What’s the largest province in terms of population ? What’s the largest province in terms of area ? And what is the smallest province in terms of both area & population ?

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For population: Ontario
For area: Quebec
For both area & population: Prince Edward Island

17
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What’s is the name of the longest river in Canada?

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Mackenzie river

18
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What is the capital of British Columbia?

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Victoria

19
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What is the name of the largest lake entirely in Canada?

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Lake Superior

20
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What is the highest mountain in North America? Where is it located ?

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Mount Logan. Located in Yukon Territory

21
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What is geography? And what are the two factors ?

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Geography is the subject that describes the earth’s surface, it’s features & its role in the solar system. The two factors are land & people

22
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Give the definition of “map” and name the two categories a map is classified as.

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A map is a representation of the earth’s features on a flat surface. Can be classified as large scale map or small scale map

23
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Name the 4 cardinal points and the 12 ordinal points.

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Cardinal points: N,E,S,W

Ordinal points:NNE, NE, ENE, ESE, SE, SSE, SSW, SW, WSW, WNW, NW, NNW

24
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Name the 3 types of scales.

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~ linear scale ~direct scale & Representative Fraction scale (RF)

25
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How many time zones does Canada have ? Name them.

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6 time zones. ~ pacific time ~ mountain time ~ central time~ eastern time ~ Atlantic time ~ Newfoundland time

26
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Define a large scale map:

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A map that show large amount of detail in a small area

27
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Define a small scale map

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Small scale map shows a small amount of detail in a large area

28
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1km is equal to:

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100 000 cm

29
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Lines of latitude deal with…

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Climate

30
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Line of longitude deal with….

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Time zones