ENVSOCTY 2OC3 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
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
What are the 7 physiographic regions - Answer -- Canadian Shield
- Cordillera
- Interior Plains
- Hudson Bay Lowlands
- Arctic Archipelago
- Appalachian Uplands
- Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands
What year was the most recent Quebec referendum on separation from Canada (called
the independence referendum) - Answer -1995
Which of the following was not one of the provinces that first joined the Confederation? -
Answer -Prince Edward Island
In 2019, which province did Russell Mirasty become the first Indigenous person to serve
as lieutenant-governor? - Answer -Saskatchewan
Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of Northern Ontario? -
Answer -A resource hinterland
What event caused the number of immigrants entering Canada to fall in 2020? -
Answer -COVID-19 pandemic
ANSWERS
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
What are the 7 physiographic regions - Answer -- Canadian Shield
- Cordillera
- Interior Plains
- Hudson Bay Lowlands
- Arctic Archipelago
- Appalachian Uplands
- Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands
What year was the most recent Quebec referendum on separation from Canada (called
the independence referendum) - Answer -1995
Which of the following was not one of the provinces that first joined the Confederation? -
Answer -Prince Edward Island
In 2019, which province did Russell Mirasty become the first Indigenous person to serve
as lieutenant-governor? - Answer -Saskatchewan
Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of Northern Ontario? -
Answer -A resource hinterland
What event caused the number of immigrants entering Canada to fall in 2020? -
Answer -COVID-19 pandemic
