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Geography Study Sheet!!!!
Test Format
- Multiple choice
- True / False
- Matching
- Short Answer Questions
- Graphing & Analysis Questions
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Unit 1: Introduction to Cnanadian geography
(Chapter 1, pgs. 4- 16)
Terms
Absolute location
: A location described in terms oflongtitude
andlatitude
.
Relative location
: A location described by in terms of its surronding features.
Geotechnologies
GPS
: Global Positioning System- They tell us where we are
GIS
: Geographic Information System- This technology is used to help geographers to anaylze an area of land
Telematics
: The branch of information technology which deals with the long-distance transmission of computerized information.- This technology helps us to communicate between long distances
Remote Sensing
: The scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it.- This technology helps us scan an area of land from a satellite
Geographic concepts:
Interrelationships
: a relationship that exists betweeen different pattern and trends.- Example:
The mountain pine beetle is damaging the pine trees, we should are because our ecosystem and economics are also being damaged
- Example:
Spatial Significance
: The importance of something’s location- Example:
Why are the pine beetles there? Due to climate change, they are surviving through the winter
- Example:
Patterns nad Trends
: A recurring thing or change- Example:
Why things are there and why the matter
- Example:
Geographic Perspective
: A geographic way of looking at the world- Example:
Geographers think about the ecosystem and the landscape while other people just regard them as mountains or rivers
- Example:
Unit 2: Interactions in the Physical Environment
(Chapters 1-4, pgs 18 - 100)
Population Density
:The number of people living in each unit of area (such as a square mile)CMA (Cemsus Metropolitan Areas)
: Area where alot of urban or people live (don’t know correct def)
Types of Populations
Type of Population | Description |
---|---|
Dispersed | The population is very spread out acorss the land |
Linear | The population is on some sort of striaght line, could be people all living across a river line |
Concentrated | Alot of people in a small area, like
Toronto , very concentrated and has a very
high population density |
Theory of Continental Drift
- Plates move due to hot magma below it moving it
- It was theorized by German scientist
Alfred Wagner
Alfred Wegner’s Theory:
Proof # | Description |
---|---|
1. The Jigsaw Fit | He saw the jigsaw fit between South America and Africa, meaning they must have been together at some point |
2. Fossils | He found fossils of the same plants and animals on both continents, therefore it could’ve only happened if those continents were once part of the same land mass or joined together at some point |
3. The Mountains | The Mountains
(Appalachians, Caledonian and Scandinavia ) are similar in
age and structure on both side of the atlantic ocean, therefore the
mountains was made due to 2 of the continents when they collided |
4. Ice Sheets | Ice sheets were found in warm places, therefore the hypothesis is that these places were closer to the south pole at some point |
4 Geologic Eras
Era | Dates |
---|---|
Precambrian (Earliest Life) |
4600 to 570
million years ago |
Paleozoic (Ancient Life) |
570 to 245
million years ago |
Mesozoic (Middle Life) |
245 to 66
million years ago |
Cenozoic (Recent Life) |
66 to ? million
years ago |
Theory of Plate Tectonics
The cracked egg analogy
- Basically the egg crackes are like the plates and the yolk is like
the hot magma moving the egg cracks
- Conventional Currents are the things that move the plates
Types of Plate Movements
Type of Movement | Description |
---|---|
Divergent | When two plates move apart Most commonly happens around a mid ocean ridge Both plates get Larger when this happens |
Convergent | Two plates move into each other 2 Types - Continental meets Oceanic : Oceanic slides
underneathContiental meets Continental : The bigger
slides underneath |
Transform | When two plates move in a parallel
motion - it transforms their surrondings - Usually the main cause of Earthquakes |
Major Forces
Type of Force | Description | Building up/Wearing down the land |
---|---|---|
Folding & Faulting | Folding rocks to produce mountains | Building up the land |
Volcanism | Once magama settles, it dries and hardens to create new land masses or mountains | Building up the land |
Erosion | Wearing away the Earth’s surface followed by the movement to other locations of materials that have worn away | Wearing down the land |
Weathering | Breakdown of rock into small particles by rain, wind and ice | Wearing down the land |
Glaciation | - When a large mass of ice moves across
the landscape if leaves a trail - It acts as a bulldozer, scraping the soil and rock, and picking up anything in its way - When the glacier stops, it leaves the pile of debris |
Wearing down the land |
More on Glaciation
Glacier
: Great streams of ice that flows like water
Erosional Effects
1. Removal of Materials
- Soil and rocks
- Scrapes
2.
