Geography Review - Week One Questions

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Geography Review Week One


Questions
What are the lines that run horizontal around the globe called?

What are the lines that run vertical around the globe called?

What is the line that is 0 degrees of latitude called?

What is the line that is 0 degrees of longitude called?

Using the Gazetteer


Place
Cat Island

Latitude and Longitude

Country

Safi
Liverpool
Mary
Bam
Zaria
Lakeland
Rockin
Using Latitude and Longitude
Find the following places on pg 88-89 Eastern Europe
Latitude and Longitude
49 N 21 E
44 N 13 E

Place
P
i

51 N 8 E

i
g

55 N 24 E
41 N 17 E

Country

s
r

Scale
Why is scale important?

How many km would one cm of the following scales represent


Scale
1:27 000 000

Km

1:25 000
1:750 000

Find the following distances using the scale bar in Northern Eurasia (page 94-95) (if you cannot find
them look them up in the Gazetteer)
1st Location
Moscow, Russia

2nd Location
Ufa, Russia

Tehran , Iran

Bagdad, Iraq

Warsaw, Poland

London, United Kingdom

St. Petersburg, Russia

Ufa, Russia

Penza, Russia

Karaganda, Kazakhstan

Using the scale of the map above


How many km would 7.8 cm be on the map?

Statistics of Canada (pg 155)


What aboriginal language has the most speakers?

What is the average monthly precipitation in Yellowknife in June?

Distance

What is the average number of days with freezing temperatures in Calgary?

What percentage did Canada's total population grow by in 1981?

Which province has the lowest aboriginal population?

What province has the most land area in Canada?

Thematic Maps use the table of contents


How much money does BC make off manufacturing industries? And how much?

Which province contributes the most greenhouse gases to climate change? And how much?

Which province has three nuclear power plants?

Going further
What real world scenarios would your knowledge of geography help you out?

Canada is located really close to America. What do you think some of the effects of this are on
Canadian culture, people and businesses?

List 5 things you learned this week. Did you enjoy the classes this week? Why or why not?

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