Unit 3- short answer Flashcards
(42 cards)
Why is the UN important?
The UN is important because it provides a variety of services for developing countries (providing basic needs like fresh water). They also are involved in many peace keeping missions which usually bring other countries into helping with peace keeping.
What is the Canadian Shield?
It is a large vast area that covers more then half of Canada and is very rocky.
What are the 7 landform regions in Canada?
Canadian Shield, interior planes, Great Lakes/st lawerence lowlands, Hudson Bay/arctic lowlands, Appalachians, western cordillera and the innuation mountains
What are the interior plains?
They stretch from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and they are pretty flat so there is lots of farming there.
What are the Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence lowlands?
They are 2 regions deprecated by a thin slice of Canadian Shield and glacial ion created this rolling landscape
What is igneous rock? Where in Canada can you find it?
Igneous Rock is rock formed by the cooling of molten materials from the interior of earth. They can be found in the western cordillera
What are the 7 factors that effect the location of a business? (Will be continued)
- proximity to raw materials
- location of market
- transportation
Availability if water and power
Labour supply
Political factors
Circumstance
What are the Hudson Bay/Arctic lowlands?
They are very flat and low and covered by a swampy forest. The arctic lowlands are also a series of islands
What is metamorphic rock? Where in Canada can it be found?
Metamorphic rock is a type of rock that results from changes produced by heat and/or pressure in other rock types ex limestone to marble. This type of rock can be found across Canada because it is widely spread
What is sedimentary rock? Where in Canada can you find it?
Sedimentary rock is a type of rock formed by compression of deposits for water wind and ice. It can be found in the northern provinces (Nunavut)
What is the lithosphere? What layer is it?
It is the outer crust of the earth
What is the asthenosphere? What layer is it?
Where convection currents are formed. It is the second layer
What is the lower mantle? What layer is it?
It is about 80% of earths total volume and is the third layer.
What is the outer core? What layer is it?
It is the last layer before the core and it movers with rotation of the earth to form magnetic fields.
What is the inner core? What layer is it?
The inner core is the very center layer of the earth. It is the reactive mix of materials that generates heat that allows life to exist on earth
What are the Appalachians?
They are the oldest highland region in North America and have Manu major cities and harbors
What is the western cordillera?
They are very mountainous and the cities are on very flat coastal locations
What are the innuation mountains?
Thy are the “icy watchtowers” of Canada. But development is too expensive and there are cheaper alternatives so there is little up there.
What re the difficulties for farmers today?
- hard to start bc. Gov’t pays big farms lots of money to keep growing crops but pays small farms not enough money to stay growing
- companies want more of the product in a shorter period of time
- farmers don’t get to chose where their crops go after they are harvested
- if the season is too wet or too dry the crops won’t grow.
What factors make up an Ecozone?
- landforms
- climate
- vegetation
- type of soil
- human activities
- major urban areas
Why has there been a loss in farming?
Bc. Big farms can grow crops on large plots quickly with the help of machinery so there are less farms needed to get the same amount of crops.
What are the 4 ways of moving goods?
- road and car/bus
- rail and train
- water and ferry
- air and plane
Why are cars and buses good for moving people?
Because they are very mobile and flexible and can let people go where ever they want and can make quick route changes but are expensive to buy and insure
Why are trains good for moving people?
They can move people within a city or outside one but customer service isn’t very good and they usually carry cargo because it is more profitable. Bit if they got high speed trains, they could compete with planes for customers, but would be expensive