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Chapter 8: Western Canada Flashcards

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The Cree people, for example, often had to travel long ________ in the annual cycle or _______ rounds of resource harvesting, and later, as middlemen in the fur trade.

A

distances; seasonal

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How has distance been a factor in the development of the prairie region?

Consider, for example, the importance of the ______, the Crow Rate, pipelines transporting oil and gas, electrical transmission lines taking power from one side of the province to the demand on the other side, etc.

A

railroads

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The relative isolation of the prairies from the heartland has encouraged regional adaptations to economic life. Why do you think the Cooperative Movement has been so successful in this region?

A

________

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What role has the federal government played in this region’s success? Consider, for example, the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) created in 1935.

What were the benefits of the PFRA sponsored soil and water programs (shelterbelts, dugouts, reservoirs)?

  1. Lake _______ was originally a PFRA idea.
  2. Started to give aid in ____s [year], mitigate soil _____
  3. building water reservoirs and helping farmers build ______.
  4. after the crisis, they focused on water and ____ development
A

Diefenbaker

1930s; erosion

dugouts

pasture

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How did the boreal forest, the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the North West Company influence the development of Western Canada? The heartland?

A

Boreal Forest == forestry
Hudson’s Bay Company == fur trade
North West company = oil/gas

Helped form western canada into a heart land. and forced immigration and industrialization into the area.

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What percent of Western canada is aboriginal?

A

8.6%

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What physiographic regions are present in Western Canada?

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Interior plains and Canadian Shield, minor ones are Hudson Bay lowlands and Cordillera

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Western Sedimentary Basin: is mostly located in which province?

What products are produced there?

A

most of Alberta, and parts of BC, Sask, and MB

petroleum products

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Western Canada has a ________ [type] climate: extreme daily fluctuations in temp and _____[high/low] precipitation.

A

continental; low

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Western Canada is dry, cause ______[mountains] stop the moist wind

Manitoba gets moisture from the ____ of _____.

A

Rocky Mountains

Gulf of Mexico

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Interior Plains: parkland and grassland vegetation
o Black ________ soil produces ________ (parkland/grassland) vegetation.
This type of soil is located where?
Is it on the fertile belt? or dry belt?

A

Chernozemic
parkland
Edmonton/Manitoba
(fertile belt)

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Interior Plains: parkland and grassland vegetation
Dark Brown Chernozemic forms ______ (grassland/parkland) vegetation.
Where is this located?
fertile belt or dry belt?

A

grassland
Calgary/Saskatoon
(fertile belt)

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Interior Plains: parkland and grassland vegetation:
Brown Chernozemic forms ______ (grassland/parkland) vegetation.
Where is this located?
fertile belt or dry belt?

A

grassland
east of Lethbridge, and Swiftcurrent
(dry belt)

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Environmental Challenges of Western Canada:

Removal of radioactive waste from ______ mines north of Lake _______

Reduce ___[gas] and sulphur dioxide emissions from mining and processing of the ____ sands.

A

uranium; Athabasca

CO2; tar

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Historical Geography of Western Canada:

Opposition of natives, surveyors grid disregards the _____ settlements

A

Metis

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Historical Geography of Western Canada:

-Red River Rebellion: Who led this?

A

Louis Riel

17
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Historical Geography of Western Canada:

Plains Indians marginalized, sent to ______(unique settlement of Prairies)

A

reserves

18
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Historical Geography of Western Canada:

-______ completed in 1885. Allowed for inhabitation of the interior of Canada, & economic progress

A

CPR

19
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Historical Geography of Western Canada:

______ _____ Act “cheap land” brought people from Easter Canada.

A

Dominion Land Act

20
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Historical Geography of Western Canada:

________[person] ambitiously recruited settlers and brought them in from Eastern Europe and diversified the area.

A

Clifford Sifton

21
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Historical Geography of Western Canada:

The Western Canada challenges to agriculture were overcome by the ______[project] & _____ _____. [crop]

A

CPR , Marquis wheat

22
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Historical Geography of Western Canada:

machinery and industrialization led to consolidated farms. And as a result there was a ___________ (repopulation/depopulation) of farm households

A

depopulation

23
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From Intensive to _______ Agriculture in Western Canada:

New machinery and technology made farming easier
The number of farms _______(declined/increased), while size of farms __________(increased/declined)
Shift from _____-intensive operations to _____-intensive

A

Extensive
declined
increased
labour-intensive; capital-intensive

24
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Economic Diversification in Western Canada:
• ________ is still important,
• Development of its oil and gas in _______ province
• ______ and uranium in Sask.
• Manitoba: nickel and _____ power, __________ more important than agriculture

A 
Agriculture; 
Alberta
Potash
Hydro (hydroelectric)
Transportation
25
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In Western Canada:
The Industrial and Manufacturing sectors are _______ (strong/weak) This is because of the relatively _____ (large/small) market

This is changing because more manufactures are need to keep up with the _____.

