Unit 1
What are the basic features of a map?
Border, Title & Scale
What is an example of a FLOW resource?
Niagara Falls (river)
What is the Natural Increase Rate?
Difference between # of births & # of deaths (pop increases naturally when there are more births than deaths)
What is Urban Sprawl?
Largely unplanned growth of cities onto surrounding rural land; loss of farmland
Trees can not grow beyond the "tree line" because?
The soil is FROZEN
Shield, Highlands, Lowlands.
What is a BASIC vs. NON-BASIC industry?
Basic - sells products outside the community, bringing money into the community
Non-Basic - sells products within the community - does not bring money into community/recycles it
TRUE or FALSE: Future immigrants to Canada will likely come from ASIA, S. AMERICA & AFRICA
TRUE
What is the CBD and CMA?
CBD - Central Business District/ CMA - Census Metropolitan Area
Explain the difference between a renewable vs. non-renewable resource.
Renewable - A resource that can be replenished once used
Non- Renewable - resource will never be able to recreate
Lava that solidifies outside a volcano is known as?
Extrusive Rock
What are the 4 categories of INDUSTRY?
1. Primary, 2. Secondary, 3. Tertiary, 4. Quaternary
What is the demographic trap?
Country cannot provide enough money for health care & education
What is an Ecological Footprint?
Measure of the human impact on earth/ earth's cost to support one person - measured in HA & represents the land needed to provide resources & absorb waste and amount of GHG produced by individual
Explain the difference between rural vs. urban land?
Rural - country, farmland
Urban - cities, densely populated
A grey cloudy windy day has what type of pressure?
LOW pressure.
What are 2 pros and 2 cons of FREE TRADE.
Pros - good for companies, labour is cheap, companies minimize costs and increase profits
Cons- not good for workers, not good for towns where factories are located, local economies suffer
Describe STAGE 1 of the Demographic Transition Model.
Very high birth rate; very high death rate (most children do not reach adulthood)
Explain RURAL vs. URBAN land use.
Rural - country, farmland, people live far from each other
Urban - cities, densely populated
Explain Maritime vs. Continental Climate
Maritime - warm summer, mild winter, along costal regions
Continental - hot summers, cold winters, inland
Explain theory of Plate Tectonics.
J Tuzo Wilson (Canadian); 1960s proved Wegner theory; earth made up of 20 plates; move through convection currents; convergent, divergent, transform movement of plates
Explain how Globalization is leading to lost manufacturing jobs.
People in other countries (ie. China) work for less money - if companies save money on wages, consumers pay less for goods
What is an intervening obstacle? (think push/pull factors)
Things/reasons that stop a person from immigrating (ie. money, did not pass citizenship test, etc.)
List types of Footprints.
Ecological Footprint/Carbon Footprint/Food Footprint/Housing Footprint/ Goods & Services Footprint
Explain the theory of Continental Drift.
Continental Drift - Alfred Wegner; 1945 proposed that continents once fit together like puzzle called PANGEA - PANGEA means all land; theory could not be proven