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What is a census?
A survey of the population
What is population density?
Population density is the number of people per square kilometer in an area
What is the role of statistics Canada?
Statistics Canada collects statistics about all aspects of Canada
What is Dependency Load?
The percentage of a country’s population age 0 to 15 and over 65 that do not participate in the work force but depend on others who are involved in the work force.
How would you calculate the birth rate of a Country?
Number of births divided by population times one thousand
What is imigration?
Immigration is when people who come from another Country to make Canada their permanent residence.
What are two examples of push factors?
Extreme winters High taxes High unemployment Family
Name two symbols that are connected to Canadian culture
Beaver Queen Molson Canadian Looney RCMP
What is Canada’s official policy on multiculturalism?
People are encouraged to retain their cultural heritage while also being committed Canadians.
Who are visible minorties?
Ethnic groups within society who look different from the majority.
What is mother tongue?
The language a person first speaks and still understands.
What are long houses?
Long wood framed buildings covered with bark in which families lived together and shares resources. Open fires provide heat and cooking facilities.
What did the European settlers do to the Cree land?
They clear-cut the forests and turned their land into mining cities.
The natives saw the forest as…
Protection Food
Name three reasons why cities are located where they are.
Access to water Access to fertile land Natural harbor Running water to power industries Developed along a railway Developed beside a major highway Close to natural resources.
What is a strassendorf?
A settlement where farmhouses are all built along one main street.
What is agri- business?
Operations that own and farm vast amounts of land.
List three problems that major cities face
High crime rates Overcrowding in schools Run down areas Traffic grid locks
What is age distribution?
How many people fall into different age groups.
Name three ways that Aboriginal peoples differ from one another
Government Where they live Language Way of life
What were the two key terms of the Royal Proclamation Act (1763)
Land ownership rights of the First Nations must be respected If a First Nation did choose to give up land, it should receive a fair payment for it.
In long lot systems the river was a major transportation route and provided what two things for the people?
Water and fish
What does is mean to say “Canada has a low population density”?
Our country is not crowded
What are intervening obstacles? Provide an example
Factors that discourage a person from following through on his/her decision to immigrate They include immigration requirements, the distance involved and the costs.
What went wrong after the Aboriginals signed the treaty with the Europeans.
Sometimes received small one time payments Didn’t understand what they were signing Outnumbered by Europeans.
What Aboriginal tribe were skilled in making canoes, totem poles, decorative boxes and bowls.
Haida
Why did people move from rural areas to urban areas?
Loss of jobs on farms New and interesting jobs Night life Entertainment Social life
Name two of the six city land uses.
Residential Commercial Industrial Institutional Recreational Transportation
In early rural Canada, besides farming, where did people work?
Forestry Fishing Store keepers Blacksmiths Millers
What natural resources were cities built around?
Fish Forests Minerals
Make your wager
Name and describe the three types of immigrants.
Independent (business and skilled) Family Refugees