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1
Which of the following is not a primary sector industry?
Energy
Agriculture
Construction
Mining
2
Which of the following is not a basic map feature?
Border to set map apart from other information
A representation of direction
Equatorial Latitude Line
Scale for comparing distance
3
Sustainability is to...
use the least money possible to locate natural resources
All of the other options
maintain ecological balance by using resources responsibly
keep catches of salmon fish high for greatest profit
4
Which landform region does the following photo represent?
Innuitian Mountains
Western Cordillera
Canadian Shield
Appalachians
5
Geologic Eras in order from earliest to most recent is:
Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian
Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian, Paleozoic
Paleozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
6
Which rock is the metamorphic rock, Marble, derived from?
Granite
Limestone
Slate
Pumice
7
What is the most dangerous form of water pollution?
Sewage
Physical
Biological
Chemical
8
This method of logging consists of harvesting only mature trees of desired size/type/quality.
Clear-cutting
Shelterwood Logging
Old Growth Harvesting
Selective Cutting
9
Primary industries include:
Wholesale/retail, manufacturing, transportation
Government services, mining, and forestry
Financial, insurance, real-estate, healthcare, education
None of the other options
10
Unequal distribution of heat within the Earth's core causes:
Tsunamis
Convection Currents
Eruptions
Wind
11
On a daily basis, the greatest use of water is for:
Showers
Flushing Toilets
Washing Clothes
Dishwashing
12
Air moving down a leeward slope contracts and becomes cooler.
False
True
13
Magma is a product of smelting iron ore
False
True
14
Which of these statements describes the topography of the Canadian Shield?
Jagged peaked mountains
Relatively flat with no trees
Many lakes, rolling hills and trees
Rolling mountains
15
Soil is made up of____________.
Oxygen, minerals, bacteria and humus
Trees, roots, clay, worms
Air, mineral, organics materials and bacteria, and moisture
Water, zinc, decaying organisms
16
How many cm are in a km?
1 000 000 cm
1000 cm
10 000 cm
100 000 cm
17
90% of Canada's population live within 600 km of the US border:
True
False
18
Which two provinces have an immigration rate higher than the Canadian average?
Alberta and British Columbia
Alberta and Ontario
Ontario and Quebec
Ontario and British Columbia
19
What type of scale is represented by the following: 1 cm to 10 km?
None of the Above
Direct Statement Scale
Line Scale
Representative Fraction (RF) Scale
20
Which option is not a classification for immigrants coming into Canada?
Refugees
Family Immigrants
Interprovincial Immigrants
Economic Immigrants
21
Which of these is NOT a mining method?
Underground Mining
Open Pit Mining
Tunnel Mining
Strip Mining
22
Whitehorse is located in which Ecozone?
Atlantic Maritime
Boreal Cordillera
Mixedwood Plains
Prairie
23
If it is 2:00 am in Calgary, Alberta, what time would it be in St. John’s, NFL?
7:00 am
5:00 am
12:00am
5:30 am
24
Population Density is calculated by dividing a country's total population by it's area in km2.
True
False
25
Global Warming is caused by:
Increase in ozone in the atmosphere
Warming oceans
Longer summers
Increase in gases like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
26
Which landform region does the following photo represent?
Hudson Bay-Arctic Lowlands
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
27
Small-scale maps show:
a small amount of detail of a small area
a small amount of detail of a large area
a large amount of detail of a small area
a large amount of detail of a large area
28
Which of the following urban land uses make up most of a city’s area?
Residential land use
Transportation land use
Open space and Recreational land use
Institutional land use
29
Which of the following is not a reason for the East Coast Fishery collapse:
Overfishing
Uncontrolled Foreign Fishing
Sustainable Yield Management
Improved and Destructive Fishing Practices
30
What type of map uses grid systems for locating places and contour lines to show elevation?
