Lecture 1 - Regional Geography of Canada

Question 1

What is Geography?

Answer 1

The study of the earth’s surface as the space within which the human population lives. Geo = Earth, Graphy = Writing. Relationship between people and world

Question 2

What is Regional Geography?

Answer 2

Divides the complex world into smaller, more manageable spatial units called regions

Question 3

What is a Region?

Answer 3

An area of the earth’s surface defined by its distinctive human or natural characteristics

Question 4

What region is BC apart of?

Answer 4

Cascadian Region

Question 5

What are Faultlines?

Answer 5

A geological metaphor applied to economic, social and political cracks that divide regions and people and threaten to destabilize Canada’s integrity as a nation. Such as Centralist/Decentralist, English/French, Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal, Newcomers/Old Timers

Question 6

Describe Centralist/Decentralist Faultline

Answer 6

• It leans most heavily on Canada’s geography and political system - regional control over natural resources a particularly contentious issue.
• Federal - Provincial Feuds, often based on transfer and equalization payments
• Central Canada as representing the “National interest” (ex. build pipeline) - Rise of western power as population grows

Question 7

What percent is French the first language in Quebec?

Answer 7

over 80%

Question 8

Most immigrants choose to speak what language?

Answer 8

English

Question 9

Which type of Canadians are declining?

Answer 9

French Canadians

Question 10

What is a concern from Quebec?

Answer 10

They are losing their language and culture

Question 11

When was economic and social opportunities begin for Indigenous people?

Answer 11

20th century

Question 12

What do we begin to see in the last 10-20 years in regards to Indigenous people?

Answer 12

Reconciliation and education on their history

Question 13

Canada is a land of _______?

Answer 13

immigrants

Question 14

what are immigrants bringing with them

Answer 14

culture, language and religions

Question 15

What is sense of place?

Answer 15

strong psychological bond between people to place, both physical nature and human characteristics

Question 16

What is Core and Periphery Model

Answer 16

Heartland and Hinterland

Question 17

What percent is BC service industry?

Answer 17

80%

Question 18

What percent of population live 100km to USA border?

Answer 18

90%

Question 19

What percent of BC is covered in trees?

Answer 19

65%

Question 20

Where do civilizations set up?

Answer 20

Near rivers and water

Question 21

What are the two outlooks on the Core and Periphery Model?

Answer 21

Neo-Marxist and Modernization Theory

Question 22

What is Neo-Marxist?

Answer 22

1. Substitutes regions with classes
2. Regional exploitation
3. Dependency Theory
   Believe working class will rise up over the elite

Question 23

What is Modernization Theory?

Answer 23

1. Not exploitation but development

2. capital and technology will improve periphery

Question 24

What is Canada’s population

Answer 24

over 37 million?

Question 25

What percent of Canada’s population live in Ontario and Quebec?

Answer 25

60%

Question 26

Where are aboriginals mostly concentrated?

Answer 26

Territorial North

Question 27

What is Globalization?

Answer 27

the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political, and cultural change

Question 28

What is sustainability?

Answer 28

a vision of development that seeks a balance among economic growth, environmental impacts and social equity

Question 29

How many earths does Canada use?

Answer 29

3.5 earths

Question 30

How many earths does USA use

Answer 30

5 earths