Five Themes of Geography
Vocabulary
Physical Regions of Canada
Climates of Canada
The Cultural Landscape
100
what are regions
what is areas with common characteristics such as government, landforms, or climate.
100
An ecological community of plants and animals together with its environment, extending over an area
What is the definition of ecosystem
100
what are the 6 physical regions of Canada
What is artic region, cordillera region, interior plains region, Canadian shield region, St. Laurence low lands region, and the Appalachian region
100
What are 3 impacts that climate change has?
What is flooding, droughts, and global warming
100
what do you need for a settlement to function
What is government, culture, trade, finance, currency, retail, and defense
200
What brings about changes in the natural landscapes?
What is human development, natural disasters and/or erosion
200
the process of becoming an area with a large, concentrated population
What is urbanization
200
what did European immigration do to the interior plains?
What is over hunting, loss of habitat left bison nearly extinct which devastated the First Nations and the Metis
200
Examine why the east and west coasts of Canada have different climates****
What is the east has a colder ocean than the west so the temperature is warmer here and colder in the east
200
why is it important to include aboriginal maps and cultural landscapes in textbooks
What is their relationship to the land is spiritual rather than economic, they contain a great wealth of experience and culture
300
what are some physical characteristics of a landscape
What is landforms, bodies of water, soil, and mineral deposits
300
The mountains formed by sedimentary rock being pushed together by forces within the earth and folded into mountains and valleys
What is the definition of fold mountains
300
what does the arctic region consist of ?
What is plains, lowlands, mountains,
300
what could be the long term effect of less rain in Canada
What is global warming
300
how might future treaties change boundary lines in Canada
What is new and bigger countries, different provinces, and different boundary lines between countries
400
Why is Canada's location important for its future, economically?
Canada's location is important because transportation and trading with Europe, Asia, and Latin America are well established.
400
The shape and structure of the surface features of a place or region
What is the definition of topography
400
Compare the St. Lawrence low lands and the cordillera
What is St. Lawrence; fertile land, smallest region, vineyards, flat. Cordillera; rocky mountain ranges, plateaus, valleys, mining, glacier, dormant volcanoes, formed by plate collision
400
Is Vancouver Island a west coast marine region or a northern alpine region
What is west coast marine
400
Why do people settle in certain places?
What is physical environment, the climate, and economic possibilities
500
What does globalization have to do with how people interact in the 21st century
What is rapid movement and interaction, and ever - faster communication
500
The process of economic, technological, political, and cultural forces creating a single, level society.
What is the definition of globalization
500
How does human activity affect the land?
What is housing, deforestation, building roads, over hunting, destruction of habitats.
500
list three impacts climate change has had on your community***
What is drought, flooding, and wind storms
500
How have people shaped the land?
What is housing, pollution-oil spills, road developments, deforestation and logging