GEOG 2P50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canda, Regional Geography, Northern Ontario
21 Sep 2015
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Lecture 2- canada: places and regions in context. Announcements: resources: midterm study guide, discussion posts/replies, study group. Last week: what is regional geography, what is a region, course overview, isaak site, study group. This week: canada: a country of regions, thinking critically about regions, canada in a globalizing world, study group: discussion one. Multicultural canda: our ideology is that since we are multinational we are good. Key learning objectives: name and brie y describe the key features of each bone"s regions, explain the core/periphery model, name and brie y describe the faultiness that help shape canada"s regions. Wednesday, september 16, 2015: location, physical geography, economic situation, social factors, historical development, culture, political organization. Hot spot for border crossing since 9/11 physical geographies: area: 9984670 sq km. 5514km east to west/4634km north to south: maritime nation: atlantic, paci c, arctic. Largest offshore zone ( shing/resource rights: water. Largest freshwater system in the world: 2 million lakes/rivers: land.
