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Social Studies Grade 9
Unit Two: Geographic Influences on Identity: Place & People
Chapter 2 Study Guide: Canada’s Physical Landscape
Text: Canadian Identity, pp. 20-41
Students will be expected to:
 Demonstrate an understanding of the physical geography of Canada
o Outline the factors responsible for Canada’s varied topography and
landforms
o Identify and describe Canada’s major landform regions
o Describe the global and regional factors that account for variations in
Canada’s climate regions
o Identify and locate the major climate regions in Canada
Key Terms:
1. Core [Outer & Inner] (p. 21)
3. Mantle (p. 21)
5. Alfred Wegener (p. 21)
7. Plates (p. 21)
9. Plate tectonics (p. 21)
11. Topography (p. 23)
13. Elevation (p. 23)
15. Gradient (p. 23)
17. General Appearance (p. 23)
19. Lava (p. 23)
21. Trenches (p. 23)
23. Fault (p. 24)
25. Weathering (p. 24)
27. Deposition (p. 24)
29. Landform Regions (p. 26)
31. Delta (p. 30)
33. Brown Earth (p. 31)
35. Climate (p. 33)
37. Latitude (p. 33)
39. Maritime Polar (p. 34)
41. Continental Tropical (p. 34)
43. Coriolis Effect (p. 34)
45. Dew Point (p. 35)
47. Convectional Precipitation (p. 35)
49. Front (p. 35)
51. Rain Shadow (p. 37)
52. Climograph (p. 40)
2. Crust (p. 21)
4. Magma (p. 21)
6. Continental Drift (p. 21)
8. Pangaea (p. 21)
10. Subduction Zone (p. 21)
12. Landscape (p. 23)
14. Relief (p. 23)
16. Geology (p. 23)
18. Convection Currents (p. 23)
20. Volcanic Ash (p. 23)
22. Rift Valleys (p. 23)
24. Mountain Building (p. 24)
26. Erosion(p. 24)
28. Geological Time Scale (p. 25)
30. Podzols (p. 26)
32. Chernozem (p. 31)
34. Meteorology (p. 33)
36. Weather (p. 33)
38. Maritime Tropical (p. 34)
40. Continental Arctic (p. 34)
42. Jet Stream (p. 34)
44. Clouds (p. 35)
46. Frontal Precipitation (p. 35)
48. Relief/Orographic Precipitation (p. 35)
50. Altitude (p. 36)
51. Climate Region (p. 38)
53. Microclimate (p. 40)
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Questions to Consider:
1. Explain why eastern Canada is considered a low risk area for a serious earthquake.
(p. 22)
2. Describe and account for the varying appearance of Canada’s major mountain ranges.
(p. 24)
3. How has erosion affected the appearance of the Appalachian Mountains? (p. 26)
4. Explain which of the eight Canadian landform regions you would prefer to live in?
Justify your answer with regard to its physical characteristics. (Pp. 26-31)
5. Explain how global and regional factors affect climate. (Pp. 33-37)
6. Examine the similarities and differences between how air masses and ocean currents
affect Canada’s climate (pp. 34-35)
7. How does proximity to a major body of water influence climate patterns of a region?
(p. 37)
8. Do you think that people who live in different climate regions of Canada have
different perspectives on Canadian Identity? (Pp. 38-39)
9. In which climate region is Newfoundland located? Which factors play a major role in
our climate patterns?
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