Chapter 1 - Geography Flashcards
What are three types of regions?
Formal, functional, perceptual
What are five factors that affect climate?
Wind direction Altitude Latitude Distance from sea Ocean currents
When things sell for more…
…sellers bring more to market
Price increases, supply increases
When prices are high…
…companies make more
Price increases, production increases
As supply increases…?
Demand decreases.
Canada’s economy is best described as
Resource based
As buyers desire a product…
…it’s value goes up
Demand increases, price increases
When things are cheap…
…buyers tend to buy more
Price decreases, demand increases
What are the four different themes of geography?
Location Place Region Human/environmental Movement of people & objects
Lands formed by glaciers are known for…
…their great soil & fresh water
What’s continental drift?
The theory that suggests the continents had once been joined and had drifted apart.
What are 4 evidence of continental drift?
Common fossils
Shared mountain range
Common coastlines
Glacial deposition
What’s NAFTA?
“the North American free trade agreement”
A trade agreement between Canada, the United States, and Mexico
Explain the western cordillera’s climate.
Maritime climate, lots of rain, lots of plate tectonics
Describe the western cordillera’s vegetation.
Fertile soil, evergreen trees, big forests
I am made of folded mountains. I have diamonds, gold, oil and gas. I’m known for mining as well. Where am I?
Arctic!
My climate is maritime. I have vast forests and boreal forests. I’m known for my fishing industry, along with potatoes. I have rolling hills, valleys, and made from eroded plate collision. Where am I?
Appalachians.
I was made from plate collisions. I have maritime climate, evergreen trees, and salmon. I also have gold, copper, natural gas and agriculture. Where am I?
Western Cordillera
I have continental climate. I’m unsuitable for agriculture. I have beaver, caribou, copper, nickel, and water. I’m extremely old and made from ancient volcanic mountain ranges. Where am I?
The Canadian Shield
I have continental climate. With flat grasses and lots of barley and wheat. I was made from melting glacier which makes me suitable for agriculture due to my fertile soil. I am also made of sedimentary rock = layers. Where am I?
Interior plains
I have continental climate and a snow belt. I have farms, orchards, trout fish, agriculture, and forestry. I was made from the ice age from melting glaciers with flat, rolling hills. Where am I?
Great Lakes + St. Lawrence Lowlands
Name the physical regions of Canada (and mentally picture their positions on a map)
Arctic, Cordillera, Interior Plains, Canadian Shield, St. Lawrence Lowlands, and the Appalachian
What’s latitude?
The distance of any point north or south of the equator, measured up to 90 degrees. (Closer to equator = hotter)
What’s longitude?
The distance of any point east or west of the prime meridian.
What are the four economic sectors?
Primary - gathering of raw materials
Secondary - materials made into goods
Tertiary - service industry, businesses
Quaternary - informational industries
What’s capital?
Money that is used by a company to increase production by investing in equipment, seeking new markets and other strategies
What’s the business cycle?
Alternating periods of up and down of economic activity
Slowdown, recession, recovery, prosperity, slowdown, depression, recovery
What are three different resources?
Land resources - all natural resources, ex. Land, water, fish, minerals, forest
Human resources - people to produce ex. Fishers
Capital resources - $$$ and man made goods
which level of economic activity involves the providing of services
tertiary
name the industries in the arctic
pipelines, finishing, mining, hunting, gold industries
how was the arctic formed
pressure from plate tectonics (folded mountains)
how was the Appalachians formed
glaciers
what are the industries in the Appalachians
coal miners, shipping, fishing and fry making
what are the industries in the western cordillera
mining, forestry and agriculture
how was the the western cordillera formed
tectonic plates and collision
what are the industries in the Great Lakes / st Lawrence lowlands
agriculture shipping forestry and vineyards
how was the Great Lakes / st Lawrence lowlands formed
ice sheets
how was the interior planes formed
soil carried by rivers from Canadian Shield (used to be covered in water)
what are the industries of the interior planes?
oil plantation and farming
how was the Canadian Shield formed
once a volcanic mountain, range glaciers and erosion
what industries in the Canadian Shield
mining, foresty, pulp and paper
