Canadian Geography Exam Review (CGC1P)

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Use this Quiz to study all 5 streams in grade nine geography. Questions are taken from course content and other quizs from the course.

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Questions 100

Answers

1
Which is a natural disaster that can be man-caused?
Avalanche
Tornado
Earthquake
Tsunami
2
Canada's second largest city is Montreal.
False
True
3
The largest physical region in Canada is...
Western Cordillera
The Prairies
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
4
Disaster mitigation...
Prevents disasters
Reduces disaster impact
5
_____ questions are used to discover basic truthful information, data, and statistics.
Causal
Factual
Comparative
6
The youngest earth crust can be found at...
Divergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
7
The Earth's supercontinent is known as Pangea.
True
False
8
The primary sector includes grocery stores, shopping malls, and banks.
False
True
9
Furniture is a low order good.
True
False
10
Leaving appliances, chargers, tvs, etc. plugged in can still use up electricity and is called ________.
Phantom Energy
Wasting Hydro
Ghost Power
Phantom Load
11
Climate change causes extreme weather.
True
False
12
How does cultural diversity enrich a community?
Music
Food
Knowledge
Conflict
13
Canada's largest island is...
Vancouver Island
Baffin Island
Ellesmere Island
P.E.I.
14
Where do most new Canadians settle?
British Columbia
Ontario
Alberta
Newfoundland
15
An aging population needs more childcares centres.
True
False
16
45° 34' 23"N, 129° 56' 33" E is a valid coordinate.
False
True
17
Soil is made of organic matter, moisture, air, and minerals.
True
False
18
Canada is the _____ largest country by area.
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
19
The Prime Meridian is at 0° longitude.
False
True
20
What type of population pyramid is this?
Expanding slowly
Expanding rapidly
Stable
Declining
21
_________ is careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care.
Stewardship
Environmentalism
Activism
Responsibility
22
How much of the Sun's energy reaches the
10%
75%
50%
25%
23
Zero datum is mean sea level.
True
False
24
How far apart are degrees at the equator?
96 km
33 km
67 km
111 km
25
Population settlements begin near natural resources and transportation routes.
True
False
26
Which is scale represents a highly detailed map?
1 : 50,000
1 : 10,000
1 : 100,000
1 : 150,000
27
Lake Ontario is ______ of Lake Erie.
Northeast
Southeast
Northwest
Southwest
28
Moving away from your home country is called _____.
Immigration
Emigration
29
Middle Island is the most southern point of Canada.
False
True
30
The province with the highest population density in Canada is ______
NFLD
Ontario
British Columbia
PEI
31
Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline describe what?
Industry Life Cycle
Product Life Cycle
Product Sustainability Cycle
Industrial Stability
32
What makes flooding worse?
Dams
Pavement
Buildings
Swamps
33
Edmonton is the capital of...
Manitoba
Alberta
B.C.
Ontario
34
Most of the food waste in Canada comes from...
homes
restaurants & entertainment
grocery stores
agriculture
35
Earthquakes only occur naturally.
True
False
36
Reliable web sources most often end in...
.com
.gov
.ca
.edu
37
Ile d'Anticosti and Saint-Pierre are French islands off the West coast of Canada.
False
True
38
A thicker contour line (on a topographic map) is called a...
Base line
Index contour
Contour line
Elevation contour
39
Contour lines bend ____ when they cross a stream.
Downstream
Upstream
40
The International Date Line is opposite to the Prime Meridian.
False
True
41
What type of population pyramid is this?
Declining
Stable
Expanding rapidly
Expanding slowly
42
Which is NOT a type of industry sector?
Quaternary
Quarterly
Tertiary
Primary
43
Which two of these states in the Product Life Cycle Curve house the peak sales of a product?
Growth and Maturity
Only the Maturity houses the peak
Introduction and Growth
Maturity and Decline
44
Jet streams follow the boundaries between _____ and _____ air.
hot and hot
hot and cold
cold and hot
cold and cold
45
Till is a large object of clay.
False
True
46
Independent immigrants must prove they have enough money to support themselves for at least ______.
3 Months
1 Year
2 Years
6 Months
47
North America is separating from Europe at a rate of ______ cm per year.
1-2
5-7
2-3
3-5
48
Contour lines show ______.
Distance
Elevation
Rivers
Roads
49
Transform boundaries are neutral when it comes to crustal creation or destruction.
False
True
50
Most of the water used in Canada is used by...
residential
industry
agriculture
transportation
51
Canada's population Census is taken every ____ years.
