1. UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHIC INQUIRY REVIEW
Ms Hyndman’s CGC1D
UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHIC INQUIRY REVIEW

2. What do you NEED to include when mapping?
_______________

3. If it is 2:00pm in Vancouver, BC, what time is it in Ottawa, ON?
11am

4. What is the degrees that West sits on a compass?90
180
270

5. How many time zones are there in Canada?6 5
5.5 7

6. On a compass rose, what type of direction is SW?
Ordinal
Original
Cardinal
Principal

7. Which direction is the EXACT opposite of WSW on a compass rose?
ENE
WNW
SSE
ESE

8. The most eastern point in Canada is…?
Cape Columbia, NU
Halifax, NS
Cape Spear, NL
St. John’s, NL

9. Which of the following is NOT a line of latitude?
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
International Date Line

10. Which of the following is an example of a representative fraction scale?
1m=100cm
1:2100
1cm to km
1-100

11. Which of the following is NOT a capital city?
Ottawa
Yellowknife
Calgary
Halifax

12. Which of the following lakes is NOT located in Ontario?
Bearkskin Lake
Big Trout Lake
Sachigo Lake
Great Bear Lake

13. Which of the following is the capital city of New Brunswick?
St. John
Fredericton
Halifax
St. John’s

14. A map with a scale of 1:2 500 000 would be considered a…?
Thematic map
Large scale map
Small scale map
General purpose map

15. Which hemispheres is Canada located in?
North and West
South and North
South and West
East and West

16. Longitude is measured in degrees…?
North and South of the Equator
South and East of the Prime Meridian
North and West of the Equator
East and West of the Prime Meridian

17. What is the difference between large-scale and small-scale maps?

18. What is the difference between latitude and longitude?

19. Why is studying geography so important?