Canadian Shield Relative Size/Location This region occupies over 50% of canada’s total land area (approximately 4‚ 800‚000km2)‚ making up parts of 6 provinces and 2 territories. The Canadian Shield is the largest landform region in Canada. Physical Landscape The Canadian Shield is made up of metamorphic and igneous rock‚ containing some of the world’s oldest rocks. It had once been a major mountain region but it is now relatively flat with rounded rock hills. In addition‚ hundreds of thousands
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The geography of Greece had a big impact on its development of the years. The geography consists of many mountains along with being surrounded by water. These geographic advantages affected the development of its politics‚ military and economy and ultimately led to the success of Polis. Due to the geography of the region‚ the Greeks were isolated from each other due to the mountainous terrain. As a consequence of this isolation‚ “Greek communities tended to follow their own separate paths and develop
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Vocabulary: • Geography: Geography is the study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on earth. o Physical features are like bodies of water‚ landforms‚ climate‚ and natural fertility of soil. Human features are man made things‚ anything constructed by humans. • Physical characteristics: Include the description of the natural landforms of a place such as mountains‚ rivers‚ beaches‚ landscape‚ animals‚ and plant life. • Human (cultural) characteristics: Include the human designed
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Canada) Gross Domestic Product per capita (GDP): Total value of the goods and services produced within a country per person‚ excluding transactions with other countries Human Development Index (HDI): Index that includes measures of health (life expectancy) ‚ education‚ and wealth (GDP) to indicate a country’s level of human development Unit 2: Method of Geographic Inquiry Scale Conversion: Ratio: measured in cm Direct Statement: uses word to describe the relationship between a distance
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ON THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY Reflection on the Five Themes of Geography Julia Lampert GEOG 200- B06 January 18‚ 2014 Reflection on the Five Themes of Geography The five themes of Geography are key to understanding this amazing subject. Location‚ place‚ movement‚ human environment interaction‚ and region are the five themes that will be discussed in this paper. The area that we will examine using the five themes of geography is the Genoa Township
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We believe that the geography of Japan has had a heavy influence on the development of society‚ and we will state and explain the reason why throughout this essay. The following two sentences help to summarise the effect that Japan’s geography has had on its society “The Japanese have different lifestyles depending on their place of residence and their age or generation. Their eating habits‚ type of housing‚ language‚ style of thinking‚ and many other aspects of their everyday life hinge upon where
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LOCATION THEME: Missouri 4.0 earthquake felt across 13 states NewsCore - February 21/ 2012 A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday in Missouri and was felt across 13 states. The epicenter was located 5 km underground‚ about 240 km south of St. Louis‚ near the New Madrid fault line. There was no significant damage reported from any of the surrounding states the felt the tremor. Scientist say this is a reminder that though earthquakes are rare in the Midwest United States‚ they still have
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and most populous continent‚ located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth’s total surface area and comprises 30% of its land area. With approximately 4.3 billion people‚ it hosts 60% of the world’s current human population. Asia has a high growth rate in the modern era. For instance‚ during the 20th century‚ Asia’s population nearly quadrupled. Asia is defined as comprising the eastwards four-fifths of Eurasia. It is located to the east of the Suez Canal
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The physical and human geography of Stafford Middle School is it’s very stressful. The cultural features is its diverse population. And finally the human environment interaction is exciting and sometimes aggressive. Stafford Middle School is very sturdy because it is made of brick. Generally it’s very secure because it has a security system and an SRO (School Resource Officer). It’s also very crowded because there are so many people. It’s really annoying when it’s crowded because teachers expect
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Physical factors are more important than human factors in affecting river discharge. Discuss this view. Channel characteristics such as cross profile‚ wetted perimeter‚ hydraulic radius‚ roughness and efficiency change downstream. Describe and explain how channel characteristics change downstream. ‘Soft engineering is a better river flood management strategy than hard engineering.’ Discuss this view. Assess the relative importance of physical and human causes of
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