📕🌐Canadian Geo5️⃣🌐📕

Question 1

What are the three largest cities in Canada and what percentages of the population do they make up?

Answer 1

Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver

Home to 35% of Canadians

Question 2

Why is the Golden Horseshoe known as Canada’s heartland?

Answer 2

Because of the economic and industrial activity

Question 3

What percentages of Canadians choose to live in large population centers?

Answer 3

81%

Question 4

The outward expansion of urban centers to nearby boundary areas, including farmland.

Answer 4

Urban sprawl

Question 5

Land found in urban areas that is protected from development

Answer 5

Greenbelt

Question 6

Why are green belts important

Answer 6

• insures environment management and conservation of natural resources
• they provide prime farmland to local farmers
• contain freshwater sources
• contain a number of Canada’s endangered animal species

Question 7

Noxious mixture of air pollution

Answer 7

Smog

Question 8

fewer than 200 people (ex:Swift current)

Answer 8

Hamlet

Question 9

200-800 people (ex:Greenspond)

Answer 9

Village

Question 10

1’000-10’000 people (ex:new Wes valley)

Answer 10

Town

Question 11

greater than 10’000 people (ex:St.Johns)

Answer 11

City

Question 12

greater than 100’000 people

Answer 12

Census Metropolis Area (CMA)

Question 13

With the _______ census, Statistics Canada created the term population center, to more specifically define urban areas

Answer 13

2011

Question 14

area with at least 1000 people and a population density of at least 400/km2

Answer 14

Population centres

Question 15

Population centres are divided into three categories state them and how many people they each have

Answer 15

• Small: between 1000 and 29’999 people
• Medium: between 30’000 and 99’999 people
• Large: 100’000 or more

Question 16

is a term that geographers and planners use to identify the different areas that people use to work, shop, play, and go to school

Answer 16

Land use

Question 17

Identify the 6 types of land uses

Answer 17

• residential land:
• Transportation land:
• Commercial land:
• Industrial land:
• Institutional land:
• Open space and recreational land:

Question 18

What is the CMA with the largest population in Canada

Answer 18

Toronto

Question 19

What is the fastest growing CMA in Canada

Answer 19

Calgary, Alberta

Question 20

Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto are home to ______% of Canada’s population

Answer 20

35%

Question 21

What rural place in NL had a 40.6% increase in population between 2006 and 2011

Answer 21

Paradise

Question 22

What is another name for Canada’s headland?

Answer 22

The Golden Horseshoe

Question 23

How many people live in the Golden Horseshoe

Answer 23

8.5 million

Question 24

Traffic congestion in Canada’s nine biggest cities costs the economy ______ dollars in delays, wasted fuel, and gas emissions

Answer 24

3.7 billion dollars

Question 25

An estimated _____ Canadians hit the road everyday to go to work

Answer 25

10 million

Question 26

About ____% of nitrogen oxides that lead to the formation of smog is produced when we burn fuels in our cars, trucks, generate energy, etc.

Answer 26

95%

Question 27

Concept that involved plans for urban expansion that also preserve the natural environment

Answer 27

Smart growth

Question 28

The movement to reform the design of physical communities

Answer 28

New urbanism

Question 29

A place where people could live, work, and shop without ever having to get in their car

Answer 29

Complete cities

Question 30

List 4 characteristics of smart growth urban planning

Answer 30

- mix land use: put homes, stores, and services within walking distance - provide a variety of transportation choices - create places for safe walking, biking - protect green space

Question 31

Environmentally conscious ways of constructing buildings

Answer 31

Green technologies

Question 32

The process of communicating electronically to work

Answer 32

Telecommuting

Question 33

The amount of the earth's resources it takes to support your lifestyle, measured in hectares

Answer 33

Ecological footprint

Question 34

List 5 factors that make up ecological footprint

Answer 34

- water use - transportation use - how much moneys you spend - how much garbage your create - how much living space you have

Question 35

Gradual increase in wealth that can be invested in new development

Answer 35

Accumulation of capital

Question 36

Distinguish between the terms rural and urban

Answer 36

Rural are places with low population densities and urban are places with high population densities and more crammed

Question 37

Things Countries with the larges ecological footprint have in common:

Answer 37

* Are highly developed * Are predominantly English speaking * Are in middle latitudes * Are consumer based communities * Are demographic * Have low fertility rates * Have excellent medical service * Have high literacy rates

Question 38

Things Countries with the smallest ecological footprint have in common:

Answer 38

* Are developing countries * Located in lower latitudes * Relatively densely populated * High fertility rates * Limited medical service * Low literacy rates

Question 39

The growth trend and increasing numbers of people living in cities

Answer 39

Urbanization

Question 40

What are the opportunities and challenges of living in a resource-based community

Answer 40

A few opportunities of living in a resource-based community include many employment opportunities and other business opportunities. But a challenge of living in resource base communities is there is little accumulation of capital and if the resource runs out there are no longer any jobs

Question 41

What was the cause for the growth of the Western Canada

Answer 41

The growth of western Canada is due to the natural systems. Western Canada gave rise to many ports and trading posts. Had a moderate climate and an abundance of fish stocks. Also had good forests for the forestry.

Question 42

Why is the Golden horseshoe a popular place

Answer 42

The Golden horseshoe is a popular place for settlement because it has access to the waterways of the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. This made a good transportation route and good trade route. Also had hospitable climate and rich soils