Changes to Drainage Patters
- Completely changes patterns of
rivers
,streams
andlakes
Depositional Effects
1. By Ice
Type Description Till Plains Mixture of loose sediments and rocks of all sizes Moraines Tills
that form at the edged nosed sides of a glacier
2. By Meltwater
Type Description Moving Water Moves glacial debris on a massive scale Still Water Meltwater formed into a lake
Silt and clay and other minerals are deposited
Types of Rocks
Type of Rock | How They Form | Example(s) |
---|---|---|
Igneous | Formed when molten rock hardens | Granite |
Sedimentary | Commonly contain fragements of other rocks compressed and cemented together | Limestone |
Metamorphic | Formed when Igeneous or
Sedimentary rocks undergo heat and pressure to create a
different kind of rock |
Marble |
Rock Cycle
Landform Regions
Region | Location in Canada | Prominent Features |
---|---|---|
Western Cordillera | - Yukon Territory - Northwest Territories - British Columbia |
- Formed when the
Pacific plate subducted under the
North American plate - It was formed during the cenozoic and mesozoic eras,
30 to 100 million years ago- Its very young - Highland |
Interior Plains | - Northwest territories - Saskatchewan - Alberta - Manitoba - Nunavut |
Lowland |
Innutian Mountains | - Nunavut | - Formed in mesozoic era - It was formed by the North American Plate - Its very young , hence higher- Lowland |
Canadian Shield | - Northwest Territory - Nunavut - Saskatchewan - Manitoba - Ontario - Quebec - Labrador |
- Largest region |
Hudson Bay - Arctic Lowlands | - Ontario - Quebec |
Lowland |
Appalachins | - New Brunswick - Newfoundland - Nova Scotia - PEI |
Highland |
Great Lakes - St.Lawerence Lowlands | - Ontario - Quebec |
Lowland |
Region | Picture |
---|---|
Western Cordillera | |
Interior Plains | |
Canadian Shield | |
Hudson Bay - Arctic Lowland | |
Appalachins | |
Great Lakes - St.Laerence Lowlands |
Terms
Climate
: The weather condition prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
Weather
: The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regardsheat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc
Prevailing Wind
: Wind current that travels west to east
Climate graph
Percipitation
on theright
Temperature
on theleft
- Use
blue
forpercipitation
- Use
red
fortemperature
- Label graph
- Month on bottom
- mm and degrees in their respective sides
- Title
LOWERN
Letter | Description |
---|---|
Latitude | - Where you are on a map - If you are farther away from the equator, the less direct sunlight you
receive, therefore it’s colder in that region |
Ocean Currents | - Ocean currents moving away from the
equator is relatively warmer and currents moving towards
the equator is relatively cooler - Winds moving across the current are either cooled or warmed |
Winds and Air Masses | - Air mass is a large volume
of air that takes on the climatic conditions of the area in
which it forms- They move depending on the weather patterns |
Elevation | - It’s Colder the higher you
are |
Relief | - Shape of the surface of the land - Affects precipitation - The side facing the wind gets more rain and snow - The opposite gets the rain shadow |
Near Water | - Maritime climate- Winters are mild , summer never gets
too hot |
Continental
v.s
Climate
Type of Climate | Description | Examples |
---|---|---|
Maritime |
- Small annual temperature range (cool to
warm summers, cold to mildwinters) below 25C range- Annual percipitation is high - greater than
1000mm - Develops in coastal locations near major water bodies (i.e. Atlantic or Pacific Oceans) - Season of max precipitation is winter |
- Halifax - Nova Scotia - Vancouver - British Columbia |
Continental |
- Large annual temperature range (warm to
hot summers, cold winters) greater than 25C range- Annual percipitation is low - below
1000mm - Develops in area far from oceans and large lakes, in the interior of a continent/land mass - Season of max precipitation is summer |
- Regina - Saskatchewan - Winnipeg - Manitoba |
Climate Change
Causes
- Human activity
- Transportation
- Fossil Fuels
- Deforestation
- Appliances
- Garbage
Impacts / Effects
- Animals
- Fishes
- Sea Urchins
- Starfish
- Bear
- African Wildlife
- Polar Bears
- Feedback Loops
- Natural Diasters
- Temperature Rise
- Destroy Ecosystems
- Kills People
- Heat Strokes
- Natural Diasters
- Fires
- Deforestation
- The
Amazon Rainforest
is becoming extinct
Solutions
Solution # | Solution |
---|---|
1. | Changing to LED lights |
2. | Solar Power |
3. | Turn theromo stats low |
