Social Studies Unit 1 Test Flashcards
Forms of communication that help to demonstrate our culture. This can include writing, pictures or sounds
Media
A grouping of people based on national, racial, or language background
Ethnicity
One of the earliest examples of sculpture in Inuit artistic expression. It is a sculpture built of rocks in the shape of a human, used to indicate direction or loaction of fishing/hunting grounds.
Inukshuk
An example of artistic expression used by the earliest first Nations people. They were made by carving symbols and pictures into solid rocks
Petroglyphs
Drawings or maps that show the physical features of the land such as mountains, rivers, forests etc. These became important to early Canadians because it allowed the military to better plan defense strategies
Topographic
A film or video that teaches us about a topic in history, science or social issues. A documentary painting provides a record or statement about the lifestyle of a particular time
Documentaries
A person’s feeling of pride or patriotism toward their country or homeland
Nationalism
When something happens that is the opposite or contrary to what was expected in a particular situation. For example, it is ironic that the well-known folk song “This Land Is Your Land”, which describes Canadian landmarks, was actually written by an American.
Ironic
A kind or type of art, music or literature.
Genres
An unfair assumption often made about a group of people and are often based on a person’s nationality, gender, religion etc.
Stereotype
Any piece of writing, song, or art that tells a story
Narrative
List four of the traditional art forms used by the First Nations and Inuit
- totem poles and masks made from wood
- carvings in stone, antler and bone
- clothing decorated with beads and painted patterns
- sculptures such as inuksuks
What was the dominant theme in the art works of New-France?
Many of the first to arrive in New France were catholic priests who came to do paintings. Therefore the subject of artwork was mainly religious in nature
Explain how the “Group of Seven” was important in the artistic Canada identity
With an increase of nationalism and as the new settlers began to feel an emotional connection to this place, we started to see artwork that included not just landscapes and natural beauty but also reflections of the emotion and feelings the artists had about their “home”. The Group of Seven were the first artists to paint this way and therefore we can say that they created a new genre of art.
An area’s landforms together with its cover of vegetation, water, ice and rock.
Landscape
Thin, acidic soils
Podzols
Black earth ideal for growing wheat
Chernozem
The science of weather
Meteorology
The patterns of weather over a long period of time
Climate
A high fast wind that flows east across North America near the Canada-U.S. Border
Jet stream
The leading edge of an air mass
Front
An area defined by the presence or absence of certain characteristics
Landform regions
An area that experiences similar weather conditions within its boundaries throughout the year
Climate region
What are the four factors that shape Canada’s topography?
- mountain building
- weathering
- erosion
- deposition
What are five characteristics that are used by geographers to classify landform regions in Canada?
- age of rock
- type of rock
- relief
- gradient
- process that has shaped the area
- has the oldest rock in Canada which is about four billion years old
- has podzols that support forests but are not suited to agriculture
Canadian Shield
- the height of the mountains in this region are about 1000m
* mountains were formed about 375 million years ago.
Appalachian Mountains
- this region includes British Columbia, Yukon, and part of Alberta
- is made up of series of parallel mountain ranges
Western Cordillera
- the mountains have peaks that rise over 2000m
* erosion has not yet occured in the summits of the landform region
Innuitian Mountains
- has a cold, dry climate
* this region is loacted in Nunavut
Arctic Lowlands
- erosion covered out three prairie plains separated by two long
- covers most of Alberta and large sections of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories
Interior Plains
- has small areas that has experienced volcanic activity
* about 10 000 years ago this region was flooded with Champlain Sea
Great Lakes - St.Lawrence Lowlands
- has recent coverings of materials from seas, rivers, and glaciers.
- soil in this region consists of a mix of tundra & podzols
Hudson Bay Lowlands
the innermost layer of the earth’s interior
Core
the solid outer layer of the earth
Crust
the middle layer of the earth, between the crust and the core
Mantle
molten rock within the earth
Magma
the theory that the earth’s plates interact to produce mountains, trenches, earthquakes, and volcanoes
Plate tectonics
The theory that the earth’s continental plates are moving
Continental drift
A section of the earth’s crust
Plate
an area of the earth’s crust where one plate slides beneath another
Subduction zone
The height measured from mean sea level
Elevation
the difference in elevation on the earth’s surface
Relief
the steepness of a slope
Gradient
the study of types of rocks and their history
Geology
a way of describing landforms
General appearance
the current in a fluid, such as magma, that circulates as the fluid is heated & cooled
Convection currents
magma that flows onto earth’s surface
Lava
dust sized particles emitted by a volcano
Volcanic ash
a long depression produced by the collapse of part of the earth’s crust
Trenches
a long valley caused by fault action along each side
Rift valleys
the rate of change in temperature with elevation
Environmental lapse rate
a type of storm cloud with a flat base
Cumulonibus
the area on the leeward side of a mountain that receives little precipitation
Rain shadow
