Vocabulary
Meaning of 'population distribution'
ANS: A description of where people have chosen to live in a particular country or area.
Meaning of 'rural to urban drift'
ANS: the movement from people of lower population densities into towns and cities
Meaning of 'corridors'
ANS: an area of urban development that extends from a large city, often along a major highway
Meaning of 'push and pull factors;
ANS: push factor, a negative condition that forces people to leave their homes.
pull factor are positive conditions that attract people to a new location
Meaning of ' Industrial revolution'
ANS: The transition from an economy based on agriculture to one based on manufacturing
Meaning of ' refugee'
ANS: someone who fled their country
Meaning of 'prejudice'
ANS: unfavourable judgement or ignorant bias often based on factors such as race gender or ethnicity
What are the qualities that make a human being?
* Emotion. * Money. * Organs. * Speech
* Empathy * Soul
Meaning of 'population density'
ANS: A measure of how closely together people live in a given country.
Meaning of 'emigrant'
Meaning of 'urbanization'
ANS: the process in which a rural area becomes urban. Urban: a specific area that is populated with a lot of people
Meaning of 'archipelago effect'
ANS: A term used to describe Canada's pockets of settlement as a group of island.
Meaning of 'Discrimination'
ANS: unfair treatment based on race, language, culture, and religion
What re needed to enhance and protect the qualities that make a human being?
ANS: * Opputunity * Jobs * Money * Technology Education * Medicine * Hospital * Socializing * Nutrition
Meaning of ' township system'
ANS: settlement system used in Ontario based on square blocks of 100 acres of land
Meaning of 'Rural'
ANS: describes those areas, often agricultural that are located outside towns and cities.
Meaning of 'ethnocentric'
ANS: believing that one's own culture is superior to others
Meaning of 'relocation'
ANS: the forced movement of a group of people
Meaning of 'immigrant'
ANS: someone who moved to a different place to live
Meaning of 'out migration'
ANS: migration from one area of the country to go to another area of the country.
Meaning of ' seigneurial system'
ANS: a system of land holding that was used in France, and later in Quebec, led to a settlement pattern of long narrow lots facing rivers and roads.
Meaning of 'multicultralism'
ANS: the preservation of distinct cultural identities among various groups within a unified society
Meaning of 'core and periphery'
ANS: a concept in geography that describes a core, the area in a region that is most developed and populated.
Meaning of 'megacities'
ANS: very large urban area that faces difficulties.
Meaning of 'situation factors'
ANS: factors involving the relationship of a place to other places