ENVSOCTY 2OC3 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026 RATED A+
1. Canada is best understood from a...-ANSWER- Regional perspective
2. What are the 6 regions-ANSWER- Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Western Canada, British
Columbia, Territorial
North
3. Regions are designated by...-ANSWER- "Core" physical and human characteristics
4. Why these 6 regions?-ANSWER- Manageable number, balanced territorial size, economic
importance, political
structure, statistical data, regional identity
5. What distinguises each region?-ANSWER- Geographic location, regional consciousness,
historical develop
ment, population size, economic strength
6. 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 destabilize
Canada's integrity as a nation
7. What are the 4 principal fault lines in Canada?-ANSWER- Regional, Quebec, Indigenous
Minority,
Immigration
8. What is a regional faultline?-ANSWER- Political system - dispute between provinces
9. What is a quebec faultline?-ANSWER- Proportion of French-speaking Canadians has declined
10. Indigenous Minority-ANSWER- Canada as a settler state has stripped Indigenouspeoples of
their land and
, resources
11. Immigration faultline-ANSWER- Continuous waves of newcomers are bringing theirown set
of cultures, languages,
and religions
12. Core/Periphery Model-ANSWER- Capitalist economics results in regionally uneven
development (Friedmann)
13. 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)
14. 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
15. What is continentalism?-ANSWER- term used to describe Canada's close trade relationship
with the US
16. What are the 3 principal types of landforms?-ANSWER- Mountains, plateaus, lowlands
17. Denudation-ANSWER- gradual wearing down of mountains byerosion and weathering over
millions of years
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18. Weathering-ANSWER- The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's
surface.
19. Erosion-ANSWER- transporting these smaller particles by means of air, iceand water to
lower locations where they are
deposited
20. Deposition-ANSWER- When layers of eroded material pile up
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026 RATED A+
1. Canada is best understood from a...-ANSWER- Regional perspective
2. What are the 6 regions-ANSWER- Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Western Canada, British
Columbia, Territorial
North
3. Regions are designated by...-ANSWER- "Core" physical and human characteristics
4. Why these 6 regions?-ANSWER- Manageable number, balanced territorial size, economic
importance, political
structure, statistical data, regional identity
5. What distinguises each region?-ANSWER- Geographic location, regional consciousness,
historical develop
ment, population size, economic strength
6. 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 destabilize
Canada's integrity as a nation
7. What are the 4 principal fault lines in Canada?-ANSWER- Regional, Quebec, Indigenous
Minority,
Immigration
8. What is a regional faultline?-ANSWER- Political system - dispute between provinces
9. What is a quebec faultline?-ANSWER- Proportion of French-speaking Canadians has declined
10. Indigenous Minority-ANSWER- Canada as a settler state has stripped Indigenouspeoples of
their land and
, resources
11. Immigration faultline-ANSWER- Continuous waves of newcomers are bringing theirown set
of cultures, languages,
and religions
12. Core/Periphery Model-ANSWER- Capitalist economics results in regionally uneven
development (Friedmann)
13. 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)
14. 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
15. What is continentalism?-ANSWER- term used to describe Canada's close trade relationship
with the US
16. What are the 3 principal types of landforms?-ANSWER- Mountains, plateaus, lowlands
17. Denudation-ANSWER- gradual wearing down of mountains byerosion and weathering over
millions of years
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Study online at https-ANSWER-//quizlet.com/_gt3reh
18. Weathering-ANSWER- The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's
surface.
19. Erosion-ANSWER- transporting these smaller particles by means of air, iceand water to
lower locations where they are
deposited
20. Deposition-ANSWER- When layers of eroded material pile up
