CGC 1D Unit 1 Test 1 NAME:

1. How many kilometres is it from: (3 MARKS)

a. the Equator to the North Pole,
b. the Equator to the Tropic of Cancer
c. the Arctic Circle to the North pole?
2. Using the map in the inside front cover of your text book locate and identify the following
cities listed below using their Geographic grid coordinate. (4 Marks)

47 N 53 W 63 N 122 W
75 N 95 W 45 N 74 W

3. Using page 28 in your text locate the following using the alpha numeric grid
a. Which is larger Brit (O14) or Sundridge (O15) (circle one) (1 Mark)
b. The community of Gogama in square L13 has two symbols beside its name. What do
these symbols represent? (2 marks)

c. How is the distance between two points on a road shown on the Ontario road map (2
Marks)
d. When measured from Sudbury what is the closest compass direction and angular
bearing to (4 Marks):
Cobalt (M15) , Gogama (L13)
Little Current (O13) Powassan (N15)
4. List the 5 main elements that are on all maps (5 Marks)

5. What meridian of longitude is 180 east or west? (1 Mark)

6. Why might the Winkel Tripel projection be a better projection to use when representing the
world as a whole? (3 Marks)

7. What are the good qualities of a Mercator projection? (3 Marks)

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8. The 4 main directions of the compass rose are called points. (1 Mark)

9. Identify the largest scale of the following two RF scales (circle the correct answer) (1 Mark)

1:50 000 1:5 000 000

10. Is map of Canada a large or small scale map? (circle correct answer) (1 Mark)
11. Daylight-saving time is used to daylight hours into the when
most people are (3 Marks)

12. Thematic maps are designed to show information on

(1 mark)
13. If it is 1:45 p.m. in Waterloo, what time is it in: ( 3 MARKS )
a) Vancouver c) St John’s _
b) Winnipeg

14. A flight from Moncton New Brunswick leaves at 8:00 a.m. and arrives in Winnipeg four
hours later. What time is it in Winnipeg when the plane lands? ( 2 MARKS )

15. Change the following to direct a statement scale (Verbal Scale)

a. 1:25 000

b. 0 80 km

c. 1
12 000 000

16. Using the three different map scales, calculate the distance in km from Toronto to Port Perry
along the Line.
c. 1 cm to 4 km Port Perry

d. 1 : 13 500 Toronto

e. 1
1 000 000

17. If your local time is 11 a.m. and the time at the prime meridian is 5:30 am what is your
degree of longitude? (2 Marks)

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