| Unit 1: Geographic inquiry |
| Map Rules (BOLTS): Borders around map and the legend Orientation-which way is North? Legend-describes the symbols and colours Title-the theme and location Scale-defines the distances on the map Other Things to Consider: be neat, blue for water, grey for areas surrounding areas of interest, write horizontal to the bottom Scales: City A and City B are 1000km apart; determine the RF scale and the line scale for the map Step 1: Measure the distance on the map = 5cm Step 2: Calculate 1cm=?km 1000km/5cm Therefore 1cm = 200km Step 3: RF Scale requires all untis to be in cm (convert km to cm you ADD 5 zeroes) 200km=20000000cm RF SCALE is 1:20 000 000 Line Scale : Draw A RULER where: 0cm=0km, 1cm=200km, 2cm=400km, 3cm=600km Types of Maps: Thematic Maps-display one particular theme for a location;examples: Climate, Vegetation, Oil Reserves, Population Distribution... Contour Maps-contour lines describe the shape/height of the land Flow Line Maps-illustrates the movement of things between places. The wider the arrow=more movement Chloropleth Maps-are shading maps using 1 colour. The darker shade represents higher values of the theme. Latitude and Longitude lines are Imaginary Latitude Lines: Run east-west and are measured north or south of the Equator Equator at 0*; Tropic of Cancer at 23.5*N; Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5*S Longitude Lines: Run north-south and are measured east or west of the Prime Meridian Prime Meridian at 0* and the International Date Line at 180* Time Zones: Are defined based on longitude lines, every 15* should represent 1 hour of time change; however, the time zones zigzag around countries and island groups. - Travel east-ADD the hours - Travel west-SUBTRACT the hours - Cross the International Date Line traveling eastward-SUBTRACT a day; traveling westward-ADD a day. Map of Canada and the World Map of Canada: Know the location and names of all Provinces/Territories and their capitals: Canada's Capital = Ottawa British Columbia = Victoria Alberta = Edmonton Saskatchewan = Regina Manitoba = Winnipeg Ontario = Toronto Quebec = Quebec City New Brunswick = Fredericton Nova Scotia = Halifax PEI = Charlottetown Nefoundland = St. John's Yukon Territory = Whitehorse North West Territories = Yellowknife Nunavut Territory = Iqaluit Map of the World: Know the location and the names of all Continents (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica); Locate and name the oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, indian, Arctic) Geographic Inquiry Bar Graphs - are useful for showing several comparisons at once Pie Graphs - show the relative percentages of different factors Multiple Line Graphs - compares two data sets (example. immigration vs emigration Scatter Graphs - important in determining if a relationship exists between two factors. (example: Is there a relationship between park size and the number ofd endangered species protected?) Maps - Flow line maps - movement Chlorpleth maps - relative percentages Thematic maps - Various |
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