Your Final Exam Will Appear in the Following Format

CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY

CGC 1D1

EXAM REVIEW

EXAM FORMAT

Your Final Exam will appear in the following format.

Part A - KNOWLEDGE - 25 MARKS

Multiple Choice

· You will be required to circle the correct answer (5 choices) for each question or statement on the Exam Paper and Scantron.

Part B – KNOWLEDGE - 30 MARKS

A. Map Identification – Canada Map (20 Marks)

· In this section, you will be given a map of Canada and asked to identify provinces, territories, capital cities and bodies of water.

B. Map Identification – World Map (10 marks)

· In this section you will be given a map of the world and asked to identify major lines and countries

Part C - THINKING - 20 MARKS

Chart Completion

1. Canada (20 marks) – landform regions

· In this section, you will complete a chart using a word bank

Part D – APPLICATION - 5 MARKS

Fill in the Blanks

· Calculations are involved

Part E – APPLICATION - 20 MARKS

Graphing

· You will be supplied with a graph and you will use the given data to fill in the graph

Part F – COMMUNICATION - 30 MARKS

Series of Paragraphs

· In this section you will be required to choose one of three topics and write a series of paragraphs (4 in total)

· You must have an introductory paragraph, 2 body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph.

· The topics are issues we have looked at in class

· Possible topics:

o Immigration

o Canada as a physically diverse country

o Canada and the World- Levels of development

EXAM REVIEW

CGC 1D1

Key Terms/Definitions/Concepts/Models

Unit 1 – Introduction to Geography (Geographers Toolkit)

· Canadian time zones

· Main focuses of geography

· Essential mapping elements

· Geography is the study of…

· Converting map scales

· Provinces/Territories

· Capital Cities

· Major lines of longitude/latitude- Maximum? How is it measured?

· Major Bodies of Water in Canada

· Compass Rose

· Continents

· Types of Maps

· Map Projections

Unit 2 – Physical Geography

· Landform regions- locations

· Layers of the earth

· What climate region do you live in?

· Rock Cycle

· Precipitation-Cyclonic, convectional, Relief

· Theory of Continental Drift

· J. Tuzo Wilson & plate tectonics

· Rock Types

· Factors that affect Climate

· Geologic Eras- major events

· Continental/Maritime Climates

Unit 3 – Human Geography

· Types of Immigrants

· Types of Industry

· Urban/Rural interactions

· Natural Increase Rate

· Population Pyramids

· Immigrant/Emigrant/Refugee

· Push/Pull/Intervening factors

· Land Use

Unit 4 – Humans and the Environment

· Primary Industry

· Secondary Industry

· Tertiary Industry

· Quarternary

Unit 5 – Canada & The World

· Canada largest trading partners

· 7 Continents

· United Nations

· Trade Terminology

· Major countries i.e. Rwanda, Greenland, India, South Africa, China, Brazil, Australia, Russia, Italy,

· Imports and Exports

· Rwanda- What happened?

· Developed/Developing/Newly Industrialized countries

· Child Labour

· Population Density