Geography 2010A/B Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Canada, Quebec, Manitoba
12 Oct 2018
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Geography 2010A/B
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
GEO2010 Week 1 (January 9th, 2018)
Study of regional Geography:
• Living and working in a common space inevitably leads to formation of
regional identity
• This is the product of a regions physical geography, historical events and
economic situation
• People place their imprint on landscapes just as landscapes influence their
lives and activities
List issues currently facing Canada:
• Agricultural issues
• Affordable housing in urban areas
• Potential for Quebec separation
• Refugees and immigration
• Opioid epidemic
• Aging population
• Conflict with first nations people
• Legalization of marijuana
• NAFTA renegotiation agreement
• Arctic sovereignty
• Western alienation
Regionalism:
• The division of a large area into different parts
• Some countries are more prone to regionalism than others
• Canada is very prone to regionalism
• USA, China, India, Australia (Prone to regionalism)
• Regionalism is prevalent because of the vast size of different countries
• Different patterns in historic settlement
• Different cultures and languages
• The British North America Act (1867)
Region:
• A distinctive are of earth’s surface
• It has distinguishing human or natural characteristics that set it apart from
other areas
• The boundaries of regions re related to faultlines
• These are not physical fault lines, instead they are differences between 2
different areas whether it be geographical or cultural
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Approaches to identifying regions:
• Provincially defined region = choose an are of provinces, describe the are,
analyze the economy, study the demographics
• Classify the land into chunks that have similar characteristics
Uniform region:
• It is named after a characteristic where all locations in the region have
similarities in that particular characteristic
Functional region:
• There are interactions among different areas within the region
• Ex transportation network
• Major roads and highways in Manitoba tend to branch out from Winnipeg
Cultural region:
• These areas are based on a sense of belonging
• There is a bond between people and region
• Ex. Francophone (Quebec speaking in Quebec)
Determining regions:
• The number is unlimited because of their subjective nature
• When deciding how to determine regions, how do we know how many
regions to define?
Centralist faultline:
• People in other regions have perceived the federal government as favoring
Ontario and Quebec
• No federal political party can form a majority government without strong
support from these 2 regions
English French Faultline:
• There is a political and cultural struggle in Quebec to maintain French as a
viable language in a principally English speaking continent
• The proportion of French speaking Canadians has declined
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Document Summary
List issues currently facing canada: agricultural issues, affordable housing in urban areas, potential for quebec separation, refugees and immigration, opioid epidemic, aging population, conflict with first nations people, legalization of marijuana, nafta renegotiation agreement, arctic sovereignty, western alienation. Region: a distinctive are of earth"s surface. Approaches to identifying regions: provincially defined region = choose an are of provinces, describe the are, analyze the economy, study the demographics, classify the land into chunks that have similar characteristics. It is named after a characteristic where all locations in the region have similarities in that particular characteristic. Functional region: there are interactions among different areas within the region, ex transportation network, major roads and highways in manitoba tend to branch out from winnipeg. Cultural region: these areas are based on a sense of belonging, there is a bond between people and region, ex. Centralist faultline: people in other regions have perceived the federal government as favoring.
