ENVSOCTY 2OC3 Exam Prep QUESTIONS ANDWERS WITH
A VERIFIED SOLUTIONS |ALREADY GRADE A+.
Canada is best understood from a... - ANSWER: Regional perspective
What are the 6 regions - ANSWER: Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Western
Canada, British Columbia, Territorial North
Regions are designated by... - ANSWER: "Core" physical and human characteristics
Why these 6 regions? - ANSWER: Manageable number, balanced territorial size,
economic importance, political structure, statistical data, regional identity
What distinguises each region? - ANSWER: Geographic location, regional
consciousness, historical development, population size, economic strength
What is a faultline? - ANSWER: 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
What are the 4 principal fault lines in Canada? - ANSWER: Regional, Quebec,
Indigenous Minority, Immigration
What is a regional faultline? - ANSWER: Political system - dispute between provinces
What is a quebec faultline? - ANSWER: Proportion of French-speaking Canadians
has declined
Indigenous Minority - ANSWER: Canada as a settler state has stripped
Indigenouspeoples of their land and resources
, Immigration faultline - ANSWER: Continuous waves of newcomers are bringing
theirown set of cultures, languages, and religions
Core/Periphery Model - ANSWER: Capitalist economics results in regionally uneven
development (Friedmann)
Canada's regions have how many core or peripheries? - ANSWER: 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? - ANSWER: - 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
What is continentalism? - ANSWER: term used to describe Canada's close trade
relationship with the US
What are the 3 principal types of landforms? - ANSWER: Mountains, plateaus,
lowlands
Denudation - ANSWER: gradual wearing down of mountains byerosion and
weathering over millions of years
Weathering - ANSWER: The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the
Earth's surface.
Erosion - ANSWER: transporting these smaller particles by means of air, iceand
water to lower locations where they are deposited
Deposition - ANSWER: When layers of eroded material pile up
A VERIFIED SOLUTIONS |ALREADY GRADE A+.
Canada is best understood from a... - ANSWER: Regional perspective
What are the 6 regions - ANSWER: Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Western
Canada, British Columbia, Territorial North
Regions are designated by... - ANSWER: "Core" physical and human characteristics
Why these 6 regions? - ANSWER: Manageable number, balanced territorial size,
economic importance, political structure, statistical data, regional identity
What distinguises each region? - ANSWER: Geographic location, regional
consciousness, historical development, population size, economic strength
What is a faultline? - ANSWER: 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
What are the 4 principal fault lines in Canada? - ANSWER: Regional, Quebec,
Indigenous Minority, Immigration
What is a regional faultline? - ANSWER: Political system - dispute between provinces
What is a quebec faultline? - ANSWER: Proportion of French-speaking Canadians
has declined
Indigenous Minority - ANSWER: Canada as a settler state has stripped
Indigenouspeoples of their land and resources
, Immigration faultline - ANSWER: Continuous waves of newcomers are bringing
theirown set of cultures, languages, and religions
Core/Periphery Model - ANSWER: Capitalist economics results in regionally uneven
development (Friedmann)
Canada's regions have how many core or peripheries? - ANSWER: 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? - ANSWER: - 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
What is continentalism? - ANSWER: term used to describe Canada's close trade
relationship with the US
What are the 3 principal types of landforms? - ANSWER: Mountains, plateaus,
lowlands
Denudation - ANSWER: gradual wearing down of mountains byerosion and
weathering over millions of years
Weathering - ANSWER: The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the
Earth's surface.
Erosion - ANSWER: transporting these smaller particles by means of air, iceand
water to lower locations where they are deposited
Deposition - ANSWER: When layers of eroded material pile up
