Chapter 10: Northern Territory

Question 1

The vast majority of employees in the Territorial North are employed in the ____________ sector.

Answer 1

Tertiary

Question 2

In the core/periphery model, the Territorial North is classed as

Answer 2

resource frontier

Question 3

The Distant Early Warning Line was constructed to detect

Answer 3

Soviet planes

Question 4

Nunavut was established as a territory in

Answer 4

1999

Question 5

According to Bone, the physical geography of the Territorial North is governed not so much by physiography as by the cold environment

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Who sailed to the northern Arctic in 1576 in search of the Northwest Passage?

Answer 6

Martin Frobisher

Question 7

The Aboriginal population constitutes a majority of the total popluation in the Territorial North

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Snap Lake and Jericho are sites for

Answer 8

diamond mining

Question 9

The aurora borealis is caused by ozone depletion at the North Pole

Answer 9

False

Question 10

The Ekati mine near Yellowknife was the first mine to produce

Answer 10

diamonds

Question 11

The Territorial North is Canada’s largest region in area

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Diamonds are found in

Answer 12

Kimberlite

Question 13

The Territorial North’s two main climate zones are Arctic and

Answer 13

subarctic

Question 14

The presence of petroleum resources in the Territorial North is associated with

Answer 14

sedimentary basins

Question 15

The first commercial venture in the Arctic was

Answer 15

whaling