Canada

Question 1

What do geographers believe?

Answer 1

Despite claims to the contrary, it is not culture, religion, language, ethnicity, race that is dominant feature of civilization. It is place

Question 2

What do equalization payments and territorial transfer payment designed to do

Answer 2

ensure consistent standard of living across canada
- future of these payments is heavily dependent on Ontario economy

Question 3

What is Ontarios strength and weakness

Answer 3

• most favourable conditions for economic growth, industrialization, agriculture, trade w/ US
• weakness:
• manufacturing economy has an uncertain future due to continued globalization

Question 4

What is QC strength + weakness

Answer 4

strength: home to extensive hydroelectric resources + has access to St. Lawrence Seaway

Weakness: struggle to maintain its culture and language in English dominated continent

Question 5

Strngth + weakness of BC

Answer 5

strenght: cultured centered around ecotopia and growing population w/ expanding links to Pacific Rim

weakness: lower demand has weakened forestry industry

Question 6

What is Ecotopia

Answer 6

focus on green living w/ emphasis on quality of life and sustainability

Question 7

Strength + weakness of Prairie Provinces

Answer 7

Strengh: abundance of natural resources and fertile soil

Weakness: sense of alienation from core developed partly due to actions of past fed govts

Question 8

Strength and weakness of Atlantic Provinces

Answer 8

Strength: offshore petroleum deposits provided revenue; fishing industry likely improve in future

Weakness: isolated geographically, has stagnant population, lacks employment opportunites

Question 9

Strengths + weakness of Territorial North

Answer 9

Strength: rich in natural resources and has growing pop from natural increase

Weakness: climate change dramatically impacting the region; social problems evident in Inuit settlements

Question 10

What is the Spatial Framework of Canada?

Answer 10

Core regions: ON, QC
3 types of periphery regions:
1. Upward transitional (BC, Prairie Provinces)
2. Downward transitional (Atlantic Provinces)
3. Resource frontier (Territorial North)
- spatial frameworks are not rigid, they can always be adjusted

Question 11

what are Canada’s faultlines?

Answer 11

Centralist/ Decentralist

Indigenous/ Non-Indigenous

English/ French

Newcomers/Old-Timers

Question 12

How has the entry of China into world trade organization impact on Canadian economy?

Answer 12

• manufacturing sector has slowly eroded; low-cost goods imported from China have become common
• Resource industries have expanded to meet growing demand from Asia

Question 13

What is the future for Canada

Answer 13

• economy slowly shift toward quaternary sector
• greater share of quaternary sector employment found in large cities
• mid-sized cities grow larger make choices:
  1. automobile traffic or rapid transit
  2. suburban expansion or development of downtown cores
• most oil and natural gas exports still flow to US, but increasing the amt flowing to Asia
• BC and ON gain more seats in house of Common in future federal elections
• Uncertainties relate to oil prices, manufacturing industry in ON and impacts of climate change on Territorial North

Question 14

what are the national goals for the future

Answer 14

• greener urban country; creative class encouraged + flourishes
• indigenous Peoples become more represented in Canada’s parliament and moving toward self-govt in Nunavik and other areas
• even more pluralistic society where tensions arise quickly subside
  -more open border with US for which trade relationships can grow + expand

Question 15

What is a creative class

Answer 15

people who are attracted to cities that have a progressive and diverse culture

Question 16

Pluralistic society

Answer 16

society that values multiculturalism