4. | Turn off appliances |
5. | Drive less or get a fuel efficient car |
6. | Build Rigs to pump carbon
deep inside the Earth |
7. | Eat local food |
Local Level
- Carpool
- Public transportation(bus, subway)
- Eat locally produced food
- Conserve Energy (programmable, thermostat, unplug, appliances, LED, light bulbs)
- Electric car / Fuel efficient car
- Using cloth bags / reusable when going to the grocery store
- Compost
- Walk, bike to work / school
National Level
- Invest in green / renewable energies
(
wind, solar, geothermal
etc) - Ban plastic bags
- Carbon tax
- Cap and trade programs (companies trade
GHG
emissions credits) - Strict enviornmental laws regarding
GHG
emissions by industry
Global Level
- Participate in
UN climate change
conferences - Countries promise to reduce
GHG
emissions (ex.UN Paris Climate Change Agreement
)
Greenhouse Gases
Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
: Greenhouse gases created by human activity ### Main Greenhouse Gases- Methane
- Carbon dioxide
- Water Vapour
- Nitrous Oxide
Soil
Dry - climate(calcification)
Dry
soil- Nutrients
rise up
to the top layer Top soil is rich
Leeched
Wet
soil- Nutrients get
washed
down andaway
Poor quaility soil
Vegetation In Canada
Region | Description |
---|---|
Tundra |
- Only a few very small trees
grow here- Small plants - Harsh conditions |
Boreal and Taiga Forest |
- One of the
largest forest region in the worldGrowing season gets longer farther South - Long and
Cold winters- Deciduous trees ( White birch, Poplar )- Poor quaility soil |
Grassland |
- Too dry for tree
growth- Some trees - Natural grasses grow taller in wetter areas |
Mixed Forest |
- Mainly Deciduous - A bit of Boreal in the Northern area- Winters are cool and summers are warm - Soils are not as rich in the South , but more fertile
than the Boreal Forest - Much of the South Mixed Forest has been cleared for
agriculture |
Deciduous Forest |
- Canada’s Tiny Deciduous
forest region- Hot summers and relatively
mild winters- Cleared for farming - Soils are fertile |
West Coast Forest |
- Large
Coniferous species - So much Percipitation
is called a temperate rainforest |
Type of Tree | Charateristics | Examples |
---|---|---|
Deciduous | - The trees that
drop their leaves during the winter to survive- Found in tropical climates |
- Oak - Maple - Hickory trees |
Coniferous | - The trees that
do not drop their leaves during the winter- Found in rather cooler climates |
- Cedar - Douglas-fir - Fir |
Aboriginal People
Attawapiskat
- Main source of water for Attawapiskat First Nations is a murky lake
full of
organic matter
- Water
treatement plants
is not able to bring water to required standards for humans - Mainly rely on
bottled water
Sewage system
does not work properly- Some families in
Attawapiskat
have no access torunning water
at all
Unit 3: Managing Canada’s Resources and Industries
(Chapters 5-9, pgs. 101-201)
Resources
Type of Resource | Definition | Examples |
---|---|---|
Renewable | Resource that replaces itself unless badly mismanaged, are constantly being replenished by nature at a rate fast enough/faster than we are using.deplenishing them |
- Trees - Fish - Soil |
Non-Renewable | Resource that can be used only once, they are created so slowly by nature that the stock today is all that there will always be |
- Oil - Iron Ore - Fossil Fuels |
Flow | Are constantly being produced by nature. Their supply cannot be damaged by human activity |
- Sunlight - Water - Wind |
The 3R’s
The R | Description |
---|---|
Recycle | Recycling recyclable
items |
Reuse | Reusing reusable items |
Reduce | Reducing the things that can be
reduced |
Farming
## Problems
## 1. Loss of Farmland in Ontario - ### Description - urban expanision is taking farmland away - ### Advantages/Attempts - Greenbelt act and GTA growth plan will protect farmland in Southern Ontario - ### Disadvantages/Next Steps - Protect forms or else Cnadaians will have a food crisis, where we run out of agricultural products - ### Solutions - Create “smart” communities - Densely packed fmarland, using up less space ## 2. Decline of the Family Farm and Growth of Agribusiness - ### Description - Less family farms, more agribusiness (large companies) - Better technology and smaller farms - ### Advantages/Attempts - More food produced faster - Less soil erosion - ### Disadvantages/Next Steps - Pollution - Broken realtionship between farmer and machine - More GMOs - ### Solution - Support more sustainable farmers - Be aware - Use corporate farms