ENVSOCTY 2OC3 EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Canada is best understood from a... - ANS Regional perspective
What are the 6 regions - ANS Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Western Canada, British
Columbia, Territorial North
Regions are designated by... - ANS "Core" physical and human characteristics
Why these 6 regions? - ANS Manageable number, balanced territorial size, economic
importance, political structure, statistical data, regional identity
What distinguises each region? - ANS Geographic location, regional consciousness, historical
development, population size, economic strength
What is a faultline? - ANS A perceived division that splits groups into two or more subgroups
based on individual differences
a geological metaphor applied toeconomic, social, and political cracks thatdivide regions and
threaten to destabilizeCanada's integrity as a nation
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, What are the 4 principal fault lines in Canada? - ANS Regional, Quebec, Indigenous Minority,
Immigration
What is a regional faultline? - ANS Political system - dispute between provinces
What is a quebec faultline? - ANS Proportion of French-speaking Canadians has declined
Indigenous Minority - ANS Canada as a settler state has stripped Indigenouspeoples of their
land and resources
Immigration faultline - ANS Continuous waves of newcomers are bringing theirown set of
cultures, languages, and religions
Core/Periphery Model - ANS Capitalist economics results in regionally uneven development
(Friedmann)
Canada's regions have how many core or peripheries? - ANS one core (manufacturing ontario
& quebec) and three peripheries (rapidly growing west, slow growing atlantic canada, resource
frontier territorial north)
What are the limits of the core/periphery model? - ANS - Broad-brush interpretation of
spatial nature of economy
- Does not address political and societal problems
- Does not take into account dynamic nature of Canadian regions
- Potential oversimplification of economic regions
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Canada is best understood from a... - ANS Regional perspective
What are the 6 regions - ANS Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Western Canada, British
Columbia, Territorial North
Regions are designated by... - ANS "Core" physical and human characteristics
Why these 6 regions? - ANS Manageable number, balanced territorial size, economic
importance, political structure, statistical data, regional identity
What distinguises each region? - ANS Geographic location, regional consciousness, historical
development, population size, economic strength
What is a faultline? - ANS A perceived division that splits groups into two or more subgroups
based on individual differences
a geological metaphor applied toeconomic, social, and political cracks thatdivide regions and
threaten to destabilizeCanada's integrity as a nation
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, What are the 4 principal fault lines in Canada? - ANS Regional, Quebec, Indigenous Minority,
Immigration
What is a regional faultline? - ANS Political system - dispute between provinces
What is a quebec faultline? - ANS Proportion of French-speaking Canadians has declined
Indigenous Minority - ANS Canada as a settler state has stripped Indigenouspeoples of their
land and resources
Immigration faultline - ANS Continuous waves of newcomers are bringing theirown set of
cultures, languages, and religions
Core/Periphery Model - ANS Capitalist economics results in regionally uneven development
(Friedmann)
Canada's regions have how many core or peripheries? - ANS one core (manufacturing ontario
& quebec) and three peripheries (rapidly growing west, slow growing atlantic canada, resource
frontier territorial north)
What are the limits of the core/periphery model? - ANS - Broad-brush interpretation of
spatial nature of economy
- Does not address political and societal problems
- Does not take into account dynamic nature of Canadian regions
- Potential oversimplification of economic regions
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