Geography unit 1 test review

what are the four hemispheres?

Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western

what is the equator?

an imaginary line at 0° latitude

what is the prime meridian?

an imaginary line at 0° longitude

why is the equator important?

halfway point between north and south poles

why is the prime meridian important?

it divides the world into eastern and western hemispheres

Seven Continents

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Africa

Five Oceans

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern

Kanata meaning

settlement

Provinces

has its own government

Territories

they don't have their own government, theirs is the federal

Great Lakes

Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

map meaning

earths features on a flat surface

different types of maps

general purpose map

topographic map

thematic map

small-scale map

large portions, small amount of detail

large-scale map

small portions, large amounts of detail

what are the six features of a map?

Border, Orientation, legend, title, source, scale

what are the cardinal points?

North, East, South, West

what are the Ordinal points?

Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

What is True North?

the north pole

what is latitude?

Distance north or south of the equator

what is longitude?

Distance east or west of the prime meridian

important lines of latitude and the degrees

North Pole 0°N

Arctic Circle 66.5° N

Tropic of Cancer 23.5° N

Equator 0°

Tropic of Capricorn 23.5°S

Antarctic Circle 66.5° S

South Pole 0° S

important lines of longitude and their degrees

Prime Meridian 0°

International date line 180°

what is GPS?

locates your position on the earth

How does GPS work?

receiver locates 4 or more sateilites to find out our distance to each of them using triangulation

some uses of GPS

helps airplanes land

predicts natural hazards

can track employees

used for directions

what is an alphanumeric grid?

grid that uses letters and numerals to identify squares of a grid pattern on a map

what is a 6-digit military grid?

each square is divided into tenths for a more precise location

who created time zones

Sir Sandford Flemming

why were time zones created?

people needed to know when the trains would arrive and leave a certain city

How many time zones are there in Canada?

6

who proposed daylight saing time?

Benjamin Franklin

If it is 8:00pm in toronto, what time is it in Vanouver

5:00pm

If it is 6:00pm in Ottawa, what time is it in St.John's?

7:30pm