unit 1 intro to geo Flashcards
(15 cards)
1
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capital cities
A
Edmonton Winnipeg st.johns The 6 Quebec city Yellowknife whitehorse victoria Fredericton Halifax Charlottetown Regina Iqaluit
2
Q
great lakes
A
Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior
3
Q
continents
A
NA SA Asia Africa Europe Australia Antartica
4
Q
oceans
A
Arctic Atlantic Pacific Indian Antarctic
5
Q
what is geography
A
its a study of human population patters
also is a study of land and its people
6
Q
map features
A
arrow of direction Title scale border Legend Date of publication
7
Q
cardinal and ordinal points
A
c- N S E W
O- NNE NE ENE ESE SE SSE SSE SE WSW WNW NW NNE
8
Q
prime meridian
A
located at 0, its a start of all 24 time zones
9
Q
equator
A
located at 0 longitude. places close to the equator are hotter.
10
Q
alpha numeric grid
A
first letter then number for the grid
A2
11
Q
4 digit grid systems
A
top left then the side of the grid
12
Q
longitude and latitude
A
uses degrees to locate a specific place on a globe
13
Q
time zones in Canada
A
PST- Pacific MST- mountain CST-central EST- eastern AST- atlantic NST- NF
14
Q
how to calculate time zones
A
going east add
going west sub
1 hour per time zone but NF
15
Q
provinces and territories in canada
A
Ontario Quebec bc Alberta Manitoba saskatchewan nova scotia NB N and F P.E.I NW T Yukon Nunavut
