1. CH. 1 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN CANADA

2. POLITICAL CANADA

3. POLITICAL U.S.A.

4. FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY 1.LOCATION 2. PHYSICAL & CULTURAL LANDSCAPES 3.REGIONS 4. MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, IDEAS, AND OBJECTS 5. HUMAN / ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION GLOBALIZATION / INFRSTUCTURE Tumbler Ridge Prince Rupert Chinatown, Van.

5. PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP CANADA

6. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS WESTERN CORDILLERAN Vancouver Rocky Mountains

7. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS INTERIOR PLAINS Grasslands/Ranching/Farming

8. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS CANADIAN SHIELD Boreal Forest - Cone bearing trees

9. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS

10. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS APPALACHIANS

11. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS ARCTIC REGION Tundra - permafrost, moss, lichen, and small shrubs

13. WHO OWNS THE ARCTIC? TOTAL AREA IN DISPUTE GLOBAL WARMING HAS OPENED UP MORE ACCESS CANADA’S CLAIMCANADA’S CLAIM OIL DIAMONDS GAS

14. PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP NORTH AMERICA NOTE - The physiographic regions do not just end at the borders

15. CLIMATE GRAPHS Vancouver, B.C. (Maritime Climate)

16. CLIMATE GRAPHS WINNIPEG (Continental Climate)

17. CLIMATE GRAPHS VANCOUVER VS. WINNIPEG Maritime vs. Continental

18. CANADIAN PRECIPITATION

19. WHAT INFLUENCES CLIMATE? (L.O.W.E.R.) L ATITUDE O CEANS W INDS E LEVATION/ALTITUDE (1 C / 165m.) R ELIEF Mountain Barrier CURRENTS & DISTANCE FROM OCEAN

20. THREE TYPES OF PRECIPITATION +=

21. PRECIPITATION Landforms/Orographic

22. PRECIPITATION Frontal

23. PRECIPITATION Convection

24. CLIMATE CHANGE THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT – Over the past 200 years, the world has been burning more and more fossil fuels which traps greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. 11 of the last 12 years have been among the warmest years since 1850. 1500 year cycle????? AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE HAS CAUSED: Shrinking GlaciersGrolars Changing Weather Patterns Salmon SpawmingPine BeetleTruths???Rising OceansNumber of Hurricanes

25. THE EARTH 4.5 Billion Years Old

26. THE EARTH Two billion years ago, all the continents were joined. Plate tectonics have moved the continents to where they Are today

27. LAND FORMS FOLD MOUNTAINS

28. LAND FORMS VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS

29. LAND FORMS FAULTING

30. THE BIG ONE??? B.C.’s west coast will experience an earthquake – When???? Port Alberni Tsunami 1964

31. EROSION The Water Cycle Water witching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-q-sRSsx0

32. EROSION WATER

33. EROSION GLACIERS

34. THE GREAT ICE AGE A million years ago Canada’s climate became very cold. The amount of snow > the amount melted. Ice sheets moved & reshaped the land of N. America 10,000 yrs ago the climate warmed.

35. EROSION WIND

36. THE WORLD’S MAIN BIOMES What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants and animals) sharing an environment. The largest ecosystems are called biomes. What is a biome? A biome is a very large ecosystem. The Map below shows six of the world's main biomes.What is a biome?

37. THE WORLD’S MAIN BIOMES POLAR TEMPERATE ARID TROPICAL MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINS

38. NATURAL REGIONS OF CANADA

39. GROWTH OF CANADA 1873 CANADA 1905 CANADA

40. CANADA’S POPULATION 2007 - 33.4 MILLION