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1 Page1 Fill out the following chart: Source: BLM a Manitoba Education KLW Canadian Geography What I know Physical geography of Canada What I want to learn (state as questions) What I learned Human geography of Canada 1

2 Page1 Source: BLM 9.1.1b MB Education MENTAL MAP OF CANADA About Mental Maps A geographically informed person gathers and selects information about the surrounding environment, and organizes this information in the form of spatial images or mental maps. We use mental maps of our surroundings to orient ourselves, to organize our perceptions, and to describe the world in which we live. A mental map may be a picture of an area as small as one s own home or school, or as large as the entire world. Mental maps include facts as well as rough personal impressions of what the world is like and how it is organized, making every mental map unique. Mental maps are constantly being revised and corrected based on experience and observation. Our pictures of the spatial layout of the world, our country, our region or province, or our immediate surroundings become more complex as we acquire more knowledge. In this exercise, you will be quickly sketching a mental map of Canada and its defining geographic features. Do not try to reproduce a detailed or perfect map. Focus on how you think of the Canadian land or territory in your own mind. Follow the instructions below to create your mental map. Task: Draw a Mental Map of Canada 1. Before starting, take a moment to visualize a very general image of what you would like to sketch: the contours of the Canadian land mass and its major bodies of water. Imagine the main features of the country (e.g., overall shape, the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, the St. Lawrence Seaway, major islands ), and the relative size and position of the provinces and territories. 2. Next, sketch in a few lines or points to guide your map. For example, you may wish to lightly trace in the approximate line of the 49th parallel (border with the U.S.), and the 60th parallel (the North), as well as the location of Winnipeg or the Red River, which are roughly at the longitudinal centre of Canada. 3. Now, sketch out the rough shapes of the provinces and territories, using rectangles and triangles to start. Use the lines of the graph paper to guide the size or scale. 4. Adjust your lines and shapes to reflect the relative size and shape of the provinces and territories, and add a bit more detail to the contours of the country and the provincial borders. Sketch in main bodies of water or rivers, islands, and mountain ranges. Add in the location of the capitals and other major population centres, and other geographic elements that you consider to be important. 5. Label all important geographic elements included in your map.

3 Page2 Assessing your mental map of Canada 1. Compare your map with a map in an atlas/textbook or online, and think what your map says about your perceptions of Canada. For example, is the Northern region largest in both maps? Have you indicated the cities in approximate locations? Have you included the same geographic elements? Which region has the greatest, or least, amount of detail? 2. Use an atlas of Canada online to check your work. Assess/rate your mental map using this scale: 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest). Map Characteristics The overall contour or shape of the country is accurate. Rating (1 4) What do you need to improve? Add? Correct? All provinces and territories are on the map. Each province or territory is in the right relative location and is correctly labelled. The scale or relative size of the provinces and territories is roughly correct. The shapes of the provinces and territories are roughly correct. The shapes and sizes of the main bodies of water are roughly correct. The distances between points are more or less in scale (proportional). Some distinctive features of human geography (e.g., cities) and physical geography (e.g., mountain ranges) are correctly located and labelled.

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5 Page1 MAP OF CANADA Map & Learn Canada s Provinces/Territories along with their Capital Cities & National Capital using the colored map of Canada provided on page 2

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7 Page1 Six Physical Regions Use the following information to fill in the chart on the second page. Answer the Questions to follow on Page 3 Atlantic: Physical features - hills, valleys, ocean, and bays. Natural resources - fish (cod), some forestry, farming & mining Great Lakes - St. Lawrence: 3 great Lakes (Huron, Ontario (4( Erie), St. Lawrence River, low lands Natural resources - agriculture, abundant water, mining (iron coal) Cordillera: Physical features - Mountains, valleys, plateaus and bays Natural resources - forestry, mining, fishing (salmon) & fruit (Okanogan Valley) North: Physical features - plateaus, mountains & lowlands, permafrost Natural resources - minerals (iron, gold diamonds), oil & gas The Shield Region: Physical features - forestry, precambrian rock, water Natural resources - mining, hydro electricity The Prairies: Physical features - rolling hills, wide river valleys, prairies Natural resources - agriculture & ranching, oil & gas, coal & potash

8 Page2 Atlantic Physical Features Natural Resources Great Lakes St Lawrence Cordillera North Shield Prairies

9 Page3 QUESTIONS 1. Why is it important to know the physical features and natural resources of a region? 2. How do the physical features and natural resources affect the people living in that region? 3. How does that shape the identity of a region? 4. Using the internet, find 1 picture that portrays each of the physical regions in Canada. Paste all six pictures on the following blank page in a collage.

10 Page4 THE SIX PHYSICAL REGIONS COLLAGE

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17 Page1 DEMOGRAPHY Use Assignment 5- Notes to complete the following chart Source: BLM c MB Education Etymology or origins of the word demography: (Consult a dictionary or online dictionary) Cite a definition of demography from an online dictionary or the notes below. Cite the reference used. Write a definition of demography in your own words. List examples of elements that are studied in demography. List five examples of characteristics that may be used to describe a population. List one thing you know about Canadian demographics. Make an illustration to show what demography is.

18 Page1 Grade 9 Social Studies - Cluster 1 PRACTICE QUIZ - A Map of Canada Complete the following quiz filling in the blanks with the correct province/territory & city Check your answers when you re done with an atlas. PROVINCE/TERRITORY CAPITAL CITY

Answer Keys to Unit Tests

Reading Geography Series Answer Keys to Unit Tests Unit 1 The Five Themes of Geography Unit 2 Patterns in Physical Geography Unit 3 Natural Resources 7 Portage & Main Press Unit Test for The Five Themes