City: _________________
City: _________________
1. Visit Provincial
Territorial Governments. Navigate to the province in which your city
is located and find the following basic facts about your city:
Absolute and relative location:2. Go to The Canadian National Atlas ; navigate to the "quick maps" section; download a map of the Canadian province in which your city is located. Save the map and insert it into this worksheet.In which Canadian province is your city located?
Is it a provincial or national capital?
What is the area in sq. miles? sq kilometers?
Identify a minimum of three nearby cities.
What is the altitude / elevation of the city?
What is the population?
What is the ethnic make-up of your city?
3. Go to Geographical Names: Provincesand Territories. Locate the flag for the province in which your city is located. Save it and insert it into this worksheet.
4. Visit ______________. Determine if your city has ever hosted the Olympics. If so, in what year?
5. Using your favorite search engine locate at least 5 sites which have useful information about your city. Copy the URL's and paste them into this worksheet.
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6. After visiting the sites listed above, select a minimum of three
natural features and three manmade features which convey the uniqueness
of your city (theme of place).
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