Unit 0

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What is Geography

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Geography is the study of places and their interactions with the environment

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What are the four key questions Geographers ask

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1 What is where?
2 Why there?
3 Why care?
4 What to do?

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Spatial Significance

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Places are significant in different ways to different groups of people animals and plant life

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Patterns and Trend

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A pattern is a repeating event characteristic effect of the natural and human world

A trend describes how a pattern occurs over time

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Trends are…

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often described as data

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Interrelationships

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Can be positive or negative
E= environment H=human arrow= impact

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Geographic Perspective

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The lens through which you view an issue, social, environmental, economic, political

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Definition of a Map

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A 2D drawing of the earths feature

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Large scale vs. Small scale map

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Maps zoomed in to show substantial amounts of detail:
1cm on the map = 1km on the ground

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General Purpose Map

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Can be both large and small scale map

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Thematic Map

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Usually focuses on one theme or topic
A map that reveals the geographic patterns of statistical data

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Features on a Map

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Todals
tittle’
orientation
date
author
legend
scale

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Winkle Triple Map

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Pro: a good balance between size and shape and land areas
Con: neither conformal nor equal area

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Mercator Map

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Pro: good for navigation
Con: conveys a distorted perception of the overall geometry of the planet

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GIS

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Global Information System

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GIS

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application include hardware and software technologies that use any data set connected to a location

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GPS

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Global Positioning System

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GPS

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Satellite based navigation system consists of 24 well placed satellites that orbit earth

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Remote Sensing

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Images of earth taken from far away by drones, satellites, aircrafts

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Closed Question

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Yes or no
simple list
one word
one idea

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Open Questions

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Lead to other questions
Causes
Consequences
Changes
Lead to further info/investigation

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Why is it important to protect Canadas Physical Diversity

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for keeping ecological balance and supporting biodiversity, especially in the face of climate change

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Physical processes that shape the earth

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weathering erosion and deposition

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Alfred Wegner’s Continental Drift

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Coastal fit
Fossil fit
Geologic fit
Evidence of past glaciers
Evidence of past climate

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Define Pangea

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A huge landmass that existed a long time ago. Combining almost all of the earths continents

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Define Striation

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the movement of glaciers that scratched the underlaying rock

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Total stock

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All parts of natural environment

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Natural Resources

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things found in the natural environment, that humans have made use for

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Renewable resources

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resources that are limited and cannot be replaced within a human lifetime

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Flow resources

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Resources to be used when and where they occur

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Other resources

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resources that do not fit into other categories

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GDP

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Gross domestic product

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Most Canadians work in…

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Tertiary industry

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where are fossil fuels made formed

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trapped during formation of sedimentary rock overlong periods of time

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Why invest in fossil fuels

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Because of job opportunities and fossil fuels contribute 110 million $ to GDP

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Linear or circular economy

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We want a circular economy

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Challenges of Growing Cities

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Urbanization brings challenges:

Social: Overcrowding, inequality, social unrest.
Economic: Strains resources and infrastructure.
Environmental: Pollution, habitat loss.

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Characteristics of a Population

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Demographers study:

Size
Age structure
Sex ratio
Fertility
Mortality
Migration

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CMA Definition

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Census Metropolitan Area (CMA): A Canadian statistical unit representing a large urban core with a population of at least 100,000.

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Demographic Age Groupings

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0-14 (young)
15-64 (working-age)
65+ (elderly)

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Dependency Load

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The proportion of a population economically dependent on others (under 15 and over 65).

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Population Pyramid Shapes

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Expanding: Wide base, high birth rates, young population.
Stationary: Stable birth and death rates, column shape.
Contracting: Narrow base, declining birth rates, aging population.

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Natural Increase Rate

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Birth rate minus death rate. Shows natural population growth or shrinkage without migration.

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Net Migration Rate

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Immigrants minus emigrants. Shows migration’s effect on population size.

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Population Growth Rate

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Combines natural increase and net migration to show overall population change.

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Definition of Immigrant and Emigrant

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Immigrant: Comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
Emigrant: Leaves their country to settle in another.