Test Review: Unit 4 Cultural Connections
**NOTE – ALL DEFINITIONS/ANSWERS MUST BE HAND WRITTEN FOR BONUS MARKS TO BE ALLOCATED (GIVEN). TYPED RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED**
· Choose and do any 35 questions AND all unit 4 key terms.
· Test format: true and false, multiple choice and short answer questions
1. Define: birth rate, death rate, immigration rate and emigration rate.
2. Describe, with the help of a numerical example, how these 4 factors (birth rate, death rate, immigration rate and emigration rate) contribute to the rate at which a country’s population grows.
3. What is the Rule of 70?
4. Why is the Rule of 70 useful?
5. ** Be prepared to figure out how long it would take for a population to double given a particular growth rate. **
6. What is a population’s dependency load?
7. Why would a population dependency load be useful for a government planner or a president of a major bank?
8. The population growth of a country depends on both natural increase and net migration. Define each of these terms.
9. Why has the “baby boom” generation had such an enormous influence on Canada’s society since the 1950’s?
10. What factor might encourage you to have a larger family?
11. What might cause you to have fewer children?
12. What role does immigration play in Canada’s population?
13. What directions did the Royal Proclamation of 1763 give to British administrators who would be dealing with First nations?
14. Why would the Royal Proclamation of 1763 have been a useful beginning to the treaty-making process?
15. Explain why a useful beginning to the treaty making process did not happen?
16. In what 2 important ways did treaties fail to meet the needs of Native peoples?
17. Explain how each of the following affected the traditional lifestyle of the First nations (know any 3 for the test):
a. Canada’s greatly increased population
b. The move of First Nations’ peoples to reserves
c. The use of residential schools
d. Fishing and hunting laws
e. Resource development projects
18 Describe the difference between comprehensive and specific claims.
19. How have the twin problems of lack of economic base and self government contributed to the problems faced by many Native peoples today?
20. What is the purpose of signing a treaty?
21. What alternatives would there be to negotiating a treaty?
22. What is assimilation?
23. Why would some people view assimilation as the best solution for Aboriginal people?
24. Why would other people view assimilation as a harmful approach?
25. What is self government?
26. What is ecotourism?
27. Compare the meanings of “population distribution” and “population density”.
28. What is a survey system and why was it used?
29. What are the 3 general factors that affect rural settlement patterns?
30. Identify 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of living in a resource based community in a remote area.
31. A growing number of people are choosing to live in rural, agricultural areas but not to farm. Why might they make this choice and how might these people earn their living?
32. Give an example of the multiplier effect would work when a new factory is built in a town.
33. How would the multiplier effect work when a factory closes down in a city?
34. Explain mining towns and forestry towns rarely become very large.
35. In what situations might one of these towns (mining towns and forestry towns) grow to become a larger city?
36. Differentiate between the terms urban growth and urbanization.
37. Summarize the economic, social and environmental problems that are being faced by:
a. cities in developed countries
b. cities in developing countries
38. Why are the world’s largest and fastest growing cities located in the developing world?
39. It has been stated that after the Industrial Revolution, as people moved from rural areas into urban ones they lost their direct contact with the land and their knowledge and respect for nature diminished. Do you think this is the case today? Support your point of view.
40. The number of homeless people is increasing in Canadian cities. What are the causes of homelessness in Canada?
41. What can or should be done to deal with the problem of homelessness?
42. Explain the differences between low, medium, and high density residential land use.
43. Explain the 2 factors that influence residential density.
44. Identify and briefly describe the differences between the 3 major types of roads.
45. What are the differences between low-order, medium-order and high-order goods and services?
46. Describe the following commercial centres.
a. local service centres
b. neighbourhood plazas and ribbons
c. community shopping centres
d. regional shopping centres (malls)
e. CBD
47. How do land values affect land use?
Handout/Case Study Questions (this content is subject to (may) appear on the test):
48. What is meant by the term “financial squeeze?”
49. Define the term “infrastructure.”
50. In developing countries, it is common for urban population growth to take place before economic development has advanced to the point where it can efficiently support great numbers of people. What is the result of this situation?
51. What is the “informal economy” in developing countries?
52. What types of jobs do people perform in the informal economy?
53. Why do city governments in developing countries have difficulty building schools and hospitals and repairing the infrastructure?
54. What is the “heat island effect?”
55. Describe the environmental problems facing cities in developing countries.
56. What has been occurring in cities in developed countries over the past 50 years in connection to urban social problems?
57. How does urban renewal in downtown areas affect poor residents who live there?
58. “A major problem in many cities is the shortage of affordable housing.” Explain.
59. What problems are associated with the increasing elderly population in cities in developed countries?
60. In developing countries, people are migrating from rural areas to urban areas in very large numbers. What problems does this create?
61. Describe what squatter settlements are like in the cities of developing countries.
62. Many social problems are rooted in extreme poverty in the cities of developing countries. Describe them.
63. You will also be responsible for all of the CBC Video Materials pertaining to this unit.
· Living as a Homeless Person
· Urban Decline: Can Our Cities Be Saved?
· Quebec’s Big Accommodation Debate
· Coming Home to Newfoundland