Topographic Maps
General-purpose Maps
None of the other options
Thematic Maps
31
SCALE is 'a measurement on ________ that represents an actual distance on _________ surface.
the earth; the earth's
a map; the map's
a map; the earth's
the earth; a map's
32
The Grand Banks are the richest fishing grounds in Canada because:
All of the other options
An abundance of light reaches the continental shelf
It has shallow waters
There's lots of plankton
33
Which landform region does the following photo represent?
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
Hudson Bay-Arctic Lowlands
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
34
Leaching occurs when…
Nothing really happens
Leaching is a term made up by the government to fool us
There is not enough rain
There is too much rain
35
Minerals found near the Earth's surface and deep into the ground are extracted using _________.
Strip Mining
Open Pit Mining
Underground Mining
None of the other options
36
What is the real world distance b/n two points, 5 cm apart, on a map with a scale 1: 50 000?
25 km
25 m
2.5 km
25 000 000 m
37
Which of the following is a primary job?
Teacher
Ice cream man
Miner
Telemarketer
38
Which of the following is not a rural settlement system of Canada?
Concession System
Prairie System
Long Lot System
Section System
39
Canada's Mineral Wealth includes:
Metallic Minerals
Industrial Minerals
Fossil Fuels
All of the other options
40
Montreal is located in which landform region?
Appalachians
Canadian Shield
Hudson’s Bay Arctic Lowlands
The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
41
A bank teller is employed in which type of industry?
Tertiary, basic
Tertiary, non-basic
Secondary, basic
Secondary, non-basic
42
Which land class category has
NO
capability for farming/agriculture?
Class 7
Class 4
None of the other options
Class 1
43
Which of the following is not part of the rock cycle?
Cooling
Erosion and Sediments
Metamorphism
Succession
44
Topography is defined as:
a map showing the features of the landscape
None of the above
human features of the landscape
natural and human features of the landscape
45
Five Themes of Geography include: Location, Place, Region, Movement and Communication, and ____
The environment and raw materials
Human interaction and the environment
Human and new discoveries
None of the above
46
The hydrologic cycle helps move water around the earth.
False
True
47
Time zones are:
About 7.5° wide and start at the Prime Meridian
About 15° wide and start at the Prime Meridian
About 15° wide and start at the International Date Line
About 7.5° wide and start at the International Date Line
48
Canada's rural settlement patterns include both concentrated and dispersed.
True
False
49
The amount of time it takes for a country's population to double at the current growth rate is:
Net Migration Rate
Natural Increase Rate
The Rule of 70
Doubling Time
50
The Western Cordillera was formed by______________________.
Earthquakes in the Western Cordillera
Volcanoes that left lava deposits
The collision of North American and Pacific plates
A shallow ancient sea that left sediments
51
The vegetation region north of the Tree Line is the:
Deciduous Forest
Boreal and Taiga Forest
Cordilleran Vegetation
Tundra
52
What does it take for sediments to become sedimentary rock?
Time and Pressure
Deposition of sediments
All of the other options
Weight of sediments
53
A group of Indigenous people whose members share the same culture and history:
First Nations
Band
Métis
Indians
54
NNE is considered a(n):
Cardinal Point
Military Grid Coordinate
Ordinal Point
Alphanumeric Coordinate
55
Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects climate?
Elevation
Longitude
Latitude
Nearness to water
56
What is an Agricultural Revolution?
Canadian farmers starting a revolution
Cultivation of plants that started in the Middle East
Other countries burned down Canadian agriculture
A period of time where agriculture was dying
57
Convert the Direct Statement Scale to an RF Scale: 1 cm = 2.5 km
1 cm = 250 000 m
1 : 25 000
1 : 250 000
250 000 : 1
58
Direction measured in degrees is called:
Compass Rose
Compass Points
Scale
Compass Bearings
59
Immigrants entering Canada are screened, partially based on:
None of the above
IQ
A point system
A personality test
60
Which of the following is NOT an example of a renewable energy source?
Geothermal
Wind
Nuclear
Solar
61
Convection Currents….
Moves animals along migration paths
Moves traffic on transportation routes
Moves water through soil
Moves tectonic plates on Earth
62
Saint John is __________ of St John's
Southeast
North
East
West
