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CGC 1D - PHYSICAL & HUMAN GEOGRAPHY TEST REVIEW 2015
Test Date: Monday, April 20
Earth Structure
 Understand how a convection current in Earth’s interior moves a tectonic plate.
Earthquakes in Canada
 Are there earthquakes in Canada? Explain the patterns. Identify the regions prone to
earthquakes. What area of Canada is at greatest risk of earthquakes? Why?
Continental Drift
 What is Pangaea? How has the Earth changed since then? Explain continental drift, and provide
evidence that supports this theory.
Plate Tectonics
 What does the concept of plate tectonics explain?
Define and explain each of the four types of plate movement: subduction,
collision/convergence, divergence, transform faults. Be able to explain the effects of plate
movement on the landscape.
 What are the two different types of plates?
 Define Plate Tectonics
 Outline the forces that build up Canada’s landscape (e.g., volcanoes, earthquakes, folding and
faulting).
Landform Regions
 Be able to classify each region into highlands, lowlands or shield.
 Identify one or two key characteristics for each region
Big questions
 How does the physical geography of the Earth affect people?
 How do people affect the Earth?
 How will the Earth continue to change?
Population Distribution and Canadian Cities
 Population distribution
 What factors influence where Canadians live?
Demographics and World Population
 How does Canada compare? Consider some real examples: Afghanistan, Germany, and the
Republic of Congo
 What’s the pattern of world population growth? Where is population growing fastest?
 What’s happening to growth in North America? What’s the problem with North American
consumption patterns?
 How can policies influence the birth rate?
 Rule of 70, doubling times, dependency loads – how to calculate and issues associated with
them
 Population pyramids – how to create and analyze
 What are the implications of an aging population in Canada?
Immigration issues
 Historical immigration trends in Canada
 Push and Pull factors
Skills
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Reading and analyzing maps, graphs and charts
Analyzing demographic data
Calculating doubling times, creating a population pyramid
Interpret an isodemographic map
Big Questions
 Where do people live in Canada? What factors influence where people live?
 What are the trends in where Canadians are living (e.g., growth and decline)?
 How different are Canadians’ standard of living to others?
 How is Canada’s population changing? What are the implications of an aging population for
Canadians?
 Why does Canada encourage immigration?