with family farm methods ## 3. Sustainable Agriculture - ### Description - Unsustainable agriculutre damages environment too much - manure leakage - Chemicals - Soil pollution - ### Advantages/Attempts - Less damage to environment - Less air, water, and soil production - Fewer diseases and chemicals - ### Disadvantages/Next steps - Chemical leakage in soil - Contributes to global warming and GHGs - Water, air and soil contamination - ### Solutions - Have livestock facilities - Nutrients management - Be energy efficient ## 4. Organic Farming - ### Description - Organic foods are being replaced by chemicals, fertilizers, antibiotics, animal cloning, and genetic modification - ### Advantages/Attempts - Many people want to buy organic food productsfree of chemicals pesticides - People like to try new products - Some like to ensure products taste, concerns for the environment, and GMO prevention in foods - ### Disadvantage/Next Steps - Expensive - Labour-costly - Skills are needed - needs time to grow crops or livestoc naturally - ### Solutions - Organic farming may increase in the future becuase people may see good in it - May be just a trend - May decrease due to the fact that it may be expensive and technology may be increasing ## 5. Mad Cow Disease (BSE) - ### Description - Neurological disease - Creates microscopic holes in the brain of affected cattle - Gives brain spongy apperanace - Spread by cattle feed from dead cows - ### Disadvantages - Could heavily affect world trade due to infected meat - ### Solutions - Canada accepts beeef from places that can consider and control BSE - CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) banned the use of protein products from cattle, including brain, animal feed and fertilizers ## 6. GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) - ### Description - Impacts the environment - Sprayed with pesticides and end up in lakes or rivers - Killing off bees and butterflies - ### Advantages/Attempts - Insect resistance - Drought tolerance - Disease tolerance - Reduced food waste - Requires less labour - ### Disadvantages - GMOs result in….. - Tumors - Damaged immune system - Reproductive problems - Allergies - ### Solutions - GMO foods - Organic - Processed Foods - Look for non-GMO project seals in grocery stores ## 7. Factory Farming - ### Description - In the past, livestock was treated properly - Now, they are being confined in small spaces where living conditions are terrible and diseases spread quickly - ### Advantages/Attepmts - Farmers make profit - Farmers can make more money - More food being produced at a cheaper price - ### Disadvantages - Animals are being treated poorly - Animals kill each other - Bad for environment - Pollutes water system - ### Solutions - Buy from fmaily farms - Buy from industries that treat animals properly - Raise awareness
### Intensive
v.s Extensive
Type | Definition |
---|---|
Intensize |
Large amounts of
labour, machinery and fertilizers used on
small farms. High yields per hectare |
Extensive |
Small amounts of
labour, machinery, and fertilizers used on
large farms. Small yields per hectare |
Forestry
Problems
- Poor forestry practices
- Soil Erosion
Type of Cutting | Description | Pros | Cons |
---|---|---|---|
Clear Cutting | Clears an entire land of trees | Very productive and efficient, Cheap | Harms the environment too much |
Shelterwood | Only cut down some species of trees | Productive, less harm to the environment | Costly |
Selective Cutting | Only cut trees of the desired type, color quality etc | Sustainable practice | Not productive, Very costly |
Clear-Cutting
- Use in most logging operations
Remove
every single tree, leaving barren landscape behind- Most trees are replanted in rows on columns so they can be later cut
uniformly and easily
- If no replanting, less desirable species of trees may grow and soil erosion
Shelter wood
Clear cutting
groups in a forest- Seed bearing ttrees are left standing so newer generations of trees can grow
- Seeds
regenerate
logged areas - Shelterwood is used in forests with trees around the
same age
- Generations of
older and younger
trees is the result
Selective Cutting
Mature
trees are only cutDesired size, type of quality
is taken into accountLess disruptive
to the environment, butcostly
to find trees- Does not allow the replanting of a new
uniform forest
Fishing
East Coast Fisheries
Reasons why it collapsed
Uncontrolled Foreign Fishing
Overfishing
Improved Fishing Technology
Destructive Fishing Practices
