GEOG 2RC3 Final: geogrphay exam notes

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Regional self-interest: a logical outcome of regional identity & consciousness, shows its face in the centralist/decentralist faultline. Regional geography: the geographic study of a particular part of the world. Regionalism: divides countries into diff. parts canada consists of several distinct regions. Geographic location, historical dvlpt, variations in area, ppltn & economic strength: ontario: automobile manufacturing, quebec: hydroelectric power, b. c: forest industry, western canada: agriculture, atlantic canada: fisheries, the territorial north: megaprojects. Events that changed canada: the auto pact, end of baby boom (^immigration), Future events that might change canada: shift in the manuf. economies to higher value-added production requiring highly skilled labour, ^energy prod. from the oil sands, more diversified agriculture. Faultlines: the geological phenomenon of cracks in the earth s crust caused by tectonic forces to the economic, social & political cracks that divide regions & ppl in canada & threaten to destabilize canada s integrity as a nation. 4 divisions w/in canada: centralist/decentralist, english/french, old/new canadians, aboriginal/non-aboriginal canadians.

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