Grade 9 Canadian Geography Chapters
4 – 6 Question and answers already
passed
What creates Canada's economy? - correct answer ✔producing a wide
variety of goods and services
What are the 4 economic sectors - correct answer ✔>Primary: farming,
mining
>Secondary: manufacturing
>Tertiary: retail services, office work
>Quaternary: scientific research, ICT
What percent do primary industries contribute to the GDP? - correct answer
✔6%
What are some examples of primary industries? - correct answer
✔agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, oil and gas
Which primary industry has the biggest financial contribution, and how much?
- correct answer ✔Oil and Gas Extraction (financial contribution: over 100
billion and about 80,000 jobs)
What were 2 of Canada's first significant industries? - correct answer
✔Fishing and forestry
What happens if natural resources aren't extracted correctly - correct answer
✔they will become scarce, we will no longer be able to extract them in
reasonable quantities, and revenue will drop.
,What percent of the Canadian labour force are employed in primary
industries. - correct answer ✔Primary industries do not employ a large labour
force, only about 4% of Canadian workers.
Which provinces have the largest number of people employed in forestry? -
correct answer ✔Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia
How much of the GDP does manufacturing account for? - correct answer
✔$169.3-billion of the national GDP in 2012.
Where does most of the manufacturing occur? - correct answer ✔Southern
Ontario and Southern Quebec
What has been the driving force in the Ontario manufacturing industry? -
correct answer ✔transportation equipment (cars, buses etc)
What has been the driving force in the quebec manufacturing industry? -
correct answer ✔metal production, transportation equipment and chemical
production.
where do secondary industries tend to be located> - correct answer ✔they
tend to be located near large population centres. Many workers live in Ontario
and Quebec (Quebec City-Windsor Corridor.)
How many people do service industries employ - correct answer ✔about 7.5
million people compared with goods-producing industries, which employ 3.6
million people.
What is the top employment sector in canada? - correct answer ✔retail
, what do tertiary industries require - correct answer ✔a large, educated
labour force to serve people effectively.
what do quaternary industries play a huge role in - correct answer
✔improving literacy rates in Canada, developing new and improved
technologies, and helping other industries become more efficient.
what are the top 3 employment by industrial sector, 2011? - correct answer
✔retail, health care and social assistance, manufacturing sector
where are industries located and what does the industry affect around it -
correct answer ✔located near resources, in turn the industry will affect the
geography and economy of the region its located in.
where do primary industries tend to cluster in - correct answer ✔Primary
industries tend to cluster in certain areas of the country: fishing on the coasts,
forestry in wooded areas, agriculture where the soil is fertile and mining near
sources of minerals.
where do secondary industries tend to be located - correct answer
✔Secondary industries tend to be located close to cities or towns and near
major transportation routes.
where do primary and secondary industries need to be close to - correct
answer ✔transportation routes, to get goods and services to market. Primary
needs to transport products such as meat and fruits, while secondary
industries need to ship finished products.
how much ontario agricultural products are sent to international markets every
year - correct answer ✔over $10 billion products
4 – 6 Question and answers already
passed
What creates Canada's economy? - correct answer ✔producing a wide
variety of goods and services
What are the 4 economic sectors - correct answer ✔>Primary: farming,
mining
>Secondary: manufacturing
>Tertiary: retail services, office work
>Quaternary: scientific research, ICT
What percent do primary industries contribute to the GDP? - correct answer
✔6%
What are some examples of primary industries? - correct answer
✔agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, oil and gas
Which primary industry has the biggest financial contribution, and how much?
- correct answer ✔Oil and Gas Extraction (financial contribution: over 100
billion and about 80,000 jobs)
What were 2 of Canada's first significant industries? - correct answer
✔Fishing and forestry
What happens if natural resources aren't extracted correctly - correct answer
✔they will become scarce, we will no longer be able to extract them in
reasonable quantities, and revenue will drop.
,What percent of the Canadian labour force are employed in primary
industries. - correct answer ✔Primary industries do not employ a large labour
force, only about 4% of Canadian workers.
Which provinces have the largest number of people employed in forestry? -
correct answer ✔Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia
How much of the GDP does manufacturing account for? - correct answer
✔$169.3-billion of the national GDP in 2012.
Where does most of the manufacturing occur? - correct answer ✔Southern
Ontario and Southern Quebec
What has been the driving force in the Ontario manufacturing industry? -
correct answer ✔transportation equipment (cars, buses etc)
What has been the driving force in the quebec manufacturing industry? -
correct answer ✔metal production, transportation equipment and chemical
production.
where do secondary industries tend to be located> - correct answer ✔they
tend to be located near large population centres. Many workers live in Ontario
and Quebec (Quebec City-Windsor Corridor.)
How many people do service industries employ - correct answer ✔about 7.5
million people compared with goods-producing industries, which employ 3.6
million people.
What is the top employment sector in canada? - correct answer ✔retail
, what do tertiary industries require - correct answer ✔a large, educated
labour force to serve people effectively.
what do quaternary industries play a huge role in - correct answer
✔improving literacy rates in Canada, developing new and improved
technologies, and helping other industries become more efficient.
what are the top 3 employment by industrial sector, 2011? - correct answer
✔retail, health care and social assistance, manufacturing sector
where are industries located and what does the industry affect around it -
correct answer ✔located near resources, in turn the industry will affect the
geography and economy of the region its located in.
where do primary industries tend to cluster in - correct answer ✔Primary
industries tend to cluster in certain areas of the country: fishing on the coasts,
forestry in wooded areas, agriculture where the soil is fertile and mining near
sources of minerals.
where do secondary industries tend to be located - correct answer
✔Secondary industries tend to be located close to cities or towns and near
major transportation routes.
where do primary and secondary industries need to be close to - correct
answer ✔transportation routes, to get goods and services to market. Primary
needs to transport products such as meat and fruits, while secondary
industries need to ship finished products.
how much ontario agricultural products are sent to international markets every
year - correct answer ✔over $10 billion products
