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Duplicate of Grade 9 Geography: Final Quiz
Duplicate of Grade 9 Geography: Final Quiz
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1
A trade surplus is when...
The difference between imports and exports
Value of imports is greater than of exports
A tax on trade
Value of exports is greater than of imports
2
The climate factor that would cause warmer weather conditions in the city of Vancouver.
Winds and air masses
Relief Precipitation
Ocean Currents
Longitude
3
This force is responsible for moving Earth's tectonic plates:
Convergent Boundaries
Subduction Zones
Convection Currents
Divergent Boundaries
4
In urban areas, most of the land is used for:
Industrial
Institutional
Residential
Commercial
5
When the value of imports is greater than the value of exports, this is called:
Tariff
Free Trade
Trade Surplus
Trade Deficit
6
Hydroelectric power is made with:
Moving Water
Natural Gas
Uranium
Fossil Fuels
7
Which of the following relatives cannot be sponsored under Family Sponsorship?
Sibling
Parent
Children
Spouse
8
Which country is Canada's top trade partner?
Mexico
China
Japan
USA
9
The process of sediments being moved from one location to another is known as:
Erosion
Glaciation
Weathering
Deposition
10
During the beginning of this geologic era, earth was in a Hadean-like period...
Cenozoic Era
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Precambrian Era
11
Pearson International Airport, sidewalks, and parking lots are all part of this type of landuse
Institutional
Commercial
Transportation
Residential
12
What percentage of Canadians are baby boomers?
About 90%
About 30%
About 1%
About 10%
13
The upper dependency load is:
Those over 65
Those 15 and under
Workers
Young adults who still live with parents
14
The descendants of Fur Traders and Indigenous women formed their own community called:
Metis
Inuit
First Nations
Creole
15
The Himalayan Mountains formed due to this type of plate collision:
Convergent
Transform
Tectonic
Divergent
16
A city with a temperature high of 36°C and a low of -6°C. What is the temperature range?
42°C
26°C
What is temperature range?!?!
30°C
17
Hospitals, schools, library and Service Canada centres are all part of this type of landuse:
Residential
Transportation
Institutional
Industrial
18
The percentage of Indigenous people in Canada:
2.2%
4.3%
42%
10.4%
19
Traditional Ecological Knowledge is
Knowledge environmentalists have
Using resources in a way to maximize profits
Preserving greenbelt in Markham for future generations
Knowledge Indigenous people have of the environment
20
Exposure to heat and pressure together form these types of rocks:
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Limestone
21
How many points are needed to come to Canada as an Independent (or Economic) Immigrant?
72
56
67
60
22
Canada's oldest landform region is:
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Western Cordillera
Canadian Shield
Appalachian Mountains
23
Your iPhone 10 is working but you really really want the updated iPhone 12. This is due to:
Planned obsolescence
Extraction
Materials Economy
Perceived obsolescence
24
This theory lacked a mechanism for the movement of continents.
Continental Drift Theory
Plate Tectonic Theory
Pangea Theory
PPMC
25
The last residential school in Canada was closed in:
1996
1866
1966
1986
26
The reason(s) the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands is more populated than the Arctic Lowlands
Climate and weather patterns
All of the answers are true
Proximity to transportation routes
Access to services
27
Natural gas, coal and oil are all examples of:
Nonrenewable Resources
All of these answers are true
Fossil Fuels
Conventional Energy Sources
28
What industry extracts or harvests natural resources.
Quaternary
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
29
Which logging method causes the most erosion:
Strip Logging
Clear cutting
Shelterwood
Selective
30
The Appalachians formed after the Innuitians, but before the Rockies.
False
True
31
Indigenous people are the fastest growing segment of the Canadian population.
True
False
32
As urban areas run out of space, more high density residences such as ____ will be common.
Townhomes
Condos and apartments
Mansions
Single family homes
33
The most common type of natural vegetation in Canada is:
Forests
Grasslands
Tundra
All three
34
The diagram shows this type of tectonic plate movement:
Divergent
Convergent
Metamorphic
Transform
35
Which of the following requires the smallest threshold population?
BMW car dealership
Baskin Robbins Ice Crea
ESSO Gas Station
Leon's Furniture Shop
36
Urban Sprawl is…
Cities that grow upwards instead of outwards
Uncontrolled expansion of urban areas into rural areas
Cities with no more usable rural lands
Lands set aside for agricultural uses in cities
37
Most Canadians (80%) live in:
Reserves or FN communities
Urban Areas
Suburban Areas
Rural Areas
38
The biggest protest in Canada was over:
The Northern Gateway Pipeline
Clear cutting in Clayoquot Sound
The Alberta Tar Sands
The treatment of Women
39
Most forests in Canada, such as Clayoquot Sound and Algonquin Park, are owned by:
Federal Government
Individuals
Provincial Governments
Private Logging Companies
40
How many points do Business class immigrants need to come to Canada?
75
35
67
25
41
As you climb up a mountain, the temperature will drop because of:
Jet Streams
Latitude
Elevation
Relief Precipitation
42
Which industry do most Canadians work in?
Tertiary
Primary
Farming
Secondary
43
What type of landuse is shown in the picture?
Commercial
Transportation
Institutional
Industrial
44
Thickest layer of the earth which accounts for over 84% of the earth’s volume:
Mantle
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
Core
45
Most immigrants to Canada rely on the government for financial support.
True
False
46
These large boats used for commercial fishing have led to a decline in fish stocks:
Aquaculture
Draggers
Submarines
Trawlers
47
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the baby boom?
Greater value placed on marriage and "nuclear families"
Increased immigration from Europe
1 in 5 soldiers coming home with a war bride
Economic prosperity after WW1