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Part A: Marking Features on a Road Map

1.	Mark the following features on your prairie maps (BLM Leg 1 #3 and BLM Leg 1 #4).

Population Centres  (Choose appropriate population symbols.)
•	Falcon Lake 
•	Beausejour 
•	Steinbach 
•	Ste. Anne
•	Winnipeg 
•	your own home community

Geographic Features 
•	Winnipeg River 
•	Red River 
•	Lake Winnipeg 
•	Lake Winnipegosis 
•	transition zone 
•	Precambrian Shield 
•	Manitoba Lowlands (Prairie Level 1)

2. What are the boundaries of the Manitoba Lowlands? 
a) West __________________________  b) North ___________________________ 
c) East  __________________________  d) South ___________________________ 

3. Mark where you will be at the 500-km point from the starting position of your prairie trip. 
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4. Explain in writing how you determined this.
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Part B: Using a Road Map
Based on your observation of a Manitoba road map, answer the following questions.
1. What types of coordinates are used to identify places on the Manitoba road map?
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2. What special features are shown on the map? 
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3. Make a paper ruler to measure map scale. Use the ruler to measure the following 
    distances:  
     Winnipeg        to     Falcon Lake       = ________________
_____________  to   ______________ = ________________
_____________  to   ______________ = ________________
_____________  to   ______________ = ________________
4. How are the populations of Manitoba towns and cities represented?
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5. List six Manitoba cities and towns in order of size, beginning with the largest.
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6. Draw five symbols used on the Manitoba map and identify their meaning. 

	

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Part C: Using an Atlas
Use your atlas to answer the following questions. 
1.	Name four types of maps in your atlas. 
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2.	What types of coordinates are used to find locations on atlas maps? 
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3.	Give the appropriate map coordinates for the following locations: 
•	Winnipeg	___________________    ___________________
•	Brandon	___________________    ___________________
•	Toronto	___________________    ___________________
•	Edmonton	___________________    ___________________
•	Which is Canada’s most northerly city?  __________________________
•	Which is Canada’s most southerly city?  __________________________

4.	Find the map of Canada’s physical regions on the Prairie Tour CD-ROM. List all regions in order of size, beginning with the largest and ending with the smallest.
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Part D: Using a Public Weather Report
1.	Find an appropriate climate map for the Prairies. Record the annual amount of precipitation for Winnipeg. ______________________________________________

2.	Find a public weather report from a newspaper. Identify the following components:

•	temperature ______________________________________________________
•	relative humidity ___________________________________________________
•	wind speed and direction ____________________________________________
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•	windchill ________________________________________________________
•	barometric pressure _______________________________________________
•	humidex ________________________________________________________
•	cloud cover ______________________________________________________
•	ultraviolet index ___________________________________________________
•	warm and cold fronts _______________________________________________
•	amount, types, and probability of precipitation ___________________________