Geo unit test

Capital of Canada

Ottawa, Ontario

the 5 great lakes

The five Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.

Physical geography

The study of natural features and processes of Earth, such as mountains, rivers, climate, weather, and oceans.

Human geography

The study of people and their activities on Earth, such as population, cities, culture, and migration.

Acronym MRHLM

The five themes of geography: Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, and Place.

Three W's of sense of place

What (what is the place like?), Where (where is it located?), and Why (why is it important/special?).

Map projection

A way of showing Earth's curved surface on a flat map, which always results in some distortion.

Acronym BOLTSS

The required components of a map: Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale, and Source.

Latitude

• Latitude tells you how far north or south a place is from the Equator. It ranges from 0° to 90° North or South.

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Longitude

• Longitude tells you how far east or west a place is from the Prime Meridian. It ranges from 0° to 180° East or West

Time zone adjustment rules

Moving east adds time ($+\text{time}$), while moving west subtracts time ($-\text{time}$); each time zone represents about $15^\text{o}$ of longitude.

Standard coordinate order

Latitude is written first, followed by longitude (e.g., $43^\text{o}\text{N}, 79^\text{o}\text{W}$).