Unit 1-Toolkit

Question 1

What is geography?

Answer 1

Geography is the study of . . .
The earths surface and the processes that shape it
Places and their connections to other places
Relationships between people and environments

Question 2

What should a good map include?

Answer 2

1) A title that: 
Clearly states what the map is showing 
Is clearly visible 
Is underlined once in red 
2) A legend that:
Is clearly visible (in one of the corners) 
Is drawn with a ruler
Includes all items shown on the map
Boxes should be rectangular
3) A direction indicator 
Compass rose pointing north 
4) Labels that are:
Printed in black or blue ink
Written horizontally 
Contain no spelling errors 
5) Colouring that is:
Neat (erase all planning lines)
Solid (no patterns)
Appropriate 
Choose colours that suit what you are showing 
Use blue for water only 
Avoid large areas of brown or black 
City's should be indicated with a red circle

Question 3

What are the directions for a 16 compass rose?

Answer 3

N
NNE
NE
ENE
E
ESE
SE
SSE
S
SWS
WS
WSW
W
WNW
NW
NWN

Question 4

What direction would you be travelling if you go from Charlottetown, PEI to Rimouski, QC.

Answer 4

NW

Question 5

What direction would you be travelling if you go from Manitoba to Saskatchewan?

Answer 5

W

Question 6

What direction would you be travelling if you go from Canada to the United States?

Answer 6

S

Question 7

What is latitude?

Answer 7

Parallels of latitude are a series of circles that surround the globe.
They are used to determine locations north (N) or south (S) of the equator.
The equator is the line at 0 latitude.
It divides the earth into halves: the northern hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

Question 8

What is longitude?

Answer 8

Meridians of longitude circle the globe by passing through both poles.
The prime meridian occurs at 0 longitude and passes through the town of Greenwich, England.
Meridians determine the location east (E) or west (W) of the prime meridian.
The meridian at 180 is called the international date line.
Together, the prime meridian and the international date line divide the earth into halves: the eastern hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.

Question 9

What are the important line of longitude and latitude?

Answer 9

Equator-0 degrees
North Pole- 90 degrees north
South Pole- 90 degrees south
Tropic of Cancer- 23 and a half degrees north
Tropic of Capricorn- 23 and a half degrees south
Arctic circle- 66 and a half degrees north
Antarctic circle- 66 and a half degrees south
Prime meridian- 0 degrees
International date line- 180 degrees

Question 10

How many time zones are in Canada?

Answer 10

6 time zones

Question 11

Are time zones based on lines of longitude or latitude?

Answer 11

Longitude

Question 12

What happens when you move east?

Answer 12

You gain time

Question 13

What happens if you move west?

Answer 13

You lose time.

Question 14

Calculate the time difference for Washington and Los Angeles.

Answer 14

3 hours

Question 15

Calculate the time difference for Toronto and London, England.

Answer 15

5 hours

Question 16

Calculate the time difference for Winnipeg and Vancouver

Answer 16

2 hours

Question 17

What are Canada’s time zones?

Answer 17

Pacific Standard 
Mountain standard 
Central standard 
Eastern standard 
Atlantic standard 
Newfoundland standard   
*know placements on map

Question 18

What is the alpha-numeric ford number for the triangle, circle and happy face. Look at grid*

Answer 18

Triangle= B5
Circle= E2
Happy face= A2

Question 19

What is the military fried reference for A, B, A, D, E, F, G and H?
*look at grid

Answer 19

A: 83 16
B: 86 14
C: 86 17
D: 85 12 
E: 875 135
F: 840 143
G: 887 153 
H: 875 168

Question 20

What are the 3 types of scales?

Answer 20

1. Direct statement
2. Line scale
3. Representative fraction

Question 21

The direct statement scale on the map is 1cm= 5km. The distance (on the map) between two cities is measured at 2.3cm. How far apart are those cities in reality (in km)?

Answer 21

2.3x5=11.5km apart

Question 22

The distance on a globe, from point A to point B is 7.5cm. The scale is 1:42 000 000. How far apart are these two points in reality (in km)?

Answer 22

1                   = 7.5
42 000 000     X
1x= 7.5 x 42 000 000
1x= 315 000 000
X= 315 000 000
                X
X=3150km

Question 23

The distance from Toronto to Montreal is 2.6cm on a map with a scale of 1:19 000 000. How far apart are these two cities.

Answer 23

1          = 2.6 
19 000 000    X
1x= 2.6x 19 000 000
1 x= 2.6x 19 000 000
1x = 49 400 000
1x= 49 400 000
               1
X= 49 400 000
X= 494km

Question 24

How do you calculate travel time?

Answer 24

Time= distance

Speed

Question 25

Travelling at an average speed of 80km/h. How long would it take to travel from Toronto to Montreal?

Answer 25

T= distance 
      Speed
T= 494km
         80 
T= 6.18/h

Question 26

What are features in a topographical map?

Answer 26

Natural features:
Elevation (e.g. Contour lines)
Hills and valleys
Rivers and lakes 
Human features:
Roads 
Houses
Bridges 
Railways

Question 27

When would you use a 4 digit grid reference and when would you use a 6-digit grid reference?

Answer 27

You would use a 4-digit grid reference if the area of the thing you were trying to coordinate was to large. You would use a 6-digit if the place or thing was smaller.

Question 28

What are the provinces/territories and their capitals

*know where they are on the map

Answer 28

Yukon Territory- Whitehorse 
Northwest Territories- Yellowknife 
Nunavut- Iqaluit
British Columbia- Victoria 
Alberta- Edmonton 
Saskatchewan- Regina 
Manitoba- Winnipeg
Ontario- Ottawa 
Quebec- Quebec City 
New Brunswick- Fredricton 
Nova Scotia- Halifax 
Newfoundland and Labrador- St.John's
Prince Edward Island- Charlottetown

Question 29

List ten things that Geographers study.

Answer 29

1. Rocks and rocks structures
2. Culture
3. Climate change
4. Countries/continent division
5. Politics
6. Recycle
7. Topographical maps
8. Urban development
9. Resources
10. Climate/weather

Question 30

What is topographical map?

Answer 30

A two dimensional representation of a small area of the earth’s surface using symbols.