Markville
Geography
CGC 1P1
Geography of Canada
Unit 2: Natural Systems
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TEST REVIEW SHEET – UNITS 1 and 2
***NOTE THAT SOIL AND VEGETATION WILL NOT BE EVALUATED ON THIS
TEST. YOU WILL BE EVALUATED ON THIS MATERIAL LATER***
The following is a list of the main topics we have covered in the first two units. This is a guide to
help you study. Your class notes must also be used to help you prepare for your test.
MAIN TOPICS:
Definition of Geography
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Human and Natural Systems
Landform Regions in Canada
Provinces, Territories, Capital Cities and
Climate and Weather - LOWERN
Major Water Bodies
Climate Graphs
Continents of the World and Major Oceans
Soil and Vegetation regions
Latitude and Longitude
Using Military Grid
Mapping Rules
Structure of the earth
Geologic History: Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
The Rock Cycle
KEY TERMS: Look through your notes to make sure you understand these terms.
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Physical Geography
Human Geography
Gazetteer
Local, regional, provincial,
national and international
Latitude
Longitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Core
Mantle
Crust
Magma
Tectonic Plates
Precambrian, Paleozoic,
Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras
Pangaea
Convection Currents
Convergent, Divergent and
Transform Boundaries
Pacific Ring of Fire
Erosion
Weathering
Glaciation
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Sedimentary, Igneous and
Metamorphic Rock
Landform Regions (know
where they are on the map)
Maritime climate
Continental climate
Windward slope
Leeward slope
Rain Shadow
Air Mass
Ocean current
Elevation
Relief
Soil
Soil Profile, Horizons
Podzols
Chernozems
Topsoil
Transition zones
Deciduous
Coniferous
Natural Vegetation
KEY PEOPLE:
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Alfred Wegener
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J. Tuzo Wilson
CALCULATIONS:
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Climate graph calculations
SKILLS:
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Mapping Skills
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Climate Graphs