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📕Canadian Geo4️⃣📕 Flashcards

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A policy that encourages cultural diversity and respect for cultural diversity within a country

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Multiculturalism

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How often do censuses happen

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Every 5 years

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The measure of the number of people who live in a certain place at a specific time

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Population

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Is the measure of how concentrated a population is in a certain area

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Population density

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4
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Immigration - emigration

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Net migration

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5
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Moving from place to place inside a country

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Internal migration

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6
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The country that has the world’s largest population is ______ with ______ people

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China with 1.4 billion people

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7
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What functions to statistics Canada preform

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  • Collects all sorts of info about Canadians in order to from a picture of the nation
  • is responsible for the national census
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The act of making difference the same

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Assimilation

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9
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Which province has the lowest population density

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NWT

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10
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What provinces have the highest growth rate in Canada

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Yukon and Alberta

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11
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The population density of Canada is _____ per km

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About 3.68 people

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12
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A federal organization whose members carry out population research

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Statistics Canada

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13
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Canada’s current population is _____

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33.5 million people

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14
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Largest city in Canada is_______

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Toronto

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15
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Identify the main cites to which people are migrating into Canada

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Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver

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16
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Which province has the highest population density

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PIE

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17
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What are the factors for the point system

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6:
Education
Official language proficiency
Work experience
Age
Prearranged employment in Canada
Adaptibility
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18
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The world’s population is _____

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7 billion

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19
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somewhat like a test used to evaluate applicants have the necessary characteristics to settle successfully in Canada

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Point system

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20
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What is the formula used for finding out the population density

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Population
__________
Land mass (in km)

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21
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Who are responsible for handling immigrant matter?

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Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)

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22
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Canada represents over ______ ethnic origins

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200

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23
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A large variety of different kinds of things

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Diversity

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24
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The aspects of immigrant cultures that are brought to Canada and that enrich the Canadian cultural landscape

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Cultural imprints

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25
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What s Canada’s population at time of confederation

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1867: about 3.5 million

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26
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What is the most populated city in the world?

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Tokyo with more people than Canada!

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27
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What is the most populated country in the world

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Monaco

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28
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What is Canada’s birth and death rate

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Birth: 11.3 for every 1000 people
Death: 7.3 for every 1000 people

29
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Most of Canada’s population growth is due to ______

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Immigration

30
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What class do most immigrants who come to Canada come in as and what percentage are they

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66.6% immigrants come in Canada in the business class

31
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Why did Europeans begin to explore lands across the Atlantic Ocean? What advances made this possible?

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In 1453, overland routes to Asia were closed cuz da Turks captured Istanbul so they had to find a way to travel on seas. This was made possible by advances in shipbuilding, and navigational techs!

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One of the first explorers, ___________ set sail in _______ and discovered Newfoundland

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Zuan caboto (juan cabot), 1497

33
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In _______, New France was established by Champlain in what is now Quebec city

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1608

34
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How was France’s approach to transatlantic fishery different form Britain’s?

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France was more interested in strengthening its position in NA by permanently colonizing the region.

35
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Who and when was the first French explorer to settle near st.Lawrence?

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In 1541, Jacques Cartier

36
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In ______, Samuel to Champlain, French explorer, sailed up the St. Lawrence River and claimed the territory for France

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1603

37
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What region is referred to by the term Acadia?

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Nova Scotia, PEI, a part of Nova Scotia

38
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In _____, __________ decided that the colony needed more help. He arranged for more French settlers to come to new friends, including 1000 women

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1665, jean talon

39
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About _______ loyalists settled in the Atlantic provinces, including 300 free black loyalists in Nova Scotia

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30’000

40
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What are the six factors of interest for the points system

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  • Education
  • official language proficiency
  • work experience
  • age
  • a prearranged employment in Canada
  • adaptability
41
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When did the seven years war happen

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1755 and 1763

42
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When was confederation

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1867

43
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Toronto is home to ________% of all immigrants to Canada

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40%

44
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What is the major source of data for constructing population pyramids

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A census which is usually taken every five years

45
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Describe an expanding population pyramid

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  • Triangular pyramid shape
  • linked to lower standards of living, least developed countries
  • high birth rate due to poor birth control
  • high death rate due to poor medicinal care
  • greater percentage of population in the youth category
46
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Describe a contractive population pyramid

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  • Low birth rate
  • low death rate
  • small youth base
  • well developed country
  • longer life expectancy
  • consists of greying population
47
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Describe a stationary population pyramid

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  • Half an ellipse shape
  • low birth rate
  • Low death rates
  • highlife expectancy
  • high standards of living
  • youth population is about equal to reproductive age group
  • adequate number of labor force to support both younger and older populations
  • example Canada
  • developed countries
48
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Newfoundland the remained a self-governing colony until ______

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1949

49
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Approximately ____% of aboriginals are Metis

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30%

50
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About ____% of aboriginals are Inuit

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5%

51
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The term First Nations began in ____ to replace the term of Indian

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1970s

52
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The numerical study of the characteristics, trends, and issues of a population

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Demography

53
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term that refers to a distinct group of aboriginal people who share the same culture and history

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First Nation

54
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term that refers to the aboriginal people who live in Canada’s arctic regions

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Inuit

55
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descendants of European fur traders and aboriginal peoples who settle in the interior lowlands

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Metis

56
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the history, knowledge, and stories that heave been passed down through generations through talk

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Oral traditions

57
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a land that is legally owned by the government but has been set aside for the aboriginal people.

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Reserve

58
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In ________, John Cabot discovered NA

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1497

59
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In ________, New France was established by Champlain

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1608

60
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What is the formula for calculating natural change

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Births - deaths = natural change

61
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What is the formula for calculating birth rates

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B
— X 1000
TP

For every 1000 people

62
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Formula for rate of natural increase

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BR - DR /10 = rate of natural increase

63
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Formula for actual change

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AC= (B+I) - (D+E)

64
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Why does Alberta have the highest in migration than any other province

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  • experiencing an economic boom because of oil sands
  • no provincial deficit
  • no sales tax
65
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Between ______and ______ Canada’s population doubled

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1891 and 1921

66
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In _______ the British took control of Canada after the 7 years war

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1763

67
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The max number of points and emigrant can get is _____ and the passing mark is _____

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100 and 67

68
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Challenges that prevent an immigrant from getting into another country

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Intervening obstacles

68
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All the Maritime provinces that were owned by France. Newfoundland, PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick

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Acadia

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