Population Terms/ Demographics
"The number of live births for every 1,000 people in a population in a given year" is known as ________________
(2 words)
Birth Rate.
"North" is an example of what kind of direction?
Cardinal Direction
A map that documents landscape features of a place is called a ___________.
Physical Map.
This region has Extensive mountain ranges, plateaus, valleys and plains and encompasses most of British Columbia.
Cordilleran Region (Rocky Mountains)
Canada has the ___ highest reserve of oil in the country.
3rd
Change in Status and Role for Women led to what in Canada?
Lowering fertility rate.
"Southeast" is an example of what kind of direction?
Intermediate direction.
This type of map uses color to show the difference in temperature of a physical area.
Climate Map
Early Europeans built small fishing settlements along the rocky coast of this region.
Appalachian East Coast (Atlantic Region)
at 6 billion tones, Canada has the 7th highest reserve of this non-renewable resource.
Iron Ore
"The combined effect of immigration and emigration on an area’s population" is known as ____________
(2 words)
Net Migration
the zero degree line of longitude is called what?
The Prime Meridian.
This type of map shows the specific types of economic activity or natural resources present in an area.
Economic or resource map.
This region has dry, temperatures that are very cold in winter and very hot in summer with large swaths of flat land
Interior plains.
Canada has 7% of the world's renewable form of this resource.
(2 words)
Fresh Water
At Confederation in 1867, Canada’s population stood at what?
3.4 million
The zero degree line of latitude is called what?
Equator.
This outdated map shows major and minor highways and roads (depending on the degree of detail), as well as things like airports and cities
Road Map
This region takes up over 50% of the physical land in Canada.
Canadian Shield
Canada has the 4th largest deposit of which energy producing element?
Uranium
"the difference between the number of immigrants entering the country and the number of emigrants leaving the country" is known as ____________.
(3 words)
Net Migratory Increase.
"an area on the map that shows us what each symbol represents" is known as ______________
Key or Legend
this type of map uses contour lines instead of colors to show changes in the landscape.
Topographical Map
This region is the smallest of the major physiographic regions of Canada but contains the most densely populated area of Canada.
St. Lawrence and Great Lakes
Canada is the top exporter of what natural resource? (Hint: two words)
Softwood Lumber