TEST REVIEW SHEET
Units 1 and 2:
Geography Skills and Physical Geography
The following is a list of the main topics we have covered in unit 4. This is simply a guide to help
you study. Your textbook and class notes should also be referenced when studying.
MAIN TOPICS:
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Defining Geography (human and physical)
The Geographer’s Toolbox (Latitude, longitude, hemispheres, important lines, continents)
Mapping Skills – rules of mapping
Map of Canada – provinces, territories, capitals, islands, major bodies of waters
Interior Structure of the earth
Earth’s Spheres
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Landform Regions
Climate and Weather
Climate Factors - J.Bowler
Climate Graphs
Soil and Vegetation regions
KEY TERMS: See all of your point-form notes and your Geo-Glossary in addition to
these terms.
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Longitude (+important lines)
Latitude (+important lines)
Crust
Core
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Lithosphere
Oceanic and Continental Plates
Pangaea
Convection currents and convection cells
Subduction Zone
Pacific Ring of Fire
Hot spot volcanoes
Erosion
Weathering
Glaciation
Deposition
Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic Rock
Air Mass
Relief
Polar Jet Stream
Westerlies
Prevailing winds
Moderating effect (Bodies of Water)
Maritime climate
Continental climate
Windward slope
Leeward slope
Rain Shadow
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Relief precipitation
Soil
Soil Profile, Horizons
Parent material
Podzols
Chernozems
Humus
Topsoil
Deciduous
Coniferous
Leaching
Calcification
Natural Vegetation
KEY FIGURES:
 Alfred Wegener
 J. Tuzo Wilson
CALCULATIONS:
 Calculating percentages
(timeline)
 Climate Graph calculations
SKILLS:
 Map analysis (making
connections)
 Climate graphing
Markville S.S. ~ Geography Department