Changes in Natrual Conditions
Offshore
vs. Inshore
Fishing
Type of Fishing | Description | Pros | Cons |
---|---|---|---|
Inshore |
Commerical fishing carried
out close to shore in
small, independently-owned boats |
- Traditional - Less Destructive than offshore |
- Less Productive compared to
offshore |
Offshore |
Commercial fishing carried
out far from shore in larger company-owned
boats |
- Very productive - high profit &ndsp; |
- Less Traditional - More Destructive than inshore |
Water
Fresh Water
:3%
of the worlds water is freesh water
Water Issues
Unclean
andunsafe
water
- We are
running out
offresh water
, ordrinkable
water
Aboriginals and Water: Life on The Reserves
- The abroginal people had to take water from nearby water
sources
- There wasn’t any water
Treatment plants
in their area - Had to
hunt
their own food most of the time (i.efish
)
unsafe
andunclean
water
Grassy Narrows
andMercury Poisoning
Energy
Type | Description | Issues |
---|---|---|
Fracking | By pumping chemicals deep underground to generate fossil fuels | It damages the environment and contaminates nearby water and land |
Fossil Fuel | Non-renewable resources extracted deep underground | Non-renewable resource |
Conventional
v.s Alternative
Sources ##
Conventional
Energy Source | Description | Advantages | Disadvantages |
---|---|---|---|
Coal | Coal is formed from decayed plants and
organic matter, which is then extracted produces electricity using steam ( thermoelectricity )The steam is produced from burning the coal |
- Plants can be built near
urban areas - Keeps transportation costs low - Low-cost plants |
- Fossil fuels prices rise - Non-renewable resource - creates a lot of air pollution |
Oil & Gas | It’s formed from decayed plants and
organic matter, which is then extracted produces electricity using steam ( thermoelectricity )The steam is made from the burning of oil & gas |
- Plants can be built near urban
areas - Plants can be built where fuel is rapidiy accessible - Cheap plants |
- Fuel costs raise rapidly - Uses an non-renewable resource - Creates a lot of air pollution and acid percipitation |
Fracking | Creating natural gas by pumping chemicals
deep underground which is then extracted later and treated the same as fossil fuels and natural gases |
-Dramatically reducing cost
of naturallgas globally- Reduces carbon emissions |
- Contaminantes
air and water - Destruction of potiental
farmlands |
Nuclear | It creates energy by
spliting an atom , which gives off heat, which is then
produced into steam to turn turbines to produce electricity |
- Plants can be built easily where the
energy is needed - Operating costs are low - Abudant supply of uranium - Does not produce air or land pollution |
- Construction costs are
very high - Radioactive fuel is very
hazardous to human-health - Radioactive
waste have nowhere to go and are dangerous - Reactors age and become unreliable |
Hydroelectricity |
Electricity is generated by the movement
of water This movement of water turns turbines which generates electricity |
- Uses a flow resource - Creates recreational activities |
- Costly - Flooding - Dangerous chemicals - May affect nearby ecosystems |
Alternative
Enerdy Source | Description | Advantages | Disadvantages |
---|---|---|---|
Solar | Uses the sun as a heat source
to collect energy |
- Its is a
reliable consitent supply - Solar panels are becoming more efficient - It can be incorporated into the existing electric grid - It can be used on a local scale |
- The sun does not shine all the time - Solar energy is not uniformly delivered across Canada - It’s a diffuse source that needs many collectors to
generate enough power |
Wind | Uses the wind current to turn
turbines to generate energy |
- The costs of wind turbines are
decreasing - It can be incorpoarated into the existing electric grid - It can be used on a local scale |
- The wind does not blow all the time - Wind is not uniformly delivered across Canada - It’s a diffuse source that needs many turbines to
generate enough power |
Tidal | Uses The waves tidal force to
generate energy |
- It’s a
reliable consitent supply - Improved designs of generators are making more sites
possible |
- There are
few suitble sites - Generating stations are expensive to build- Building stations has environmental impacts |
Hydro | See Conventional | - Highly efficient - It’s a reliable, consistent supply |
Building stations has
environmental impacts - Depends on extensize power grids |
Minerals
Type | Description | Examples |
---|---|---|
