Lecture 9 - BC Flashcards

1
Q

What percent of trees go to USA?

A

50 percent

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2
Q

What is BC population of Canada?

A

13.1 percent

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3
Q

How much area of Canada does BC cover?

A

9.5 percent

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4
Q

What is BC GDP?

A

12.7 percent

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5
Q

What is BC unemployment?

A

6.7 percent

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6
Q

What percent of BC has French as mother tongue

A

1.3 percent

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7
Q

How many indigenous people in BC?

A

5.3 percent

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8
Q

BC has a lot of what kind of land?

A

unseeded land

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9
Q

BC is apart of what coastal region?

A

Cascadia

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10
Q

What is BC winter weather like?

A

Cold and wet

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11
Q

Which part of BC has the most rain

A

West coast of Vancouver Island

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12
Q

Why does BC west coast see so much rain?

A

orographic lifting

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13
Q

North Shore has how much more rain then Richmond

A

1 meter

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14
Q

Richmond has how much more rain then Tsawwassen

A

1/2 meter

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15
Q

James Cook lands where and when?

A

1778 Nootka Sound

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16
Q

What did James Cook trade?

A

sea otter pelts, beavers, fish

17
Q

What brings First Nations into BC

A

Beringa

18
Q

When does BC join Confederation?

A

1871

19
Q

When did Britain and US set borders?

A

1846

20
Q

What percent of BC is covered with trees?

A

65%

21
Q

What is BC greatest asset?

A

forests

22
Q

What percent of trees does BC export world wide?

A

21 percent

23
Q

What is key to forest industry

A

sustainable

24
Q

what is there boom bust nature in forestry?

A

because of trade with USA, softwood lumber dispute

25
Q

What are the two approaches to forestry?

A

clear cutting and selective logging

26
Q

What were the technological cycle for forestry?

A

oxen, horses, flunes, steam donkey, helicopter