GRADE 9 APPLIED GEOGRAPHY EXAM REVIEW
This is a practice guide to help you prepare for your exam. You should use all the unit test review sheets and your notes to make a comprehensive study guide.
KEY VOCABULARY
MAPPING COMPONENTS
Identify at least 5 components:
1.
LATITUDE:
2.
LONGITUDE:
3.
EQUATOR:
4.
5.
PRIME MERIDIAN:
UNIT 1
INTRODUCTION TO
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY AND
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
HEMISPHERES:
1.
2.
3.
4.
WOLRD’S OCEANS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
CONTINENTS:
1.
4.
2.
5.
3.
6.
MAP OF CANADA
7.
Be sure to study your maps of Canada. You should know where all the
Provinces and Territories are located and be able to identify capital cities,
the national capital and major water bodies. Some of these include:
- Ottawa
Hudson’s Bay
- Toronto
All 5 Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie,
- Winnipeg
Superior) HOMES
- St. John’s
- All oceans
KEY VOCABULARY
PLATE TECTONICS:
CANADA’S MAJOR LANDFORM REGIONS
What are the characteristics of…
CANADIAN SHIELD:
WESTERN CORIDLLERA:
CONTINENTAL DRIFT:
INTERIOR PLAINS:
PANGAEA:
APPALACHIANS:
ALFRED WEGENER:
INNUITIONS:
WEATHER:
ARCTIC:
CLIMATE:
FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE
NATURAL VEGETATION:
UNIT 2
CONIFEROUS TREES:
DECIDUOUS TREES:
NATURAL SYSTEMS
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FILL IN THE BLANKS
Temperature ___________ as you move away from
the _____________. Temperature increases as
you move____________ to the ___________.
The four parts of soils are ____________,
_________, ___________, ___________.
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SUSTAINABILITY:
RESOURCE:
STEWARDSHIP:
RENEWABLE RESOURCE:
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT:
NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE:
OIL/TAR SANDS:
PRIMARY INDUSTRY:
RECYCLING:
SECONDARY INDUSTRY:
CONVENTIONAL ENERGY:
TERTIARY INDUSTRY:
ALTERNATIVE (GREEN) ENERGY:
CLEAR CUTTING:
NATURAL VEGETATION:
CONCEPTS:
Ways to reduce our ecological footprints include…
1.
2.
3.
4.
MECHANIZATION:
Examples of how humans impact the environment
include:
SELECTIVE CUTTING:
METALLIC MINERALS:
FOSSIL FUELS:
UNIT 3
HUMAN IMPACT ON
THE ENVIRONMENT
KEY VOCABULARY
UNIT 4: HUMAN SYSTEMS
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POPULATION DISTRIBUTION:
POPULATION DENSITY:
BIRTH RATE:
DEATH RATE:
METIS:
URBAN:
FIRST NATION:
RURAL:
NUNAVUT:
TREATY:
UNIT 4 URBANIZATION:
URBAN SPRAWL:
HUMAN SYSTEMS
LAND CLAIMS:
SMART GROWTH:
SPECIFIC LAND CLAIM:
URBAN LAND USE:
COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIM:
UNIT 3
IMMIGRATION:
EMIGRATION:
HUMAN SYSTEMS
NET MIGRATION:
CALCULATIONS
POPULATION DENSITY FORMULA:
REFUGEE:
PUSH FACTOR:
PULL FACTOR:
PRACTICE: 23,000 people living in an area 239km, what is the population
density? Is this high or low?
POINT SYSTEM:
BABY BOOM:
Sketch a dispersed population pattern
ABORIGINAL PEOPLES:
INUIT:
Sketch a concentrated population pattern
KEY VOCABULARY:
CONCEPTS:
Give an example of a…
IMPORT:
PERSONAL/SOCIAL CONNECTION:
EXPORT:
ECONOMIC CONNECTION:
CULTURAL CONNECTION:
DEVELOPING COUNTRY:
ENVIRONMENTAL CONNECTION:
DEVELOPED COUNTRY:
NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY:
NAFTA:
POLITICAL CONNECTION:
UNIT 5
CANADA’S GLOBAL
CONNECTIONS
OTHER NOTES:
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
UNITED NATIONS:
FOREIGN AID:
FILL IN THE BLANKS
Canada’s top trading partner is _______________.
ODA:
___________ and _____________ are also major trading partners with Canada.
PEACEKEEPING:
___________ is an example of a developing country.
NGO:
___________ is an example of a developed country.
CRAIG KIELBURGER:
___________ is an example of a newly industrialized country.
A Canadian, other than Kielburger, who is making a difference is:_____________