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24 Cards in this Set
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What are the three types of immigrants? |
Economic/business, family, and refugee |
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What are the 7 landform regions? |
-interior plains -the Canadian Shield -great lakes- st. Lawrence lowlands -Hudson Bay- arctic lowlands -Appalachian mountains -innuition mountains -western cordillera |
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Canada could be described as... |
A core of ancient rock surrounded by lowlands and then high lands on three sides |
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What are the 3 lowlands? |
-the interior plains -the Great Lakes-st. Lawrence lowlands -Hudson Bay- arctic lowlands |
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What are the 3 highlands? |
-the Appalachians -the innuitions -the western cordillera |
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What are the vegetation regions? |
-tundra -boreal and taiga forest -mixed forest -deciduous forest |
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What are the climate regions? |
-arctic -boreal -taiga -cordilleran -prairie -south eastern -Atlantic maritime -pacific maritime |
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Define soil |
The surface layer of the earth, composed of mineral and organic materials, air and water |
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Define parent material |
Rock from which soil is derived |
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Define humus |
Dark, upper layer of soil made up of partially decayed plant materials |
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Define topsoil |
Surface layer of soil |
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What is LOWERN? |
-latitude -ocean currents -winds and air mass -elevation -relief -near water |
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What are the different types of precipitation? |
Convection and relief |
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What are the 5 residential land dwellings? |
-single family -semi-detached -duplexes -townhouses -apartments |
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What are the 2 types of settlement patterns? |
Rural and urban |
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How is igneous rock formed? |
When magma rises to the surface and becomes lava, it cools and becomes igneous |
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What are the 3 factors you need to be aware of before looking at settlement patterns? |
1) what kinds of resources are found in this area? 2) what transportation methods were available at the time of settlement? 3) what role did government policy pay in the settlement? |
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Define birth rate |
The amount of births per 1000 people |
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Define population density |
Figure calculated by dividing the population of a region by the regions area |
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Define emigrate |
When a person leaves or immigrates to a different country |
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Define immigrate |
When a person immigrates to Canada from another country |
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Define natural increase |
Birth rate minus death rate of a population |
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Define imports |
Bringing or shopping goods into our country |
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Define exports |
Shipping goods out of the country |
