Ch. 2 Review

Where do most people live in Canada?

• On the east coast near the water

• middle of the map

• in the purple area

• on the west coast

What would make people consider moving to this city?

• promise of a calm life style

• many options for jobs and shopping

• a lot of space for living

• ability to drive a car from place to placecity

What kind of housing would you expect to find most often in an area with a very high population density?

• houses surrounded by farm fields

• small apartments in skyscrapers

• individual homes spaced miles apart

• larges homes with front and back yards

What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas

• a city

• a region

• a landform

• a climate zone

What does an economic activity map of a country show?

• where its people live

• what kind of climate it has

• how high its mountains are

• what jobs might be available

What are coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum?

• landuses

• vegetation zones

• natural resources

• economic activities

Which term means the pattern of weather over a long period of time?

• climate

• density

• region

• vegetation

Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features?

• businesses

• landforms

• population

• vegetation

What type of map talks about tropical wet and dry areas

• climate

• vegetation

• population density

• economic activity

What mystery did John Snow solve in 1854 by thinking like a geographer?

• how bubonic plague spread through the bites of infected fleas

• how cholera spread through polluted drinking water

• how diphtheria spread through direct physical contact

• how tuberculosis spread through the coughs and sneezes of infected people