Unit 1 Introduction Flashcards
What is the capital city of Alberta and what province is Alberta next to ?
Capital city of Alberta is Edmonton. On the left of Alberta the province is British Columbia and to the right of Alberta is Saskatchewan
What’s the capital city of Saskatchewan?
Regina
What province is Winnipeg in and where is this province located next to ?
Province is Manitoba. Located in between Saskatchewan and Ontario
What’s the capital city of Ontario?
Toronto
What’s the capital city of Quebec?
Quebec City
Where is New Brunswick located and what’s it’s capital city ?
New Brunswick is located in between Quebec and Prince Edward Island. It’s capital city is Fredericton.
What’s the capital city of Prince Edward Island ? Where is it located?
The capital city is Charlottetown. To the left (west) is New Brunswick and to the right ( east) is Nova Scotia
What province belongs to the capital city: Halifax?
Nova Scotia
What province is St. John’s in ?
Newfoundland & Labrador
What are the 3 territories of Canada? What are their capital cities ?
Yukon Territory- Whitehorse
Northwest terrtories- Yellowknife
Nunavut- Iqaluit
Where are the Northwest Territories located ? What’s to the east ? What’s to the west?
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
What are the 5 Great Lakes ?
Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie & Lake Superior.
What are the 7 continents of the world? What are the oceans of the world ?
Continents ~ Africa,Antarctica,Asia, Europe, Australia, South America, & North America.
Oceans~ Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean,& southern ocean
What are the 3 major oceans surrounding Canada?
Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean & Atlantic Ocean
What’s the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
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 ?
For population: Ontario
For area: Quebec
For both area & population: Prince Edward Island
What’s is the name of the longest river in Canada?
Mackenzie river
What is the capital of British Columbia?
Victoria
What is the name of the largest lake entirely in Canada?
Lake Superior
What is the highest mountain in North America? Where is it located ?
Mount Logan. Located in Yukon Territory
What is geography? And what are the two factors ?
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
Give the definition of “map” and name the two categories a map is classified as.
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
Name the 4 cardinal points and the 12 ordinal points.
Cardinal points: N,E,S,W
Ordinal points:NNE, NE, ENE, ESE, SE, SSE, SSW, SW, WSW, WNW, NW, NNW
Name the 3 types of scales.
~ linear scale ~direct scale & Representative Fraction scale (RF)
