Chapter 7: BC

Question 1

BC caught Ontario in % Urban pop. in _____ [year] (84.7)

Answer 1

2001

Question 2

BC’s geographic _______ and trade benefits- _____, Pacific Rim, as well as western Canada.

Answer 2

position; China

Question 3

BC relies on________ resources (especially forestry), though tertiary gaining strength.

Answer 3

primary

Question 4

Immigration diversifies BC. 1/3 the____ ______ in Canada

Answer 4

first nations (great native diversity)

Question 5

Natural resources in ____ ______ [province], but no longer dominate economy.

Answer 5

new Brunswick NB

Question 6

Only ___% of BC workers have jobs in harvesting/extracting… yet processing of timber, ____, fish still generates most of manufacturing jobs

Answer 6

9%; ore

Question 7

Too much moisture (________[climatic zone]), or too little (_________ [climatic zone])

Answer 7

Pacific climatic zone; Cordillera climatic zone.

Question 8

In BC: there is much diversity in vegetation zones- only __% of land is arable

Answer 8

2%

Question 9

In BC: the ______ [pest] is spreading b/c more temperate winters. If global warming continues, there is no stopping it.no stopping it.

Answer 9

pine beetle

Question 10

BC has outstanding ____ _____- BC dragged its feet until 1990.

Answer 10

land claims

Question 11

BC reached Confederation in _____ [year] - little effect, most wanted to join US because of _______ ties. But they wanted to remain ______. When in 1885 the ____[major project] finished, then they really joined the dominion, and opened the gate to the world

Answer 11

1871; commercial; british; CPR;

Question 12

Between completion of railway and WWI (_____), population had __________ (halted/exploded)

Answer 12

1918; explosion

Question 13

The \_\_\_\_\_/\_\_\_\_\_\_ faultline
o	\_\_\_ (#) seat in House of commons represented 118,200 residents of BC, and 73,300 in Atlantic Canada

Answer 13

Centralist/decentralist; One

Question 14

Today's new BC economy includes:
t\_\_\_\_\_
 f\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_, 
high technology, 
construction,
international \_\_\_\_\_

Answer 14

tourism
filmmaking
international trade

Question 15

Is BC a core or periphery?

BC’s economy still has a _____ (small/large) manufacturing base. Relies on processing and _______ products, so it is no longer a ‘_______ based economy’.

does it have a manufacturing base like Ontario or Quebec?

Answer 15

small; primary; resource

No

Question 16

Is BC a core or periphery?

Manufacturing is fundamental element in _________’s version of core region or an _____ transitional region

Answer 16

Friedmann’s

upward

Question 17

Is BC a core or periphery?

in BC the Service sector= __% GDP and __% employment.

Yet BC has characteristics of resource hinterland with 90% of resource exports are ________/semi-_______

Answer 17

75; 79

unprocessed/semi-processed

Question 18

Fish Stocks Declining due to :
P\_\_\_\_\_\_
warming oceans, 
o\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_
high quotas,
A\_\_\_\_\_\_ fishery- want to share in the quotas

Answer 18

pollution
over fishing
Aboriginal

Question 19

BC's Resources include : 
F\_\_\_\_\_\_
mining,
H\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_,
 and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (greatest natural asset- $18 Billion)

These cause a ________ economy.
BC has challenges in _____, paperless technology due to this.

Answer 19

Fishing
Hydroelectricity
Forestry
Boom-bust
trade