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Canada- A Land Of Regions
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A region is an area of land that has common features. A region can be
defined by natural or artificial features. Language, government, or religion
can define a region, as can forests, wildlife, or climate. Using the resources given, complete the following activities.
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What are three ways geographers divide Canada into regions?
A physical map would be what kind of region map?
A provinces and territories map would be what kind of region map?
For each of the following regions what Canadian provinces and
territories would you include?
a. Eastern Canada
b. The West
c. Atlantic Canada
d. The Arctic
e. Central Canada
f. Another region and what it includes.
5. Study the map attached titled, North America Regions and answer the
following questions.
a. What region is Nova Scotia in according to the map?
b. What is the biggest region on this map?
c. Which is the only region that is truly "Canadian"?
d. What provinces are included in the breadbasket region?
e. What region does not exist in Canada?
6. Study the Tourism Map of NB and answer the following questions.
a. Name a region that is based on location?
b. Name a region that is based on culture?
c. Name a region that is based on landform?
d. If you drive through NB on the TransCanada Highway what two tourist regions do you miss seeing?
7. A stereotype is a set of inaccurate, simplistic generalizations about a
group that allows others to categorize them and treat them accordingly.
a. What are two stereotypes that the " world" has about Canadians?
b. What are two stereotypes that people have about "The Maritimes"?
c. What is a stereotype about "The West"?
d. What other regional stereotypes do you know? (2)
8. Study the political cartoon on page 56 of the textbook..
a. What is the cartoonist "saying" with this cartoon?
b. What regional stereotype is being shown in the cartoon?
c. How is the regional stereotype being shown in the cartoon?
9. Study the article, More alike than not: Canadians defy regional
stereotypes.
a. Why did people think Scott McClelland was from Toronto or the
States! Not Alberta?
b. What are the two regional stereotypes that this article discusses in
detail?
c. Which province according to a Alger Marketing poll for QMI
Agency was the only province that did not share a similar opinion on a wide
range of issues?
d. Ed Grabb a UBC professor states that he thinks there are two
reasons regional stereotypes are on the decline, what are they?
e. According to Sun Media research how do Canadians feel about
regional stereotypes in Canada?
f. Why do you think "Toronto is the top choice to be blown off the
map" by Canadians?
BONUS
Study the political cartoon, "Canadians Are" and answer the following
question.
1. What does this cartoon have to do with stereotypes?
2. What is the point the author is trying to make here?
3. What event is the cartoon specifically about?
4. What are the "Canadian" identifiers in the cartoon?
Go back to the map titled North America Regions and answer this question,
What do you think the criteria is to come up with a regional map that looks
like this one?