Metallic | Minerals that when refined, gives us the
metal group |
Gold, Silver, Platinum |
Industrial (non-metallic) | Minerals that are non metallic nor fossil fuel minerals | Asbestos, Potash, Diamond |
Fossil Fuels | Minerals that release energy when burned | Coal, Natural gas, Oil |
Types of Mines
Type of Mining | Description |
---|---|
Strip | Is used to mine
coal, oil sands and other minerals that are located in horizontal layers near the the surface |
Open-pit | Is used to mine minerals that are found near the surface but may also extend deep into the ground |
Underground | Is used to extract minerals ores located deep underground |
Types of Industries
Industry | Definition | Examples | % of Workforce |
---|---|---|---|
Primary | Industries that take raw materials from the natural environment | Agriculture, Mining, Forestry, Fishing etc |
4.1 |
Secondary | Processing of primary industry products into finished goods | Construction, manufacturing, making prodicts like pencils, skates, tables etc |
20.7 |
Tertiary | Wide range of services that support primary & secondary industries and society in general | Teachers, hair dressers, Programmer etc |
75.2 |
Terms
Free Trade
: International trade without tarifs or other barries to trade
Tariff
: A tax applied to imported goods that is designed to prouct domestic manufacturers by making foriegn goods more expensive
NAFTA
: North American Free Trade Agreement
CETA
: Canadian European Union Comprehensive economic Trade Agreement
Trade Surplus
: The difference between theexports
andimports
if the exports exceed the imports
Trade Deficit
: The difference between theexports
andimports
if the imports exceed the exports
Exports
: Giving stuff away
Imports
: Getting stuff in
Comparative Advantage
: A situation in which a country is better off focusing its efforts in fields where itsmost competitive
Dutch Disease
: A Situation in which th value of acountry's currency
is driven up by the growth ofexports of natrual resources
, such asoil or mining
Multiplier Effect
: The increase intotal wealth or income
that occurs whennew money
is injected into theeconomy
Unit 4: Changing Populations
(Chapters 10-11, pgs 212-254)
Terms
Birth Rate
: Is the number ofbirths
per1000 people
Deat Rate
: Is the number ofdeaths
per1000 people
Doubling Time/Rule of 70
: The amount of time it takes thepopulation
todouble
Immigration Rate
: The number ofimmigrates
per1000 people
Emmigration Rate
: The number ofemmigrates
per1000 people
Net Migration Rate
: Theimmigration rate
minus theemmigration rate
Population Growth Rate
: Thenatural increase
plus thenet migration rate
Immigrant
: People who moves to one country from another country
Emmigrant
: People who leave one country to move to another country
Total Fertility Rate
: Theaverage
number of children born to awoman
in alifetime
Natural Increase
: The surplus / deficit ofbirths over deaths
in a population in a giventime period
Dependency Load
: The percentage of the population that isnon-working
. It is conventionally defined as including peopleyounger than age 15 and older than age 65
Population Pyramids
Type | Picture |
---|---|
Expansive | |
Stationary | |
Constrictive |
- % of people is the
x-axis
- colour your population bars with different colours for gender
Aging Population
Problem | Description |
---|---|
Healthcare | - More hospitals/facilities need to be
built - More healthcare workers (nurse, doctors, technicians) will need to be hired |
Housing | - People may downsize their home (buy
smaller houses) - Bungalows and condos may become more
popular- More seniors homes need to be built (nursing homes) |
People Available to Work (The Workforce) |
- More people will be retiring - Fewer Canadians paying taxes |
Job Opportunities for Younger Canadians | - More jobs could open up as large numbers
of seniors retire - Jobs that focus on helping seniors like lawn services, senior travel agents and optometrists |
Sorts of Things Canadians Want to Buy | - Clothing for mature tastes and
sizes - Health aids (hearing aids, eye-glasses, dentures etc) - Styles of vehicles to suit older buyers |
Double Line Graph
Chinas former One Child Policy
- China only allowed
one child
per family, this was used tocontrol the population
- The result of this was way too many
boys
as families wanted boys because they would stay with them and carry on their family name
Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
- The development of agriculture
- The transition from rural to urban residence
