Gr.8 Geography review (Chapter 1)

True or False...

Line symbols - small designs used for towns, lighthouses, and other human activities This is ________

Answer explanation

Proper Answer -

Line symbols - may connect places (roads, railways, rivers) or divide them boundaries

What is a Urban area

• Urban areas are on the outskirts of the main cities. Grown due to the uprise in cars popularity.

• Urban Areas have a low amount of people as well as lots of farm land around. They are developing nations

• Urban areas have a large amount of people. Has grown in the past years. most people move here

Answer explanation

Proper Answer -

Urbanization causes these settlements and has taken rapid effects in recent years. Most people now leave their rural areas and move to urban areas for better opportunities. Urbanization can also cause problems such as housing shortages

Situation - The specific physical features defining the location of a place.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Proper Answer -

Situation: the location of a place in relation to other places or larger features.

Situation is used in large maps and describes factors around the location such as…

Physical situation factors include :

landforms,

Waterways,

climate,

natural resources

Human situation factors include :

population,

labor force,

transportation,

marketon, market

True or False...

Thematic maps are maps that show one's subject or theme, such as population or climate. This is ________

True or False...

Point symbols - small designs used for towns, lighthouses, and other human activities This is ________

What is a Suburban area

• Suburban areas are on the outskirts of the main cities. Grown due to the uprise in cars popularity.

• Suburban Areas have a low amount of people as well as lots of farm land around. They are developing nation

• Suburban areas have a large amount of people. Has grown in the past years. most people move here

Answer explanation

Proper Answer -

Suburban areas are located on the outskirts of urban areas. Suburbs have grown due to cars becoming more reliable. However this uprise in cars has caused problems such as pollution

True or False...

Area symbols - colors used for larger areas such as natural features, lakes, parks and cities This is ________

Site - the specific physical features defining the location of a place.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Proper Answer -

Site is the specific physical features defining the location of a place.

Site factors include :

Natural harbor,

meeting point of transportation routes,

access to a resource,

elevated land,

flat land for building,

fresh water supply

The four most popular sites ae harbor sites, natural resources sites, strategic sites and meeting point sites

What is a rural area

• Rural Areas have a low amount of people as well as lots of farm land around. They are developing nations

• Rural areas have a large amount of people. Has grown in the past years. most people move here

• Rural areas are on the outskirts of the main cities. Grown due to the uprise in cars popularity.

Answer explanation

Proper Answer -

Rural areas usually contain less than 1000 people, as well as many farms and animals. Many developing nations contain rural areas. Even in Canada before it was all rural

True or False...

relative location - the position of a place described in coordinates. This is ________

Answer explanation

Proper Answer -

relative location - the position of a place described in relation to another place