Sec 1 Geography Exam Study Guide 2014/15
Terms and ideas to know, define and explain:
Developing Country
Industrial Country
Equator
Magnitude
Prevention
Tectonic Plates
Volcanic Eruption
CBD
Geological Hazard
GMA
Extrusive Volcano
Density
Ring
Tolls
Richter Scale
Seismograph
Public transit
Social Housing
Multi-Ethnicity
Flood
Hurricane
Green Space
Meteorological Hazard
Natural Hazard
Explosive Volcano
Magma
Infrastructure
Metropolis
Suburb
Urbanization
Immigration
Régie de Logement
Tsunami
Earthquake
Fossil Fuels
Hydrological Hazard
Green House Effect
Agriculture
Landfill
Urban Sprawl
Guiding Questions to Study:
1. Why was the Montreal area a favourable site for early settlers? When was it discovered and by
whom?
2. Why is Montreal a favourable place for immigrants to settle?
3. What are three advantages and three disadvantages of living in a Metropolis? Why are people drawn
to Montreal? (Drawing Power)
4. List and explain three human activities that have been linked to a greater number of natural hazards?
What are some solutions to reduce these human activities?
5. Outline possible costs a country would encounter after having experienced a natural disaster.
6. What factors influence the number of deaths when a natural disaster strikes?
7. What are 3 issues Montreal is currently dealing with? Choose one and clearly explain the problem, its
consequences and some possible solutions. Think of how the unit was divided… our 3 topics were…?
8. Explain how developing countries and industrialized countries plan for, live through, and deal with
the aftermath of a natural disaster.
9. How can we reduce the numbers of victims when a natural disaster strikes?
10. Explain Montreal’s “make up”. Who populates the city?
11. Explain the events of an earthquake, a tsunami and a volcano.
12. Know the world continents, the world oceans, the provinces of Canada and their capitals, the
regions and water ways of the Island of Montreal