5
3
4
6
52
Cape Breton Island is in Nova Scotia
False
True
53
Lines close together indicate a steep slope.
True
False
54
The physical region that cover most of BC and the Yukon is called...
Western Cordillera
Appalachian Uplands
Canadian Shield
Interior Plains
55
Which is NOT a pull factor?
Safety
Poverty
Education
Employment
56
Natural increase rate = birth rate - death rate
False
True
57
Drumlins are cigar shaped hills.
False
True
58
When a continental plate meets an oceanic plate, the ___________ plate will be the one to subduct.
Continental
Oceanic
59
What river extends from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean?
Hudson River
Ottawa River
Mackenzie River
St. Lawrence River
60
Vancouver is the capital of BC.
True
False
61
Contour lines are typically what colour?
Black
Orange-Yellow
Red
Reddish-Brown
62
Canada is the world's largest potash with ________ producing 90% of our total output.
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewn
63
Which of these meanders?
True North
Prime Meridian
Magnetic North
Equator
64
St. John's is the capital of...
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
PEI
New Brunswick
65
Which is NOT a problem with wind energy?
The sun isn't always out.
No use for excess energy.
Wind doesn't always blow
No place to store energy produced by wind.
66
The shallowest Great Lake is...
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
67
Canada's most easterly point is...
Nova Scotia
Saint-Pierre
Cape Cod
Cape Spear
68
A cluster of buildings is called a _____ settlement.
Dispersed
Linear
Nucleated
69
A large scale map shows less detail than a small scale map.
True
False
70
The capital of the Yukon Territory is Yellowknife.
False
True
71
What is the capital of Ontario?
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Thunder Bay
72
Urban sprawl is when a city center expands in the neighbouring environments.
True
False
73
Which is NOT an effect of climate change?
Strong hurricanes
Glaciers melting
Increased population
Loss of species
74
Canada has a _____ ecological footprint.
High
Medium
Low
75
Transferable skills can be used at work and in everyday life.
False
True
76
The median age in Canada is going to decrease in the future.
True
False
77
Which footprint measures the emission of gases contributing to global warming?
Nitrogen
Ecological
Water
Carbon
78
Which province does not have a coast line?
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
79
What type of question is this: Which type fuel produces the most emissions?
Factual
Comparative
Causal
80
Weather is short-term data, while climate is long-term data.
False
True
81
As a country, Canada is very water conscious and sustainable.
True
False
82
The "Cemetery of the Gulf" is what?
Saint-Pierre
The Ring of Fire
St. Lawrence River
Ile d'Anticosti
83
Which is the southernmost point of LAND attached to Canada?
Manitoulin Island
Point Edward
Middle Island
Point Peelee
84
A census metropolitan area must have a total population of at least _________ people.
100,000
1,000,000
10,000
100
85
What is the difference between a hurricane, typhoon, and cyclone?
Altitude
Location
Size
Intensity
86
The equator is at 0° latitude.
True
False
87
An essay analyzing a data report is a...
Primary source
Secondary Source
88
70% of Canadian workers are found in this sector.
Primary
Secondary
Quaternary
Tertiary
89
Hot humid air masses from the Gulf of Mexico can cause high humidity & severe thunderstorms in southern Ontario.
False
True
90
Lake Erie is the southernmost lake.
True
False
91
Which is an example of a primary source?
Newspaper
A quote
Textbook
Wikipedia
92
A tsunami is caused by an underwater volcano.
True
False
93
Natural disasters are becoming more prevalent and intense due to climate change.
False
True
94
Almost 50% of the energy used in your home is for heating and cooling.
False
True
95
The large spike in population after the war created the ________ generation.
Millenials
Baby Boomer
Generation Y
Gen Z
96
Canada's northernmost physical region is...
Western Cordillera
Innuitians
Arctic Lands
Canadian Shield
97
_________ energy is not depleted when used.
Electric
Fossil fuel
Renewable
98
In Canada, any type of solar requires ____________ exposure for maximum effect.
Southern
Eastern
Northern
Western
99
Which would increase the economic value of a home?
Ghettoization
Shopping mall
Jail
Highway
100
What type of population pyramid is this?
Expanding rapidly
Expanding slowly
Stable
Declining

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Canadian Geography Exam Review (CGC1P)

100 termsStudBud Administration1,273 plays

Use this Quiz to study all 5 streams in grade nine geography. Questions are taken from course content and other quizs from the course.

