Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Ms. D's Unit Review for Test

The Test will be on December 16th, 2009. There will be a review day on Monday and Tuesday


Unit Review for Ms. D’s unit

Chapter 14- Study of Population
1. What is Demography?
2. What are the two factors that influence population growth?
3. To calculate Natural increase, what two factors do you need?
4. What is the definition of Net Migration Rate?
5. What is the Rule of 70?
6. What ages make up Dependency Load?
7. What is a Population Pyramid?

Chapter 15- First Nations: The Treaty Process
1. What is a treaty?
2. What are the two purposes of a treaty?
3. What is the definition of First Nations?
4. When were the first treaties implemented?
5. Explain the proclamation of 1763.
6. Explain the Indian act of 1876?
7. Why did the original treaties fail?
8. What are the two types of treaties? Explain each.
9. What percentage of Nunavut's population is Inuit?
10. What does the word Nunavut mean?
11. How much of Canada does Nunavut cover?
12. What is the population of Nunavut?
13. What is the cost of living in Nunavut compared to the cost of living in the rest of Canada?

Chapter 16 – Settlement Patterns
1. What are the two types of population distributions?
2. What is the difference between population density and population distribution? Draw a diagram to help you explain.
3. What are the two main types of settlement patterns?
4. Explain in detail the three types of rural settlement patterns. Draw diagrams to help you explain each.
5. What are three factors that affect settlement patterns?
6. Why did the first cities develop?
7. What two factors determine the distance between cities?
8. What is a threshold population? Give examples of each type of threshold population.
9. What is the difference between low and high order goods and services?
10. Explain the multiplier effect?
11. What is the difference between urban growth and urbanization?
12. What is the problem defining urban growth among different countries?
13. What is a mega city?

Chapter 17 – Urban Land Use
1. What percentage of Canadians live in cities?
2. Explain the six types of urban land use.
3. What two factors affect residential density?
4. What are the five types of commercial land use? Give an example of each.
5. Explain the four types of industrial land use.
6. What are the four factors that affect urban land use?