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KLW – Canadian Geography
Fill out the following chart:
Source: BLM 9.1.1 a – Manitoba Education
What I know
What I want to learn
(state as questions)
What I learned
Physical geography of Canada
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Human geography of Canada
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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:
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Draw a Mental Map of Canada
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.
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5. Label all important geographic elements included in your map.
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Assessing your mental map of Canada
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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
Rating
(1 – 4)
What do you need to improve? Add? Correct?
The overall contour or shape of the
country is accurate.
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.
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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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The distances between points are more or
less in scale (proportional).
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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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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:
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Physical features - hills, valleys, ocean, and bays.
Natural resources - fish (cod), some forestry, farming & mining
Great Lakes - St. Lawrence:
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3 great Lakes (Huron, Ontario (4( Erie), St. Lawrence River, low lands
Natural resources - agriculture, abundant water, mining (iron coal)
Cordillera:
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Physical features - Mountains, valleys, plateaus and bays
Natural resources - forestry, mining, fishing (salmon) & fruit (Okanogan
Valley)
North:
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Physical features - plateaus, mountains & lowlands, permafrost
Natural resources - minerals (iron, gold diamonds), oil & gas
The Shield Region:
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Physical features - forestry, precambrian rock, water
Natural resources - mining, hydro electricity
The Prairies:
Physical features - rolling hills, wide river valleys, prairies
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Natural resources - agriculture & ranching, oil & gas, coal & potash
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Physical Features
Atlantic
Natural
Resources
Great Lakes
St Lawrence
Cordillera
North
Shield
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Prairies
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QUESTIONS
Why is it important to know the physical features and natural resources of a
region?
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How do the physical features and natural resources affect the people living in that
region?
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How does that shape the identity of a region?
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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.
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THE SIX PHYSICAL REGIONS COLLAGE
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DEMOGRAPHY
Use 9.1.1 - Assignment 5- Notes to complete the following chart
Source: BLM 9.1.1 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.
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Make an illustration to show what demography is.
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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.
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