W2 Regions of Canada: Physical Geo of Can Flashcards
-Sense of place:
- Regional consciousness: the willingness to advocate for regional interests
- Each Canadian region has both a sense of place and regional pride as well as a commitment to federalism
- Collective experiences among people in a region has led to shared aspirations, goals, and values
- A sense of place within a specific city protects against the current phenomena of economic and cultural
globalization - Distinctive cityscapes provide an identity that evokes a psychological bond between people and the location
a psychological bond that people have for the area where they were born and raised or for where they currently live.
What are the 3 things that a sense of place arises from?
-Physical landscape of the area
-economic activities
-institutional bodies
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- A strong sense of place leads to _______LEO
life chances, experiences, and opportunities
Regional consciousness:
the willingness to advocate for regional interests
- Each Canadian region
sends regular computers
- sense of place
- regional pride
-commitment to federalism
- Collective experiences among people in a region has led to shared
aspirations, goals, and values
- A sense of place within a specific city protects against the current phenomena of _______ and ________
globalization
- A sense of place within a specific city protects against the current phenomena of economic and cultural
globalization
- _______ ______ provide an identity that evokes a psychological bond between people and the location
- Distinctive cityscapes provide an identity that evokes a psychological bond between people and the location
The 6 Regions of Canada
OQAWBT
Oh Quiet Andrew With Bitch Things
- Ontario
- Quebec
- Atlantic Canada
- Western Canada
- British Columbia
- Territorial North
These areas have been defined as regions because:
Man Id Break Links
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🔍
📈
🕵🏿♀️💰
They are…
-Manageable sections in a balanced size
- Identifiable by a set of physical features, natural resources, and economic strengths
- Broken down on a provincial basis which makes it easy to study statistical data
-linked to regional identity and sometimes are associated with regional disputes
Characteristics of the Regions
- Most people live in ______ and _______
- This is important in _______ elections
- The proportion of people living in the ______ has gone up recently
- the proportion of people living in
the _______ and Quebec has gone down
- Most people live in Ontario and Quebec
- This is important in federal elections
- The proportion of people living in the west has gone up recently (people like living in the west cause Kayne west)
-the proportion of people living in
the Atlantic and Quebec has gone down
The Core/Periphery Theory
- “____land/hinterland theory”
- A model that describes __________ among regions in Canada
- This model is based on the idea that the _______ economies result in regionally _______ development
The Core/Periphery Theory
- “Heartland/hinterland theory”
- A model that describes interactions among regions in Canada
- This model is based on the idea that the Capitalists economies result in regionally uneven development
- Uneven development =
- Uneven development = some people are really rich, and some people are really poor
-The Core/Periphery Theory states: both the core and the periphery are dependent on each other, but the ____ (the industrial ______) dominates the economic relationship with the periphery (the ______ hinterland)
- The Core/Periphery Theory states: both the core and the periphery are dependent on each other, but the core (the industrial heartland) dominates the economic relationship with the periphery (the resource hinterland)
- The ________ is not very populated
Hinterland
- ## In Canada, the core is–
–Southern Ontario
–Southern Quebec
- All other areas make up the _______
periphery
- B.C and the ______ Provinces are ______ transitional peripheries
- The _______Provinces are a downward transitional periphery
- B.C and the Prairie Provinces are upward transitional peripheries
- The Atlantic Provinces are a downward transitional periphery
Think of
BC (climb up mountain) PP(boat up)(think they are racing -upward
-AP (pitsol) down by my waist
- The Territorial North is a
Rf
resource frontier periphery
Characteristics of Cores:
🥩R
🔧M
🐜G
💁🏼D
🌆U
🪙H
- Receives raw materials from the periphery
- Manufacturing is a common industry
- Geographically small
- Diverse economy
- Urban and densely populated
- Home to the corporate headquarters
Characteristics of Peripheries
💰P
🦍G
🪵R
🚜R
- Purchases manufactured goods from the core
- Geographically large
- Resource based economy
- Rural and sparsely populated
As one travels from a core to a periphery there are noticeable trends:
-🏘️B
-🦝📈U
-💰📉M
- Both population and population density increase
- Unemployment rate increases
- Median income decreases (some exceptions)
There are two contrasting ways that cores and peripheries interact:
- Regional exploitation
- Modernization
There are two contrasting ways that cores and peripheries interact:
- Regional exploitation
– the economically wealthy core exploits the natural wealth of the periphery leaving it impoverished