Geography Midterm Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Geography
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Geography
Geography Midterm Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is regional geography? - CORRECT ANSWER- - The study of the geography
regions and the interplay between physical and human geography, which results in an
understanding of human society, its physical geographical ...
Geography Midterm Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is regional geography? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - The study of the geography
regions and the interplay between physical and human geography, which results in an
understanding of human society, its physical geographical underpinnings and a sense of
place.
- is the need to break large areas of the earth's surface into smaller regions that make sense to
both geographers and people in the area
What are the goals of regional geography? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - is to find out what
makes a region "tick" through an understanding that will gain a fuller appreciation
- how people shape the environment
What is geography? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- provides a description and explanation of
lands, places, and people's beyond our personal experience
What are the fundamental concerns of geographic inquiry? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- to
discover "placeness" of people and the role it has played in shaping the attitudes and values
of people in a specific region
What is "sense of place"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The special and often intense feelings
that people have for the region in which they live. These feelings are derived from a variety
of experiences; some are due to natural factors such as climate, while others are due to
cultural factors such as language. A powerful psychological bond between people and their
region.
Which region would you expect to have a stronger sense of place? Why? Why is "sense of
place" important to understanding Canada as a nation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -
Atlantic Canada because it has kept its history and culture alive.
- recognize the regions and place of home
Define and discuss briefly the 7 characteristics of a region - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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,What is Bone's justification for his regional scheme of Canada? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Size, economic importance, and population.
According to the core/periphery model, what are the basic characteristics of core regions? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An abstract area or real place where economic power,
population, and wealth are concentrated; sometimes described as an industrial, heartland, or
metropolitan centre.
ex. Ontario & Quebec
According to the core/periphery model, what are the basic characteristics of
periphery regions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The weakly developed area surrounding an
industrial core, also known as a hinterland.
ex. Atlantic Canada
Why is British Columbia classified as a "rapidly growing region"? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- - Needs migrate workers
- diversifying economy
- moving from an export country which it was before
Why is Atlantic Canada classified as a "slow growing region"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
- at one point was a core region for fish, but the resources have been depleted
To what does the phrase "Canada's northern handicap" refer? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
the area of the north that is not suitable for agriculture or settlement due to poor climate and
permafrost
What is the evidence of the impact of glacial processes on the surface of the Canadian
Shield? Name and describe the evidence. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - is the widespread of
Drumlins and Eskers. Drumlins are low elliptical hills composed to till. Eskers are long
narrow mounds of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams found under a glacier.
There are also glacial striations- scratchers in the rock surface caused by larger rocks
embedded in the slowly moving ice sheet.
- The event was the last ice age that caused glacial erosion.
, What are the three key characteristics of a physiographic region with reference to the
Canadian Shield? Identify and briefly describe each. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1) It
extends over a large, contiguous area with similar relief features.
Ex. Canadian Shield extends over nearly half of the country's landmass.
2) Its landform has been shaped by a common set of geomorphic processes.
Ex. Molten rock solidified into the Canadian Shield.
3) It processes a common geological structure and history.
Ex. Canadian Shield along the shoreline of Hudson Bay
What are the physical characteristics of the Interior Plains in terms of surface landforms and
underlying geologic structure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - is a vast and geologically
stable sedimentary plain that covers nearly 20% of Canada's land mass
- wedged between the Canadian Shield and Cordillera extending from the Canada-US border
to the Arctic Ocean
- beneath the surface of the interior plains, valuable deposits of oil and gas are in sedimentary
structures called basins
- huge glacial lakes were formed in a few places
How has the physical environment of Canada influence settlement patterns? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- because they settle in the southern area of Canada and mainly in the three
cities - Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal
Why does Bone state that Canada and the US have "two different geographies"? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- - based in the geographic area and the area that is available to settle and
support agriculture
- changes the population densities of these places based on where people settle
What are the opposing arguments regarding the Northern Gateway Pipeline project? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - first nations and environmental organizations are strongly
opposed feating that a bitumen spill could cause irreparable damage to the land and sea
What makes Alberta the largest provincial source of industrial emissions in Canada? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - the oil and gas basins under the sedimentary rock make Alberta
the largest place for industrial emissions because it has the western sedimentary basin
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