Lecture 1: Regions of Canada

Question 1

What is a region?

Answer 1

a distinctive area of Earth’s surface, set apart from other areas by human or natural carecteristics

Question 2

What is a uniform region?

Answer 2

A region where all locations share a charecterisitc. ex: vegetation (grassland, tundra, desert)

Question 3

What is a Functional Region

Answer 3

There are interacttions among different areas within the region

Question 4

What is a Cultural Region

Answer 4

Region based on a sense of belonging, where there is a bond between the people and the region (Quebec)

Question 5

What is the Centralist vs. Decentralist Visions of Canada faultline?

Answer 5

Relates to the centralization of government power (federal power) vs the decentralization of power (provincial power)

Question 6

What are a common source of feud in Centralist vs. Decentralist faultline?

Answer 6

Equalization payments (federal government taking money from rich provinces and giving to poor provinces)

Question 7

What are the 3 reasons that cause the demographic favouring of Ontario and Quebec faultline?

Answer 7

1. Majority of Canadians live in Ontario and Quebec
2. People in other provinces feel u heard
3. No federal party can form a majority government without strong support from the two provinces, therefore parties focus on them more

Question 8

What was a large factor in BC joining Canada?

Answer 8

The federal government promising to connect them to the railway

Question 9

Who is responsible for maintaining the Trans-Canada highway?

Answer 9

Provincial governemnts

Question 10

What is the Great Trail?

Answer 10

System of paths, greenways, waterways, and roads linking all 3 ocean coasts