Geography
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Unit 1: Place &
Location
- A place or
location refers to your position on our
planet Earth.
- Your home
address is located in a neighborhood or residential
area which forms the community of Humberlea.
- Humberlea
boundaries include Sheppard Ave. on the
north, the CN railway on the east, the Humber River on the west and Oak Street on the south side, home to Satin
Finish hardwood & Visioneering lighting manufacturers.
- Stores and
shopping plazas are located in a business or commercial
area.
- The
borough or village or town of Weston is
part of the city or municipality of
Toronto.
- Toronto is
part of the province of Ontario.
- Cultural
areas or district such as Little Italy,
Chinatown or Greektown are commonplace in a multi-cultural city such as
ours.
- Ontario is
part of the nation/country of Canada. Besides provinces, countries may be also
divided into states, regions or territories.
- Canada is
part of the continent of North America.
- North
America is part of the Northern Hemisphere.
- The Earth
is part of our solar system or Milky Way Galaxy.
- A sketch
of an area, neighborhood, or major road intersection as you picture it in
your mind is called a mental map.
- Factories
and manufacturing plants are located in industrial
areas.
- Farming,
agriculture and livestock are located in rural
areas.
- The
streets of our city are like a grid
running north-south and intersect with streets running east-west forming quadrants of neighborhoods/communities.
- G.P.S.
stands for Global Positioning System. It pinpoints your exact location on
earth using lines of longitude and latitude
and landmarks.
- A precise
spot on earth with clearly defined boundaries is called an absolute location.
- An
estimation/approximation of a spot on Earth is called a relative location.
- People
decide to locate places in certain areas for economic
reasons (e.g. access to highways, landforms, bodies of water) and social reasons (e.g. population, culture,
language).
- Crossroads
shopping centre is located on the south-east
corner of highway 401 and Weston road.
- St. Simon
school is located on the north side of Wallasey
Ave. on the east side of Weston Rd.,
just north of Walsh/Albion.
- One would
travel west on Wallasey from St Simon
in order to reach Weston Road.
- One would
travel north on Weston road from St
Simon to reach St. Basil’s on Starview blvd or the C.S. community centre.
- One would
travel south on Weston road from St
Simon to reach Crossroads Shopping or new Superstore Gas station.
- Beckers is
on the north-east corner of Weston Road
and Gaydon Ave, across from the Petro Canada gas station.
- The
general area of Weston/Hwy 401 has a combination of 3 distinct areas,
namely: commercial (i.e. Crossroads
Shopping), industrial (i.e. Hardwood
flooring & lighting manufacturing on Oak St.) and residential (houses, apartments, townhomes).
Identify any real-life
examples of the following locations types:
·
Economic (building/working/manufacturing/commercial)
i.e. Chrysler/Ford Plant, Smart Centres Box
Stores/Outlets/Shopping Centres/Malls, Orfus Road outlets
·
Political (making/passing/enforcing laws) i.e. governmental office, City Hall, Queen’s Park
·
Social (recreational, entertainment) i.e. Carmine Stefano, Rogers Centre, ACC, theatre
·
Religious (spiritual/faith) i.e. St. Jude, St. Phillip Neri
·
Cultural (heritage/language) i.e. Columbus Centre, cultural districts Little Italy
etc.
·
Natural (environmental) i.e.
provincial parks, conservations areas, city park
·
Educational (learning/training) i.e. York University, U of T, any school board school
To read: G.P.S. absolute
& relative location text pgs. 7-11.