Flashcards100 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 100

Answers

1
Which is a natural disaster that can be man-caused?
Avalanche
Tornado
Earthquake
Tsunami
2
Canada's second largest city is Montreal.
False
True
3
The largest physical region in Canada is...
Western Cordillera
The Prairies
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
4
Disaster mitigation...
Prevents disasters
Reduces disaster impact
5
_____ questions are used to discover basic truthful information, data, and statistics.
Causal
Factual
Comparative
6
The youngest earth crust can be found at...
Divergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
7
The Earth's supercontinent is known as Pangea.
True
False
8
The primary sector includes grocery stores, shopping malls, and banks.
False
True
9
Furniture is a low order good.
True
False
10
Leaving appliances, chargers, tvs, etc. plugged in can still use up electricity and is called ________.
Phantom Energy
Wasting Hydro
Ghost Power
Phantom Load
11
Climate change causes extreme weather.
True
False
12
How does cultural diversity enrich a community?
Music
Food
Knowledge
Conflict
13
Canada's largest island is...
Vancouver Island
Baffin Island
Ellesmere Island
P.E.I.
14
Where do most new Canadians settle?
British Columbia
Ontario
Alberta
Newfoundland
15
An aging population needs more childcares centres.
True
False
16
45° 34' 23"N, 129° 56' 33" E is a valid coordinate.
False
True
17
Soil is made of organic matter, moisture, air, and minerals.
True
False
18
Canada is the _____ largest country by area.
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
19
The Prime Meridian is at 0° longitude.
False
True
20
What type of population pyramid is this?
Expanding slowly
Expanding rapidly
Stable
Declining
21
_________ is careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care.
Stewardship
Environmentalism
Activism
Responsibility
22
How much of the Sun's energy reaches the
10%
75%
50%
25%
23
Zero datum is mean sea level.
True
False
24
How far apart are degrees at the equator?
96 km
33 km
67 km
111 km
25
Population settlements begin near natural resources and transportation routes.
True
False
26
Which is scale represents a highly detailed map?
1 : 50,000
1 : 10,000
1 : 100,000
1 : 150,000
27
Lake Ontario is ______ of Lake Erie.
Northeast
Southeast
Northwest
Southwest
28
Moving away from your home country is called _____.
Immigration
Emigration
29
Middle Island is the most southern point of Canada.
False
True
30
The province with the highest population density in Canada is ______
NFLD
Ontario
British Columbia
PEI
31
Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline describe what?
Industry Life Cycle
Product Life Cycle
Product Sustainability Cycle
Industrial Stability
32
What makes flooding worse?
Dams
Pavement
Buildings
Swamps
33
Edmonton is the capital of...
Manitoba
Alberta
B.C.
Ontario
34
Most of the food waste in Canada comes from...
homes
restaurants & entertainment
grocery stores
agriculture
35
Earthquakes only occur naturally.
True
False
36
Reliable web sources most often end in...
.com
.gov
.ca
.edu
37
Ile d'Anticosti and Saint-Pierre are French islands off the West coast of Canada.
False
True
38
A thicker contour line (on a topographic map) is called a...
Base line
Index contour
Contour line
Elevation contour
39
Contour lines bend ____ when they cross a stream.
Downstream
Upstream
40
The International Date Line is opposite to the Prime Meridian.
False
True
41
What type of population pyramid is this?
Declining
Stable
Expanding rapidly
Expanding slowly
42
Which is NOT a type of industry sector?
Quaternary
Quarterly
Tertiary
Primary
43
Which two of these states in the Product Life Cycle Curve house the peak sales of a product?
Growth and Maturity
Only the Maturity houses the peak
Introduction and Growth
Maturity and Decline
44
Jet streams follow the boundaries between _____ and _____ air.
hot and hot
hot and cold
cold and hot
cold and cold
45
Till is a large object of clay.
False
True
46
Independent immigrants must prove they have enough money to support themselves for at least ______.
3 Months
1 Year
2 Years
6 Months
47
North America is separating from Europe at a rate of ______ cm per year.
1-2
5-7
2-3
3-5
48
Contour lines show ______.
Distance
Elevation
Rivers
Roads
49
Transform boundaries are neutral when it comes to crustal creation or destruction.
False
True
50
Most of the water used in Canada is used by...
residential
industry
agriculture
transportation
51
