CGC 1P1/1P8 Unit 1 Test
Format of Test:
 Multiple choice
 Short answer
 Fill in the blank
 Matching
 Word Bank
What to study:
 Any bold word from the 4 PowerPoint Presentations, articles, Personal dictionary, and, Word
Wall.
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Unit 1-1 PowerPoint Presentation (Lesson #1: Intro to Travel and Tourism)
“What is Geography?” section
o Review concepts and major patterns
 Why is it important to study?
o Definition of geography
“What is a Map?” section
o Review concepts and major patterns
o Definition of map
o “What is a Map” handout
“Features on a Map: section
o Review concepts and major patterns
o Definition of title, legend, scale, direction, border, etc.
o “What is a Map” handout
“Map Labelling & Colouring” section
o Definition: Cartography
DON’T NEED TO KNOW:
 “How well do you know Canada?” handout
 “Handout 1.2 Geography Is Everything: Mind Map”
 Map of Canada (Handout - 1.14: page 1 and 2)
 “How to Label a Map” handout
 “Mapping Checklist” handout
 “Political Map of Canada” and “Drainage Map of Canada” handouts
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Unit 1-2 PowerPoint Presentation (Lesson #2-Regions, Landscapes and Landforms)
“Understanding Regions – The Facts” section
 “Handout - Understanding Regions – The Facts” handout
 Review concepts and major patterns
 Definition of region, etc.
“Naming Landforms “ section
 “Handout - 1.17” handout
 Look at bold words for vocabulary (landforms, valleys, etc.)
Natural Systems
 “Understanding Natural Systems” handout
 Definition of natural system, etc.
Landforms
 “Handout 1.18 Landform Jigsaw Reading: page 1 and 2”
 Review concepts and major patterns
 Review definition
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DON’T NEED TO KNOW:
 Paragraph Scanning Exercise
 Canadian Landscape Gallery (Handout - Canadian Landscape Gallery Walk-though)
 Landscape Region Map of Canada (“Landscape Region Map of Canada” handout)
 Don’t need to know the major landscapes in Canad
 Handout - Pre-Unit 1.3
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Unit 1-3 PowerPoint Presentation (Lesson #3-Over Canada Video)
 Review some of the major concepts for landform and human activities throughout
Canada.
DON’T NEED TO KNOW:
 Don’t need to watch the video.
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Unit 1-4 PowerPoint Presentation (Lesson #4-Human Systems)
 “Characteristics of Human Systems” section
 “Handout -Characteristics of Human Systems: Page 13 and 14”
 Review concepts and major patterns
 Review definition
 “Interaction of Human and Natural Systems” section
 How do Natural Systems and Human Systems interact? (in PowerPoint and
handout "Handout - Interaction of Human and Natural Systems: Page 19”)
 Review concepts and major patterns
 Review definition
 “Region Land Use” section
 How do people use land around us?
 Transportation, recreation, residential, industrial, institutional,
agricultural, commercial.
 ``Land Use in Our Community” section
 Review concepts and major patterns
 Review definition
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Have any land uses changed over time?
 For example: abandoned buildings, factory buildings converted
to other uses, houses converted to stores or offices.
 Why would this change happen?
Review ``Handout – 1.25: Page 22``
DON’T NEED TO KNOW:
 Photo Analysis of Aerial View of Don Mills (“Handout - 1.20, 1.21”)
 What land use looks like in an aerial photo
 “ Handout – 1.25: Page 1`` chart
Unit 1-5 PowerPoint Presentation (Lesson #5 – How Human Activities Affect the Environment )
 “How Human Activities Affect the Environment “ section
 “Handout - How Human Activities Affect the Environment: page 6 and 7”
 Review concepts and major patterns
 Review definition
 “What are Ecozones?” section
 Review concepts and major patterns
 Review definition
 How many are there
 Why are they useful?
 ``Ontario’s Ecozones``
 Review “Handout –Ontario’s Ecozones: page 33“
 What ecozone do we live in?
 Describe it a little, don’t need to know everything.
 Extinct, Endangered, Threatened
 Review concepts and major patterns
 Review definition
 Protection and Preservation
 Review concepts and major patterns
 What are specific causes of extinction?
 Look at other questions.
 Review definition
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DON’T NEED TO KNOW:
 Where all the ecozones are located:
 “Ecozones of Canada Map” handout
 “Handout –Ontario’s Ecozones: page 31“
 Extinct, Endangered, Threatened
 Don’t need to know what animals are e Extinct, Endangered,
Threatened
 ``Handout 1.46 Choosing One Ecozone: Criteria Sheet” and “Handout 1.47
Record Sheet”