Our unit on Mapping Major Physical Areas of Canada is coming to a close. Over the next two weeks, students will be working on their mapping assignment. In addition a Mapping Test will be given on Monday November 4. For the next two weeks, the only spelling words that will be assigned have to do with the upcoming test. While time will be given in class, many students will require additional practice at home.
Study Guide: Social Studies Test on Mapping
Test:
Monday November 4th
Each student has completed a Student Booklet
to Assist with Studying. Half a mark will be deducted from each word spelled incorrectly.
1. Students will need to be able to label the continents and
oceans of the world with correct spelling.
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Continents:
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica,
and Africa.
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Oceans:
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic.
2. Landforms: Students need to match the definition to the
word. Also, students will be asked to
label each landform on a map.
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Define –
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Island:
land completely surrounded by water.
o
Peninsula:
a long, narrow part of land almost all surrounded by water.
o
Hill: a
raised part of land, not as high as a mountain.
o
Valley: a
long, low-lying area between higher land, often with a river flowing through
it.
o
Mountain:
a large, steeply raised part of land, much higher than the land around
it.
o
Lowland:
a low-lying, level part of land.
3. Water Bodies:
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Define:
o
River: a
large, natural stream of fresh water flowing downward in a channel.
o
Lake: a
body of water, smaller than a sea and surrounded by water.
o
Sea: a
large body of salt water.
o
Ocean: a
very large body of salt water.
o
Bay: a
large, wide, deeply curved inlet along a coastline.
o
Gulf:
part of an ocean or sea that is like a wide, large bay.
o
Strait: a
narrow passage of water joining two large bodies of water.
4. Mountains:
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Students will need to label the following terms
on a diagram:
o
Peak
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Ridge
o
Slope
o
Snowline
o
valley
5. 7 Physical Regions
of Canada: Using the map, students will
be asked to match the correct Physical Region to the map.
a) Canadian Shield
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b) Arctic Lowlands
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c) Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
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d) Appalachian Mountain
e) Western Mountains or Cordillera
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f) High Arctic
6. Labeling Major
Landforms on a Map of Canada:
Baffin Island
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Ellesmere Island
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Hudson Bay
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
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St. Lawrence River
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Labrador Sea
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Beaufort Sea
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Mackenzie Mountains
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Rocky Mountains
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Coast Mountains
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Vancouver Island
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Five Great Lakes: Superior, Ontario, Erie, Huron, and Michigan
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Lake Winnipeg
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Great Slave Lake
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Great Bear Lake
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Hudson Bay Lowlands
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St. Lawrence Lowlands
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Laurentian Hills
