Social Studies Chapter 3 Test

Question 0

a group of islands, this analogy refers to Canada’s pockets of settlements as islands

Answer 0

Archipelago Effect

Question 1

people distributed in different places across the country

Answer 1

Population Distribution

Question 2

The Five Regions

Answer 2

• Nothern
• Praries
• Atlantic
• Central
• West Coast

Question 3

A measure of how closely together people live in a given country or area

Answer 3

Population Density

Question 4

Are features of land that attract people to an area (Ex: flat land)

Answer 4

Site Factors

Question 5

Are sites that grow in towns that attract people to that area (Ex: aviation)

Answer 5

Situational Factors

Question 6

Landholding that led to a settlement pattern of long, narrow lots facing rivers and roads

Answer 6

Seigneurial System

Question 7

Settlement system based on square blocks of 100 acres of land each

Answer 7

Township System

Question 8

Largest agriculture area in Canada because of its fertile soil and favourable climate

Answer 8

Great Lake- St. Lawrence Lowlands

Question 9

Developed fishing, lumbering and shipbuilding industries. They promoted the growth of other communities

Answer 9

Atlantic Canada

Question 10

Rugged coast and mountains promoted fishing and lumbering as major industries/huge trees

Answer 10

West Coast (Western Cordillera)

Question 11

The economy of the Great Lakes, St.Lawrence lowlands area was at first based on __________

Answer 11

Agriculture

Question 12

A change in economy from one based on agriculture and resources to one based on manufacturing

Answer 12

Industrial Revolution

Question 13

Unfairly applying an idea or attitude to an entire group of people based on one example

Answer 13

Stereotype

Question 14

The most densely populated province in Canada

Answer 14

Prince Edward Island

Question 15

When a city becomes so large that it becomes difficult to sustain a comfortable lifestyle

Answer 15

Megacity

Question 16

When rural areas gradually turn into large cities/towns

Answer 16

Urbanization

Question 17

When a town no longer exists because the main source of employment has shut down

Answer 17

Ghost Town

Question 18

The ________ include Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta

Answer 18

Prairies

Question 19

The ________ includes Yukon, Northwest and Nunavut territories

Answer 19

North

Question 20

One of the negative effects of megacities

Answer 20

Pollution

Question 21

The name used by geographers to describe our population patterns that resemble islands

Answer 21

Archipelago Effect

Question 22

The most developed and populated area of a region

Answer 22

Core

Question 23

The economy of ______ was first based on fishing, farming, and forestry

Answer 23

British Columbia

Question 24

When people decide to leave their small, rural homes to find opportunities in larger cities

Answer 24

Rural to Urban Drift

Question 25

The farthest one can travel using a particular means of transportation

Answer 25

Head Of Navigation

Question 26

The _______ region includes the provinces of Ontario and Quebec

Answer 26

Central

Question 27

______ boundaries are decided by governments and do not rely on the physical features of the land

Answer 27

Political

Question 28

The economy of the ________ region was first based on fishing, forestry, and shipbuilding

Answer 28

Atlantic

Question 29

The areas which surround the most populated and developed areas in a region

Answer 29

Periphery

Question 30

One of the categories used in classifying regions of Canada

Answer 30

Locations

Question 31

An example of a ________ boundary is a river or mountain

Answer 31

Physical

Question 32

Canada is the _______ largest country in the world in terms of its land mass

Answer 32

Second