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General Purpose Map
Used by Students and Tourist
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Topographic Map
Used by Military and urban planners
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Thematic Map
a map that shows a particular theme, or topic
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Digital G.I.S.
Used by everyone
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Latitude
Measures the distance North and South of the equator
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Longitude
The angular distance of a place East or West
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Equator
0 degrees latitude
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Prime Meridian
0 degrees longitude
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Compass rose
A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) directions.
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Small scale map
small amounts of detail, large area
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Large scale map
Large amounts of detail, small area
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Map scale
A scale that tells you what the distance on the map represents in real life
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Statement line

1cm = 100 km

Multiply the cm distance by the km distance on the scale

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Line Scale

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0 5 10 15 20 25km

Measure the map distance with the edge of the piece of paper

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Ratio Scale/Rep fraction

1 cm represents 5 km (500 000 / 100 000)

Measure the map distance with ruler then convert

1 : 500 000

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The 5 great lakes

Lake Huron

Lake Ontario

Lake Michigan

Lake Erie

Lake Superior

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3 Oceans that surround Canada

Arctic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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3 rivers in Canada

Mackenzie River (longest)

Red river

St. Lawrence

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Alberta capital

Edmonton
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British Columbia capital
Victoria
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Manitoba capital
Winnipeg
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New Brunswick capital
Fredericton
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Newfoundland and Labrador capital
St. John's
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Northwest Territories capital
Yellowknife
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Nova Scotia capital
Halifax
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Nunavut capital
Iqaluit
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Ontario capital
Toronto
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Prince Edward Island capital
Charlottetown
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Quebec capital
Quebec City
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Saskatchewan capital
Regina
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Yukon capital
Whitehorse
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Mountain Time Zone
Northwest Territories and Alberta
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Pacific Time Zone
British Columbia and Yukon
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Central Time Zone
Saskatchewan and Manitoba
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Atlantic Time Zone
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
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Eastern Time Zone
Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut
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Newfoundland And Labrador Time Zone
NFLD +(00:30)
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Regina, Saskatchewan --> Winnipeg, Manitoba
East 385km
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Toronto, ON --> Victoria, B.C.
West 4800km