A

weak; small

mining

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Fertile Belt is made up of what soils types?

• Mostly ______ [crop] (especially in Sask), but has been shifting to speciality crops. 40% _____[crop] in Sask (over 50% about 6 years ago)
o Eastern SK and MB have more _________. this allows for the growth of specialities crops and _______
o Small specialty farms popping up around cities.

A

Black & dark brown

wheat; wheat

precipitation; livestock

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The dry belt is made up of what type of soils?

This area is composed of Cattle ______, large ______ farms,
This area is Dry not because of less precipitation, but because of longer summers and higher ________.
“_______Country”, :: the land in the dry belt that will hopefully do better next year.

A

brown soils

ranges; grain

evaporation

“Next Year Country”

28
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Where is the Agriculture Fringe ?

A

Just outside the Fertile belt (to the north)

29
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______________ (CWB)
Crops have to be sold to the CWB, some farmers are saying they can sell it privately to _______ at a better price.
________ [city] has tried to dismantle the CWB

A

Canadian Wheat Board
the United States
Washington

30
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Key Topic: Agricultural Transition
First Phase: low _____, and rising input _____

Marked by the end of the federal subsidies for grain ________, and _______ (rising/falling) prices for fertilizers, pesticides, and other farm inputs.
o _________ transport subsidy: closed 1995
• Many exports go to the US, making it vulnerable to barriers or______ placed by the US

A 
prices; costs
transport
rising
Crow Benefit transport subsidy 
tariffs
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Key Topic: Agricultural Transition
Second Phase: higher prices (highest point _____[year])
Higher prices were due to:
1. Demand for more ____, in particular pork, from _______[country] growing middle class- so they have more hogs, need more corn feed
2. The need of the _______ industry- uses corn (ethanol) and other crops
o Urban areas are taking up much of the desired ________ land which decreases the amount of production available

A

1995; meat; China’s
Biofuel
agricultural

32
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The Prairie Staple in Western Canada:

Changing to crops other than ______[crop] to meet the demands of other countries

Low prices, and no transport subsidy = look for alternative _____.
Wheat dropped, canola was rising for the production of _____ _____

A

wheat
crops
ethanol biodiesel

33
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The Prairie Staple in Western Canada:

Western Canada now accounts for 40% of ___ production in Canada and _______ [province] leads with 3 million pigs, AB 2.1 million, ________[province] 1.2 million
These operate in _______ (rural/urban) areas to avoiding urban contamination.

A

hog
Manitoba; Saskatchewan
rural

34
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Resource Base in Western Canada: MINING
Saskatchewan:
Sask. Has the largest and highest-quality potash deposit in the _______ (country/continent/world), and except for a potash min in NB, all of Canada’s potash production comes from Sask.

A

world

35
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Resource Base in Western Canada: MINING
Alberta:
Coal mining along the eastern slopes of the ________.
Bitumen- oil mixed with sand to make Tarsands This is located in : _______[city] and ____ Lake

A

Rockies
Fort McMurray
Cold lake

36
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Resource Base in Western Canada: MINING
________ [province]:
Copper-zinc and nickel. Both found in which physiographic region?

A

Manitoba

Canadian Shield

37
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Forest Industry
• ______ forest across northern half of Western Canada.
• ____ and paper mills are located at the southern edge of the forest

A

boreal forest;

pulp

38
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Forest Industry has 3 challenges:

  1. Pulp and paper mills face ______ (increasing/decreasing) demand
  2. Prices for lumber dropped sharply (no _____ being built in the US)
  3. ______ (appreciating/depreciating) value of the Canadian dollar
A

decreasing; houses; depreciating

39
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Population of Western Canada:

  • ________[city] is known as the gateway to the North
  • Corridor between Calgary and Edmonton has been exceeding a population growth of ___%
A

Edmonton

10%

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