ENVSOCTY 2OC3 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
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1. Canada's 6 Geographic Regions-ANSWER- Atlantic Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Western Canada
British Columbia
Territorial North
2. Faultines-ANSWER- economic, social, and political cracks that divide regions and threaten
national integrity
3. 4 Principle Faultlines-ANSWER- Regional faultline
Quebec faultline
Indigenous minority faultline
Immigration faultline
4. Regional faultline-ANSWER- Regional control over natural resources is contentious; Federal-
provincial feuds and
disputes between provinces
5. Quebec faultine-ANSWER- Decline in the proportion of French-speaking Canadians;
Quebec's strong position on climate crisis due to hydroelectric resources
6. Indigenous minority faultine-ANSWER- Indigenous peoples have been marginalized and
stripped of land and
resources; push towards reconciliation in the 21st century
7. Immigration faultline-ANSWER- Increasing amount of newcomers with respective benefits
and challenges
8. Core/Periphery Theory-ANSWER- capitalist economics result in regionally uneven
development
, 9. 3 principle types of landforms-ANSWER- Mountains
Plateaus
Lowlands
10. denudation-ANSWER- gradual wearing down of mountains by erosion and weathering over
millions of years
11. weathering-ANSWER- breaking down solid rock of ancient mountains into smaller particles
12. erosion-ANSWER- transporting these smaller particles by means of air, ice, and water to
lower locations where they are
deposited
13. deposition-ANSWER- when layers of eroded material pile up
14. 3 characteristics of physiographic regions-ANSWER- Similar relief features.
Landforms shaped by common geomorphic processes.
A common geological structure and history.
15. 7 physiographic regions in Canada-ANSWER- The Canadian Shield
The Cordillera
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The Interior Plains
The Hudson Bay Lowlands
The Arctic Lands
The Appalachian Uplands
The Great Lakes-St Lawrence Lowlands
16. Canadian Shield-ANSWER- Largest region, covering nearly half of Canada.
Rugged, rolling upland surface with numerous glacial landforms.
Rich in mineral resources.
17. The Cordillera-ANSWER- Complex region of mountains, plateaus, and valleys.
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | RATED A+
1. Canada's 6 Geographic Regions-ANSWER- Atlantic Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Western Canada
British Columbia
Territorial North
2. Faultines-ANSWER- economic, social, and political cracks that divide regions and threaten
national integrity
3. 4 Principle Faultlines-ANSWER- Regional faultline
Quebec faultline
Indigenous minority faultline
Immigration faultline
4. Regional faultline-ANSWER- Regional control over natural resources is contentious; Federal-
provincial feuds and
disputes between provinces
5. Quebec faultine-ANSWER- Decline in the proportion of French-speaking Canadians;
Quebec's strong position on climate crisis due to hydroelectric resources
6. Indigenous minority faultine-ANSWER- Indigenous peoples have been marginalized and
stripped of land and
resources; push towards reconciliation in the 21st century
7. Immigration faultline-ANSWER- Increasing amount of newcomers with respective benefits
and challenges
8. Core/Periphery Theory-ANSWER- capitalist economics result in regionally uneven
development
, 9. 3 principle types of landforms-ANSWER- Mountains
Plateaus
Lowlands
10. denudation-ANSWER- gradual wearing down of mountains by erosion and weathering over
millions of years
11. weathering-ANSWER- breaking down solid rock of ancient mountains into smaller particles
12. erosion-ANSWER- transporting these smaller particles by means of air, ice, and water to
lower locations where they are
deposited
13. deposition-ANSWER- when layers of eroded material pile up
14. 3 characteristics of physiographic regions-ANSWER- Similar relief features.
Landforms shaped by common geomorphic processes.
A common geological structure and history.
15. 7 physiographic regions in Canada-ANSWER- The Canadian Shield
The Cordillera
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The Interior Plains
The Hudson Bay Lowlands
The Arctic Lands
The Appalachian Uplands
The Great Lakes-St Lawrence Lowlands
16. Canadian Shield-ANSWER- Largest region, covering nearly half of Canada.
Rugged, rolling upland surface with numerous glacial landforms.
Rich in mineral resources.
17. The Cordillera-ANSWER- Complex region of mountains, plateaus, and valleys.
