Geography
Study of the natural features of the Earth’s surface including landforms, climate, ocean currents and flora and fauna
Physical geography
Areas that are often agricultural and located outside towns and cities.
Rural area
how we describe where people choose to live in a country.
Population distribution
Features of the physical landscape that attract people initially.
Site factors
Canada has this many regions
5
Study of people and their communities, cultures, economies and interactions with the environment
Human Geography
Towns and cities with a population of 1000 or more.
Urban
A measure of how closely people live together in a given country OR area.
Population density
A sites relationship to other places.
Situational factors
Characteristics of Regions can be divided in 4 Categories. These are:
1. Location
2. Physical and Cultural Characteristics
3. Political Perspective
and...
Hierarchy
________of a region determines whether it is a good place to settle based on its natural resources such as soil, water supply and/or its climate.
Physical environment
Usually have fewer amenities such as:
Hospitals, shopping malls, movie
theaters, universities
Rural community
This is simply an analogy (comparison) of how the population of Canada is pockets of settlements, that looks like a group of islands
Archipelago effect
The biggest site factors (physical features) that attracted people to St. John’s?
Secure habour
Communities within a region share a geographic location. NL, NS, PEI, and NB, are referred to as
Atlantic Canada
few people live there because of poor soil and climate
arctic lowlands
Netherlands has a high population density. True or False
True
A relational (situational factor) related to the location of St. John`s
Most easterly point in NL - closest to England
Alberta, SK, and MB are often referred to as
The prairies
The introduction of the automobile
Clear cutting forests
Mountain mining
Global warming
These are examples of
Human Activities Change The Physical Environment
Gambo is this type of community
Rural
The population of Newfoundland is 1000000. true or false
False
Settlements decline because of this
lack of services / quality of services
Regions contain smaller regions within them. This is called
hierarchy