Canada's population Census is taken every ____ years.
5
3
4
6
52
Cape Breton Island is in Nova Scotia
False
True
53
Lines close together indicate a steep slope.
True
False
54
The physical region that cover most of BC and the Yukon is called...
Western Cordillera
Appalachian Uplands
Canadian Shield
Interior Plains
55
Which is NOT a pull factor?
Safety
Poverty
Education
Employment
56
Natural increase rate = birth rate - death rate
False
True
57
Drumlins are cigar shaped hills.
False
True
58
When a continental plate meets an oceanic plate, the ___________ plate will be the one to subduct.
Continental
Oceanic
59
What river extends from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean?
Hudson River
Ottawa River
Mackenzie River
St. Lawrence River
60
Vancouver is the capital of BC.
True
False
61
Contour lines are typically what colour?
Black
Orange-Yellow
Red
Reddish-Brown
62
Canada is the world's largest potash with ________ producing 90% of our total output.
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewn
63
Which of these meanders?
True North
Prime Meridian
Magnetic North
Equator
64
St. John's is the capital of...
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
PEI
New Brunswick
65
Which is NOT a problem with wind energy?
The sun isn't always out.
No use for excess energy.
Wind doesn't always blow
No place to store energy produced by wind.
66
The shallowest Great Lake is...
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
67
Canada's most easterly point is...
Nova Scotia
Saint-Pierre
Cape Cod
Cape Spear
68
A cluster of buildings is called a _____ settlement.
Dispersed
Linear
Nucleated
69
A large scale map shows less detail than a small scale map.
True
False
70
The capital of the Yukon Territory is Yellowknife.
False
True
71
What is the capital of Ontario?
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Thunder Bay
72
Urban sprawl is when a city center expands in the neighbouring environments.
True
False
73
Which is NOT an effect of climate change?
Strong hurricanes
Glaciers melting
Increased population
Loss of species
74
Canada has a _____ ecological footprint.
High
Medium
Low
75
Transferable skills can be used at work and in everyday life.
False
True
76
The median age in Canada is going to decrease in the future.
True
False
77
Which footprint measures the emission of gases contributing to global warming?
Nitrogen
Ecological
Water
Carbon
78
Which province does not have a coast line?
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
79
What type of question is this: Which type fuel produces the most emissions?
Factual
Comparative
Causal
80
Weather is short-term data, while climate is long-term data.
False
True
81
As a country, Canada is very water conscious and sustainable.
True
False
82
The "Cemetery of the Gulf" is what?
Saint-Pierre
The Ring of Fire
St. Lawrence River
Ile d'Anticosti
83
Which is the southernmost point of LAND attached to Canada?
Manitoulin Island
Point Edward
Middle Island
Point Peelee
84
A census metropolitan area must have a total population of at least _________ people.
100,000
1,000,000
10,000
100
85
What is the difference between a hurricane, typhoon, and cyclone?
Altitude
Location
Size
Intensity
86
The equator is at 0° latitude.
True
False
87
An essay analyzing a data report is a...
Primary source
Secondary Source
88
70% of Canadian workers are found in this sector.
Primary
Secondary
Quaternary
Tertiary
89
Hot humid air masses from the Gulf of Mexico can cause high humidity & severe thunderstorms in southern Ontario.
False
True
90
Lake Erie is the southernmost lake.
True
False
91
Which is an example of a primary source?
Newspaper
A quote
Textbook
Wikipedia
92
A tsunami is caused by an underwater volcano.
True
False
93
Natural disasters are becoming more prevalent and intense due to climate change.
False
True
94
Almost 50% of the energy used in your home is for heating and cooling.
False
True
95
The large spike in population after the war created the ________ generation.
Millenials
Baby Boomer
Generation Y
Gen Z
96
Canada's northernmost physical region is...
Western Cordillera
Innuitians
Arctic Lands
Canadian Shield
97
_________ energy is not depleted when used.
Electric
Fossil fuel
Renewable
98
In Canada, any type of solar requires ____________ exposure for maximum effect.
Southern
Eastern
Northern
Western
99
Which would increase the economic value of a home?
Ghettoization
Shopping mall
Jail
Highway
100
What type of population pyramid is this?
Expanding rapidly
Expanding slowly
Stable
Declining