Oct. Test Flashcards
What percent of Canada is too far north that it is not in the range of growing season?
90%
What is the largest physiographic region in Canada in terms of land area?
Canadian Shield
Where does MCI go to red rock Bible camp for a Christian life retreat what physiographic region is red rocket? What physiographic region is MCI in?
Red rock is in Canadian Shield. MCI is in the interior shield
What is the percent of Canadians that live within 100 km of the US border?
90%
What is Canada’s total population?
35m
What is natural increase?
It’s the birthrate minus the death rate
What is fertility rate?
Average number of children that’s born to a woman in her lifetime
What is the rate of natural increase?
The rate of natural increase refers to the overall rate at which a population increases
When did Canada become a nation? (Confederation)
1867
I Confederation what is Canada’s population?
3.5m
What’s load immigration from 1901 to 1921?
WW1
In what yours was World War I f Fought?
From 1914 to 1918
From 1901 to 1921 where did most immigrants come from?
Eastern Europe
From 1921 to 1951 what things slowed immigration?
World War II, great depression and the government restricting immigration
When was the great depression
1929 to 1936
In what years was World War II fought
1939 to 1945
In 1951 to 1971 saw a great increase in births in North America what is this demographic group cold
Baby boom
When did the birthrate start to steadily fall?
1971
Buy 2006, what is the percentage of population growth in Canada
0.3%
What is the fertility rate of woman in Canada?
1.5
What percent of Canadians live in urban areas?
80%
What is NAFTA? What countries are involved in NAFTA?
North American Free Trade Agreement
Canada USA and Mexico
What is the percentage of total exports from Canada to US?
80%
What is the percentage of total imports that Coke into Canada from the US?
65-70%
Where does the US get more oil then any other country?
Canada
What are the 3 primary geologic developments in Canada?
Mountains, Interior plains, Canadian Shield
What are he seven physiographic regions of Canada?
Canadian Shield, western cordillera, Interior plains, Arctic Lowlands, Great Lakes-st. Lawrence lowlands, inuitians and Appalachians
What are Canada’s five drainage bake ins, list them from biggest to smallest
1 Hudson Bay 2 Arctic 3 Atlantic 4 pacific 5 Gulf of Mexico
In terms of size, Canada is second in the world behind which country?
Russia
What are the four main factors help explain why different parts of Canada have different climates explain
One latitude-B/C of curvature of the earth, heat from the sun has to cover an increasingly larger area the farther the suns rays fall from the equator. As a result temperature decrease from south to north in the northern hemisphere latitude it goes equator, lines running West-east to distance from the oceans-closely oceans climates are temperate Payson with warm summers and cold winters and high levels of precipitation-away from oceans, climates are more continental with hot summers, cold winters and less precipitation three prevailing air movement-B/C air moves from west to east at Canada’s latitude, weather patterns move-in and easterly direction for the Western Cordillera prevent war, moist Pacific air from moving east across Canada.-The interior plains usually lets air move easily other times it asked like a saucer and holds cold cold air in winters and hot air in summer
What are the seven distinct climate regions of Canada?
1 pacific 2 cordillera 3 prairies 4 Arctic 5 Great Lakes + st. Lawrence 6 Atlantic 7 subarctic
What are the 5 political areas of Canada? And what provinces are incorporated into these areas?
West Central Atlantic North Pacific
Why do most people live in a few small clusters located in the southern part of Canada? Explain 2 reasons
Warmer, a lot less expensive shipping
Why is the natural increase in Canada been so low lately?
Because the parents don’t need help from their kids on the farm anymore, it’s really expensive to have kids and it’s also really hectic with a lot of kids
Which of these four divisions poses the greatest challenge to Canada and why?
- ) Aboriginals-land claims changing Canada’s political geography
- ) Francophone would change Canada if Québec separated from Canada
- ) Federal state provincial/territorial power vs. Central government because Canada is so big some places feel neglected.
- ) ethnic identity of the Canadian population has changed. Immigrants from diverse ethnic, religious and logistic groups
It’s an opinion question…..there’s no right answer 😆
What are the four divisions within Canadian society explain
1.) Aboriginals-land claims changing Canada’s political geography 2.) Frankel fun would change Canada if quebec separated from Canada. 3.) federal state, provincial/territorial power versus.central government because Canada is so big some places feel neglected 4.) ethnic identity of the Canadian population has changed. Immigrants from diverse ethnic, religious and linguistic groups.
If a lower rate of natural increase of the Canadian population continues as a trend, explain 2 actions the government might take
Paying money to families for having kids, and increasing immigration
It has been joke that Canada has too much geography. Explain what the statement means to you (comment on , northerness, isolation, size, population, climate)
No connection to other people in the country, harder to bring things around the country,
Who is threatening Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic?
Russia, Denmark and the US
Why is the Arctic important to other countries?
Oil, and transport lanes
Why is the Arctic important now as apposed to 50 years ago?
Oil has been discovered
What are some reasons other countries want the Arctic and do not want to recognize Canada’s sovereignty over it?
Because there’s ALOT of oil and oil =$! Also fishing and shipping lanes……and they’re selfish :p
What are the reasons Canada believes they have sovereignty over the Arctic
Because Canada found the Franklin expedition, that in itself proves that they have owned the Arctic for long before the Russians and them people’s wanted it
