THE ULTIMATE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

27 QUESTIONS TO CHALLENGE YOUR CARTOGRAPHIC COMPREHENSION

It’s the map edition! 27 questions to challenge your cartographic comprehension.

HHERE AT CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC, WE talk about maps a lot — as you might expect from a geography magazine! “If a picture is worth a thousand words,” mused editor-inchief and associate publisher Aaron Kylie in an editorial discussion last year, “a map is worth a million.” Maps tell stories about our history, our cultures, and the natural and human forces that shaped our landscape. They can take complicated data and make it beautiful, show the land around us in new and enlightening ways, or expose the biases that our societies hold. To some extent, we can see ourselves in the maps we make. No map is perfect — but they’re all interesting (at least, we think so).

So, this year’s Ultimate Canadian Geography Quiz is dedicated to maps, past and present, including a special “Cartographer’s Challenge” from our very own mapmaker Chris Brackley. Do you even know which way is up? Is your cartographic nerdiness off the chart? This quiz is all over the map. Good luck!

23 Can you identify the largest lakes in Canada based on their shape? 24 What type of map uses contour lines to show elevation and shape of Earth’s surface?

a) Topographic map b) Cadastral map c) Weather map d) Political map

25 Can you identify which North Pole is which?

• Geographic North Pole • Magnetic North Pole • Geomagnetic North Pole • North Pole of inaccessibility

26 What is the average number of maps to appear in an issue of Canadian Geographic?

a) 27 b) 13 c) 10 d) 48

27 What is the name of this map feature (and Royal Canadian Geographical Society symbol)?

a) Compass star b) Compass rose c) Compass point d) Cartographer’s wheel