Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: First Nations, Great Trail, Staples Thesis
17 Sep 2020
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Lesson 1-1 living in common space leads to formation of regional identity. Product of regins physical geo, history, economic situation set it apart from other areas. Region: distinctive area of earth"s surface, distinguishing human or natural characteristics that. Regionalism: division of large area into diff parts of varying characteristics. Uniform region: characteristics where all locations in region have similarities in particular. Functional region: interactions among diff areas w/in region, urban part of region and. Cultural region: area based on sense of belonging, bond b/w people and region. Faultlines in canada (4: centralist vs decentralist visions of canada. Relates of canada"s political system and refers to centralization vs decentralization of government powers. Equalization payments from federal government to provinces are common source of feuds. Demography favours ontario/quebec cause majority resides there: english/french speaking canadians. Proportion of french speaking canadians has declined: indigenous peoples & non. Extreme poverty, unemployment and social issues: newcomers & old-timers.
