Geography Exam 2023
GRADED A+ (ACTUAL EXAM ) Questions and Answers (Solved)
- Land Area of Canada
Answer: 9 992 000 km2
- Population of Canada
Answer: 38 million
- Population Density of Canada
Answer: 3.8 people per km2
- GDP of Canada
Answer: 1.988 Billion USD
- GDP per Capita of Canada
Answer: 48 000 USD
- Population Density
Answer: Population divided by area
7. GDP
Answer: Gross Domestic Product, total value of all goods and services
produced in a nation, measure of country's wealth
- Map projection
Answer: Flat representation of the world, distortions are inevitable due to
the earth's curve
- Mercater projection
Answer: Rectangular map used for navigation, greatly distorts size of 1 / 4
continents by stretching areas near the poles
- Equal Area Projection
Answer: Map that attempts to minimize distortions by using the relative
areas of countries
- Winkel Tripel Projection
Answer: Equal area projection adopted in 1998 by the National
Geographic Society
- General purpose map
Answer: map that contains many different types of information including
roads, countries, landmasses, bodies of water, etc
- Thematic Map
Answer: map that shows only one type of information
- Topographic Map
Answer: Map that shows both man-made and natural features
- 6 Basic map features
Answer: Title, Legend, date of publication, scale, direction, borders
- Title
Answer: Shows the subject of a map
- Legend
Answer: Shows what symbols mean on a map
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- Date of Publication
Answer: Shows when a map was produced
- Scale
Answer: Shows relation of distance on a map to distance on the Earth's
surface
- Direction
Answer: Shows which way a map faces
- Borders
Answer: Shows the ends of the map
- Peters Projection
Answer: Replacement for Mercator projection that accounted for
stretching near the poles by expanding areas near the equator
- Planar Projection
Answer: Map used by flattening small portions of the globe, better used
for smaller areas
- Small scale map
Answer: Shows fewer details, focuses on larger areas
- Large scale map
Answer: Shows great detail, focuses on small areas
- Compass point
Answer: Direction on a compass, such as north or south
- Cardinal Points
Answer: North, South, East, West 3 / 4
- Ordinal Points
Answer: NE, SE, SW, NW
- Compass bearing
Answer: Degree on a compass
- Alphanumeric grid
Answer: grid that uses letters and numerals to identify squares of a grid
pattern on a map
- Military Grid
Answer: Uses only numbers to identify squares on a grid, read easting
before northing
- Easting
Answer: Vertical lines on a military grid
- Northing
Answer: Horizontal line on a military grid
- Latitude
Answer: Distance north or south of the equator, latitude lines run east to
west, measured in degrees
- Longitude
Answer: Distance east or west from the Prime Meridian, runs north to
south
- International Date Line
Answer: Line at 180° east or west lat., separates each day from the last
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