Unit 1
What is the provincial capital city of Newfoundland & Labrador
St. John's
What is the name of the supercontinent, according to geologist, Alfred Wegener
Pangaea
What are Canada's 5 main industries?
Forestry, Farming, Fishing, Mining, Energy
True or False:
A birth rate is the same thing as the number of births per year.
False! You have to use the number of births per year to find the birth rate.
What term describes the process of improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems?
Sustainability
What is the territorial capital city of Yukon?
Whitehorse
How do you calculate temperature range?
Temperature Range = Max Temp - Min Temp
What are the 2 types of minerals?
Metallic and Non-Metallic
What are the two age ranges that tell us the dependency load of a country or city?
0-14 and 65+
What term describes the characteristics of a community that contribute to a high quality of life?
Liveability
What province has Regina as a capital city?
Saskatchewan
What are the 6 factors that affect climate?
Latitude, Ocean Currents, Winds & Air Masses, Elevation, Relief, Near Water
What are the names of the two processes referring to how we manage/treat non-renewable resources? Which one is good and which one is bad?
Sustained Yield Management (good)
Mining the Resource (bad)
What is the difference between immigration and emigration?
Immigration - To move permanently to a country outside of one's native country
Emigration - To leave your country of origin to live permanently in another country
What are the 6 types of land use?
(1) Transportation, (2) Residential, (3) Industrial, (4) Commercial, (5) Institutional, (6) Open Space & Recreational
What makes a place special or unique?
Sense of Place
What makes tectonic plates move?
Convection Currents
What are the most important fish in the east coast and in the west coast?
East Coast - Cod
West Coast - Salmon
What are the three levels of development that we group countries in?
Developed, Newly Industrialized, Developing
What are 3 ways that city planners can build more sustainable communities that we learned?
(1) Smarter buildings, (2) Vertical cities, (3) Urban agriculture, (4) More effective transportation, (5) Walkability, (6) Sustainable garbage processing.
What are the latitudinal and longitudinal reference lines called?
Latitudinal - Equator
Longitudinal - Prime Meridian
What vegetation region do we live in?
Deciduous Forest
What is the difference between intensive and extensive farming?
Intensive - Smaller land, more labour
Extensive - Larger land, less labour
A country has a population of 36, 289, 822 people.
The number of deaths per year is 304, 834.
What is the death rate (rounded to one decimal place)?
Death Rate = 8.4
What are 2 urban growth issues that we have learned about?
(1) Loss of agricultural land, (2) Poverty and inequality, (3) Increased waste and pollution, (4) Political instability, (5) Crime and conflict, (6) Physical and mental health issues.