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Part A: Marking Features on a Map

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

Population Centres
•	Ste. Eustache
•	Portage la Prairie
•	Austin
•	Brandon
•	your own home community

Geographic Features 
•	Assiniboine River
•	Souris River
•	Manitoba Escarpment
•	Spirit Sands (Carberry Desert)
•	Saskatchewan Plains (Prairie Level 2)

Part B: Using a Road Map 

1.	Measure the distances between 
a)	Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie	__________________
b)	Portage la Prairie and Brandon	__________________
c)	Winnipeg and Austin			__________________

2.	a) If a car travels at 100 km per hour, what distance will it travel in five hours? 
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b) Develop a chart (you may use a spreadsheet) to show the distance travelled over time. How far will the car travel in 10 hours? _________ In 100 hours? _________
c) Describe how the pattern continues. ____________________________________
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d) Make a broken-line graph to show the relationship between the time and distance travelled.

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e) What is the relationship between the travelling time and the distance travelled? 
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3.	Approximately how long would it take to travel from Winnipeg to Brandon
at 50 km/hr.? _____________________    at 100 km/hr.? _____________________

4.	Name three important highways connecting to the Trans-Canada Highway between Winnipeg and Brandon.
	_____________________    ____________________    _____________________

5.	A second highway that crosses the Prairies branches off the Trans-Canada Highway west of Portage la Prairie.
a)	Which highway number is this? _______________________________________
b)	What is another name for it? _________________________________________
c)	What major prairie cities are located along this “trans-prairie” route?     
	_____________________    ____________________    _____________________

Part C: Using an Atlas 

Use your atlas to answer the following questions.

1.  Prairie agriculture map
a) What are the main types of agriculture in this region of the Prairies?
	_____________________    ____________________    _____________________
b) Which do you think is the most important? _______________________________
c) How do local weather conditions affect agriculture in this region of the Prairies?
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2.  Natural prairie vegetation map
a) What was the natural vegetation in this region? ___________________________
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b) What plants have replaced the original vegetation? ________________________
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3.  Using a map legend
Symbols identify features on a map. Using a blank page, draw a simple map that includes the following features: forest, marsh, railway lines, mountains, hydro lines, school, playground, and road. Create your own legend below.

Map Legend

Forest

Hydro lines	
Marsh

	School	
Railway lines

	Playground	
Mountains

	Road