Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Provinces and Territories and their capital

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Nova Scotia-Halifax 
New Brunswick-Fredericton 
Newfoundland and Labrador-St. Johns
Prince Edward Island-Charlottetown 
Quebec-Quebec City 
Ontario-Toronto 
Manitoba-Winnipeg 
Saskatchewan-Regina 
Alberta-Edmonton 
British Columbia-Victoria 
Yukon-Whitehorse 
Northwest Territories-Yellowknife
Nunavut-Iqaluit
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Population density definition and how to calculate

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# of people per kilometre square 
Divide population by the area
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What province is
Fraser river
Calgary
Saskatoon

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British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan

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Great Lakes

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Huron
Ontario
Michigan 
Erie 
Superior
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Capital of Canada

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Ottawa

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Three types of maps

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Topographic
Thematic
General-purpose

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map projections and their advantages and disadvantages

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Mercator-good direction and navigation, bad size and distance
Equal-area-good size and distance, bad direction and navigation
Winkel Tripel-good balance between direction,navigation, size, and distance, bad because not perfect for either (has small distortions for both)

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Large vs Small scale maps and examples of maps and scales

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Area per km square for Canada

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9,992,000

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Canada’s rank for km squared

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2

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1 ranking country for area km squared

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Russia

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1 ranking countries area per km squared

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17,705,000

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Canada’s rank for population of people

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35th

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Canada’s #s for population of people

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35,000,000

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1 ranking country for population of people

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China

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1 ranking world country’s numbers for population of people

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1.4 billion

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Canada’s rank for population density

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206th

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Canada’s numbers for population density

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3

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1 world ranking country for population density

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Singapore

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1 ranked countries numbers for population density

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Canada’s rank for wealth

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Canada’s #s for wealth

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1 ranking country for wealth

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1 ranked countries numbers for wealth

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Population density definition and how to calculate
``` # of people per kilometre square Divide population by the area ```
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Provinces and Territories and their capital
``` Nova Scotia-Halifax New Brunswick-Fredericton Newfoundland and Labrador-St. Johns Prince Edward Island-Charlottetown Quebec-Quebec City Ontario-Toronto Manitoba-Winnipeg Saskatchewan-Regina Alberta-Edmonton British Columbia-Victoria Yukon-Whitehorse Northwest Territories-Yellowknife Nunavut-Iqaluit ```
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What province is Fraser river Calgary Saskatoon
British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan
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Great Lakes
``` Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior ```
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Capital of Canada
Ottawa
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Three types of maps
Topographic Thematic General-purpose
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map projections and their advantages and disadvantages
Mercator-good direction and navigation, bad size and distance Equal-area-good size and distance, bad direction and navigation Winkel Tripel-good balance between direction,navigation, size, and distance, bad because not perfect for either (has small distortions for both)
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Large vs Small scale maps and examples of maps and scales
.
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Area per km square for Canada
9,992,000
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Canada's rank for km squared
2
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#1 ranking country for area km squared
Russia
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#1 ranking countries area per km squared
17,705,000
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Canada's rank for population of people
35th
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Canada's #s for population of people
35,000,000
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#1 ranking country for population of people
China
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#1 ranking world country's numbers for population of people
1.4 billion
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Canada's rank for population density
206th
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Canada's numbers for population density
3
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#1 world ranking country for population density
Singapore
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#1 ranked countries numbers for population density
6,430
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Canada's rank for wealth
8th
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Canada's #s for wealth
31,000
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#1 ranking country for wealth
Luxembourg
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#1 ranked countries numbers for wealth
58,900