- An increased awareness of disease prevention and cures
- Change in the societal role of females
- Changes in preferred family size
Stages
### 1. Pre-Transition - Both birth and death rates are
high
- Woman have 6 to 10
children on average
- Most children die before adulthood - The population does not
grow/grows minimally
-
No country is currently in this stage
-
Food is hunted
and gathered
- Very
basic forms
of agriculture - Life is
harsh and uncertain
-
Diseases are very common and deadly
- Most people die from
disease
, poor nutrition
, or
contaminated drinking water
### 2. Early Transition - Birth rates are high
, death
rate drops dramatically
- Population explosion
- Very few countries
are in this stage - Examples:
Chad, Niger
- Agriculture
is very common -
Commercial food production increases
-
Less diseases
due to simple sanitation improvements -
People begin migrating
to urban
areas - Large
families persist, but less children die
### 3. Late Transition - Birth rate drops quickly
, death
rate drops further - Small families
are becoming the norm -
The natural increase
rate (in population) drops - Most
people live in urban
areas - Mechanization
,
especially in agriculture
### 4. Post Transition - Birth rate and death rate
stabilize
to around the same level - However the
replacement rate
(number of births per woman that result in
a stable population, is usually 2:1
) is
dramtically declining
- Alot of the population is
graying
- More than 80%
of the population is
urban - Woman work full-time
jobs similarly to men
Push and Pull Factors
Push Factor
: A reason that encourages people to move away from their current country- Examples:
Undesired climate, threat of war, economic problems, poor environmental conditions
- Examples:
Pull Factor
: A reason that makes particular country seem attractive to potential immigrants- Examples:
Economic opportunities, political stability, freedom, residental friends and family
- Examples:
Type of Immigrants
Permanent
Type | Description |
---|---|
Skilled Worker Class | - Judged using a point system. To be
admitted into the country, they need a minimum number of points - This point assessment is done for the family member with the highest point total - If one person qualifies, whole family is let in - Government has identified high-demand occupations like engineers, doctors, nurses etc. |
Skilled Trades Class | - Attracts immigrants with specific trade
skills that are in short supply in Canada (i.e. electricians, plumbers,
machinists, mine workers) - This is a “pass or fail” system rather than a point system - Person must meet 4 requirements: - Have a job offer in Canada - Have strong enough language skills to do the job - Have two or more years of experience in the trade - Be qualified to do the job by Canadian standards |
Canadian Exprience Class | - Accepts immigrants who have legally
worked in Canada under a temporary worker program for at least one
year - Pass or fail system, applicant does NOT require a job offer in Canada |
Start-up Visa | - To apply in this class, a person must
want to start a business in Canada - Applicants must meet 4 criteria to be accepted: - Prove that approved Canadian investors will fund their business idea - Be proficient in English or French - Have at least 1 year post-secondary education (i.e. college, university) - Have enough money of their own to support themselves until the business can support them |
Temporary & Humanitarian
Type | Description |
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Temporary Foreign Worker Program | - Fill Labour Shortages - Extraordinary talents: enhance economy - Some immigrate after the end of their contract as “Canadian Experience Class” - Most return home after the end of their work VISA - Controversial |
Family Class | - Allows families of Canadian citizens to
reunite in Canada - these immigrants must be sponsored by a family member living in Canada that is at least 18 years of age - the sponsor must agree to provide housing and financial needs for the new immigrant for 3-10 years if they run into financial difficulty |
Refugees | - A refugee is someone who fears
persecution (or even death) in their home country - this persecution must be for reasons of race, religion, nationality, or political opinion - approximately 30 000 refugees are allowed into Canada every year - a refugee would not be required to take the point system test |
Rule
: In canada,Economic immigrants
need minimum 67 Points to be considered in Canada
Where are Immigrants coming from?
