North American Geography Quiz 2

Sense of place

\-Strong ties to land and sea

\-European Ancestry (Ireland, Scotland, England, France)

Core and Periphery Economic Model

A conceptualization of the world into two economic sphere. One a dominant core whose gains are made from the resources of the periphery.

Periphery

A portion of a geographic region that is guided by decision making elsewhere, which is located at some distance from the core of power.

Glaciation

Thick layers of moving ice.

Glacial deposits

Crushed and mixed rock fragments picked up by the ice along its path then deposited on the land surface

Glacial cirque

Amphitheater (bowl) shaped basin with precipitous walls, at the head of a glacial valley

Appalachian Mountains

\-Range: Central Alabama to Labrador

\-Appalachian Trail: \~2,180 miles

Appalachian Trail

\-2,180 miles

\-Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mount Katahdin, Maine

\-1921 Proposal by forester Benton MacKaye

\-1937 The Appalachian Trail opens

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Mount Washington National Weather Observatory

\-Worst weather in the world

\-6,288 feet

\-231 MPH wind

Climate of Atlantic Periphery

\-Temperature: Cool

\-Precipitation: Wet

Labrador Ocean Current

Cold waters from the arctic

Gulf Stream ocean current

Warm waters from the mid-Atlantic/Europe

Shipping port cities

\-St. Johns, Newfoundland

\-Halifax, Nova Scotia

\-St. Johns, New Brunswick

\-Portland, Maine

\-Portsmouth, NH

Wildlife habitat and species of Atlantic Priphery

\-Moose

\-Beavers

\-Loon

\-Puffer penguin

\-Seals

\-Humpback whales

\-Lobster

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\-Rivers

\-Ocean

\-Lakes

Newfie dog

Labrador Retriever dog

First Nations/ Native America settlements

First Nations/ Native America toponyms

\-Skowhegan

\-Carrabassett

\-Katahdin

\-Kenduskeag

\-Mattawamkeag

\-Millinocket

\-Seboomook

\-Chesuncook

\-Madawaska

\-CaratunkOssipee

\-Contoocook Ossipee

L’Anse aux Meadows

\-Early Norse explorers

\-Fish (Cod)

\-Fur

Grand Banks

Some of the world’s richest fishing grounds.

Acadia

A former French colony in SE Canada

\-Ceded to Great Britain 1713

Maple syrup production and processing

\-Collect sap from trees

\-Boil sap til syrup consistancy

Settlement patterns in the mountains

\-Franconia Notch

\-Crawford Notch

\-Pinkham Notch

Settlement patterns on the coast

\-Shipping

\-Whaling

\-Fishing

\-Ship building

\-Military bases

Settlement patterns on the rivers

\-Log drivers

\-Mills

\-Recreation

\-Transportation

\-Industry

\-Power

\-Political boundaries

Fishing industry and fishing grounds

\-Cod trade

\-Traded with Europe for: salt, fruit, wine

\-Traded with West Indies for: molasses, spice, coffee

\-Triangular trade

British loyalists

During the American Revolution Loyalists to the Crown settled in Canada Maritimes

\-Migration from U.S.

\-Migration from Europe

Acadian culture and eviction of the French Acadians

\-The French were evicted from Acadia

\-Some went inland to Quebec

\-Others went south in French territories

Primary sector of the region

\-Forestry

\-Fishing

\-Blueberries

\-Slate

\-Granite

\-Marble

\-Quartz

Secondary sector of the region

\-Food production

\-Tools and locks

\-Shoes

\-Stone works

\-Paper

\-Board

\-Wool textiles

\-Furniture

Tertiary sector of the region

\-Distribution & Servicing

\-Tourism and Recreation

Quarternary sector of the region

\-A bit of High Tech in Portland

\-Education

\-Medical

\-Real Estate

Changing economies

More people are buying vacation homes and moving there after retiring

Culture and recreation

\-Each state & province has it’s own distinct culture.

\-Accents

\-Curling

\-Snowmobiling

\-Candlepin bowling

\-Clam bakes

\-Lobster

\-Dunkin Donuts

\-Tim Horton’s

Labrador

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Islands

Portland, ME

Concord, NH

Montpellier, VT

Albany, NY

Maine

New Hampshire

Vermont

St. John’s, Newfoundland

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Charlottetown, PEI

Quebec City, QUE

Montreal, QUE

Bay of Fundy

Gulf of St. Lawrence

St. Lawrence Seaway

Appalachian Mountains (map)

The Grand Banks (map)

Lake Champlain

Moosehead Lake

Downeast Maine

L’Anse aux Meadows (map)

Quebec

Montreal Canadians Hockey Club

\-Hockey is a big deal

\-Richard Riots 1955

St Lawrence seaway lock system

\-Like panama canal

\-Drains to lower boats

\-Fills to lift boats

Early French settlements

\-Looking for a NW passage to Asia

\-Develop fur trade with natives (Algonquins)

\-Convert Indigenous people to Catholicism.

Settlement along St Lawrence Seaway

\-Heaviest settlement was in the St. Lawrence Valley.

\-Transportation o Trade

\-Agriculture (present, but limited)

7 years war

\-French and British competed for
dominance in the region

\-1763 British forced France to cede Quebec to Great Britain on the Plains of Abraham, and in the Treaty of Paris.

\-A condition of the Treaty of Paris was to allow
Quebec’s Francophones to continue to speak
French and practice Catholicism.

Habitants

Those who lived in Quebec after the 7 years war

Plains of Abraham

Quebec City

Bloc Quebecois

Residents of Quebec, later name of political party.

Francophones

French speaking Canadian citizens

Anglophones

English speaking Canadian citizens

Allophones

Speakers of other languages

Quebecois nationalism

\-French Language

\-Catholic Church

\-French legal and political traditions

\-Wanting to become its own nation

Cultural identity

\-Maintaining cultural identity is a political issue in Quebec

\-French language

\-Catholic church

Separatist movement

\-Richard Riots

\-1987 Meech Lack Accord

\-Charlottetown Agreement

\-Wanting to become its own nation