Download 9SST Unit 1 Test chapters 1 and 2 Ms Lambert

9SST
Unit 1 Test chapters 1 and 2
Class: _____
Ms Lambert
Name: _________________
Read all of the questions carefully before beginning the test.
Part A: Mapping
All work is done on the map unless directed otherwise.
1) On the map of Canada, label all of the provinces and territories listed
below: 13pts
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland and Labrador
Manitoba
North West Territories
New Brunswick
Yukon
Nunavut
Alberta
Quebec
2) On the map of the Atlantic provinces, label the following land and
water forms: 15pts
Cabot Strait
Northumberland Strait
Mt. Caubvick
Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Fundy
Anticosti Island
Placentia Bay
Gulf of St Lawrence
Churchill Rv.
Miramachi Rv.
St John Rv.
St Lawrence Rv.
Chaleur Bay
Strait of Belle Isle
Exploits Rv.
3) Using the grid map, give the latitude and longitude for each of the
points in the spaces below. Be sure to include all parts for a correct
answer. Ex. 7 N 47 W
10pts
a. ____________________________
b. _____________________________
c. ____________________________
d. _____________________________
e. ____________________________
f. _____________________________
g. ____________________________
h. _____________________________
i. ____________________________
j. ______________________________
4) Use the time zones map to answer the following problems:
5pts
a. If it is 12:00 noon in St. John’s what time is it in Fredericton? ______
b. If it is 11:00 am in Charlottetown what time is it in Whitehorse? ______
c. If it is 12:00 noon in St. John’s what time is it in Victoria? ______
d. If it is 10:00 am in Winnipeg what time is it in Halifax? ______
e. If it is 8:00 pm in Yellowknife what time is it Calgary? ______
5) Using the city map of Halifax, answer the following questions:
5pts
a. Give the grid locations for the most southerly hospital with an
emergency department. _________
b. You are at the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. Give the grid
location. ____________
c. You walk east down Sackville Street to Water Street. Which way,
north or south, do you turn to visit the Maritime Museum of the
Atlantic? ___________
d. After leaving the MMA, you head south to Pier 21 National Historic
Site. What road is it located on? ___________________
e. Before leaving the city you want to visit the site located at 4G. Where
are you going? ________________________________
Part B: Short Answer, Matching, Etc.
1. Write 1-3 sentences on loose leaf to answer 2 of the following: 4pts
a.
What is the difference between a political map and a physical map?
b. How did glaciers change the surface of the earth during the ice age?
c.
What is the difference between a physical feature and a cultural feature?
d.
What physical feature unites the 4 provinces in our region?
2. Use the terms listed to complete the statements.10pts
contour lines
direction finder
equator
map scale
hemisphere
isthmus
archipelago
fiord
plateau
cape
a.
We use ______________________ to show what distances mean
on a map.
b.
The ______________________ divides the earth into northern
and southern hemispheres.
c.
A ______________________ is a steep sided inlet on a
coastline.
d.
An ______________________ connects two larger pieces of
land.
e.
A ______________________ is sometimes called a “compass
rose”.
f.
Points of the same elevation on a map are joined by
______________________.
g.
A string or cluster of islands is called an
______________________.
h.
An area of land that extends out into the sea is called a
______________________.
i.
Literally, half a sphere, a ______________________ is one way
to divide the earth into regions.
j.
An area of high flat land is called a ______________________.
3. Label the following statements about longitude and latitude as T
(true) or F (false).10pts
a.
Longitude lines are called parallels. _____
b.
The prime meridian separates the earth into eastern and western
hemispheres. _____
c.
Longitude lines meet at the poles. _____
d.
The equator divides the earth into northern and southern
hemispheres. _____
e.
The space between degree lines on a map is measured in minutes.
_____
f.
Latitude lines measure directions east and west of the equator.
_____
g.
Another name for the 0º line of latitude is the Greenwich
Meridian. _____
h.
Longitude lines measure from 0º - 180º. _____
i.
Latitude lines never meet on a map. _____
j.
On a polar map, latitude lines create wedges like slices of pie.
_____