Coming from: Mainly
China, Phillipines, and India (in order from most to least immigrants)
Settling in:
Ontario
(28.5%),British Columbia
(27.6),Alberta
(18%),Quebec
(12.6%),Manitoba & Saskatchewan
(11.6%),Territories
(6.9%),Atlantic Canada
(4.1%)The most settled in cities:
Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary (in order from most to least immigrants)
Distribution
- Economic Class:
62.7%
- Family Class:
25.2%
- Refugees:
9%
- Other:
3.5%
- Economic Class:
Migration of FNMI
- Aboriginals make up
4.3%
of canadas population
- Are not spread across the country ```evenly````
- For example,
16.2%
of aboriginals reside inSaskatchewan
andManitoba
combined, while53.2%
reside inthree territories
- For example,
Levels of Development
Developing
Lowest level
ofeconomic and social development
- Economy is largely dependent on
primary industries (farming, mining, fishing)
- Manufacturing is becoming widespread
Tertiary and quaternary
industries are scarce and underdeveloped- Citizens have a
low income
and often do not pay taxes - Government has
minimal funding
- Example Countries:
Mongolia, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Bangladesh, Kenya
Newly Industrializing
- In between developing and developed
- Secondary industries are becoming more common
(manufacturing, construction)
Tertiary industries
are starting to appear- Often due to
social bias
- Examples:
Child labour, expensive healthcare
- Examples:
- Example Countries:
India, China, Brazil, Mexico, Russia
Developed
Highest level
of economic development, social development, and standard of living- Economy is largely dependent on the
tertiary and quaternary
industries - Manufacturing is less common but was widespread in the past
- Primary industries are the least prominent
- Example Countries:
Australia, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Japan
- Are increasingly moving to
urban areas
- The land given through treaties and reserves is often of
poor quality
- Results in a
lack of jobs
,overcrowded housing
, andlack of resources
- Results in a
- In Ontario,
80%
of FNMI liveoff-reserve
Scatter-graph
Graphing
- label x and y axis
- title
- appropriate scale
- plot points down
- line of best fit
Analysis
- Positive, Negative, No correlations
- Patterns and Trends
- Strong, weak line of best fit
Foriegn Aid
ODA
- Official Development Assistance; the formal term for the aid
provided by developed countries to poorer countries
- Measured by comparing it to the size of a country’s economy
Bilateral Aid
: money from a country –> poorer countriesMulilateral Aid:
money from a country –> UN/NGO –> poorer countries
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
: A private, not-for-profit organization working to achieve particular social, environemental, or political goals- Examples:
Doctors without Borders
,World Literacy Foundation
,Red Cross
Unit 5: Liveable Communities
(Chapters 12-14, pgs.255-308)
Terms:
Liveability
: All the characteristics of a community that contributes to the quality of life of the people who live there
Sustainability
: Improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems
Carry Capacity
: The ability of the environment to support a population without enviornmental damage
Urban Issues
Urban Sprawl
: largely uncontrolled expanision of cities onto adjacent or rural lands
Urban Sprawl Impacts
- Traffic Congestion
- Over burderdend services
- Air Pollution
- Plannign for mass transit
- Managing wastes
- containing urban sprawl
Solutions
HOV lanes: high occupancy vehicle lanes available to buses and passenger vehicles carry at least two people; designed to help move more people through congested areas
Waste Management: extensive recyling and composting programs (ex. Ontario’s blue box)
Smart Growth: A concept for urban exapansion that also preserves the natural environment
- Principles
- Develop in existing communities
- Make them compact instead of sprawling out
- Mix land uses
- Put homes stores, offices, and services in close proximity to reduce traffic, and increase walking / biking
- Create a range of housing opportunities
- Bring people of different ages, household types, incomes, ethnicities together
- Provide variety of transport choices
- Public transit
- Create places and routes for safe walking / biking
- Protect wildlife habitats
- natural corridors
- Principles
New Urbanism
: a movement to reform the design of physical communities- Ex. Vancouver
Sustainable Communities
Importance of Agriculture
- its important to protect farmland because farmland provides sustainable development.
- It helps ensure that we will have local sources of food in the future and not to rely as much on imported foods
Vertical Cities
- High rises and skyscrapers are being built in cities
- Advantages
- less land
- can be built higher
- accomadating alot of people
Eating Locally
Locavore
: someone who eats locally grown foodAdvantages
Financial
supports for farmers- Better trust between
customer
andsupplier
- Healthier food,
less chemicals
- Better Taste
- Lower price (bargaining)
- Less
environmental
load
Respsect for traditional lifestyle
Measuring Sustainability & liveability
Human Development Index
: measure of the overall quality of life that combines measures of wealth, health and education (developed by the UN)
Gross National Happiness
: measure of the happiness of a population
Gross Domestic Product Per Capita
: gross national product per person; measure of the size of an economy in dollars divided by population
Ecological Footprint
Ecological Footprint
: the amount of productive land needed to provide you with the goods you use and to absorb the waste you produce- How to Determine:
- Transportation use
- Water use
- Space used for work/play
- Money used
- How far your food shipped
- Amount of living space
- Amount of garbage
Credits
Annika Yang (A.K.A
nii
,Sith Lord
)Adeline Su
Magicalsoup (ME!!!)
Ms Lagis