Geography Study Guide

This exam cover 3 units from your textbooks:

A)  The Agricultural Territory

B)  The Protected Territory

C)  Tourism Territory

AND THE WORLD MAP: CONTINENTS AND OCEANS

A)  The Agricultural Territory:

1.  DEFINE the following terms and be able to explain their CONNECTION to the Agricultural Territory:

Arable/Fertile Land / Urban Sprawl
Arid / Rural/Urban
Commercial exploitation / Hectare
Crops / Heritage
Cultivate / Irrigation
Erosion / Mixed Farming
Export/Import / Organic
Fertilizer / Productivity
Food crops / Rangs/Townships
GMO / Subsistence farming/Commercial farming
Agri-food / Yields
Market Gardening / Pesticides
Pasteurization / Homogenization

2.  Where are Quebec farms and why? What do the farms look like?

3.  What kinds or agriculture do we have in Quebec? (What do we import and export?)

4.  Farming has changed a lot over the last century. Explain how.

5.  How does urban sprawl hurt Quebec’s farms?

6.  How might pig farms hurt the environment?

7.  What are the threats to Quebec agriculture?

8.  What are the 2 different ways to divide farm land in Quebec?

9.  Buying local produce vs buying imported produce “Buy Quebec local”

10.  Why have the number of farms decreased in Quebec?

B)  The Protected Territory:

1.  DEFINE the following terms and be able to explain their CONNECTION to the Tourism Territory:

Biodiveristy / Natural Resources
Resource / Preservation
Tropical forests / Regulations
Food chain / UNESCO
Development / Conservation
Threats / Ecosystem
Zoning / Ecotourism
Sustainability / Endemic
Environmental protection / Fauna &Flora
Landscape / Heritage

2.  What are the 6 types of protected territories? (With examples)

3.  What is the difference between a “Protected Territory” and an “Unprotected Territory”

4.  What are the advantages of preserving Protected Territories (Biodiversity and....)

5.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of ecotourism?

6.  What threatens protected territories? (page 242-244)

7.  What can humans do to protect these territories?

8.  Protected territories in Canada

C)  The Tourism Territory

1. 

Acculturation / Archipelago
Commercialization / Tourism Development
Globalization / Ile de Madeleine
Infrastructure / Migrants
Mass Tourism / Tourist Flow
Climate / Tourist Destination
The Dunes / World Bank
Positives/Negatives of tourism

2.  Review the most popular regions visited in the province of Quebec, Biodome, Mont Tremblant, Old Montreal, Quebec Winter Carnival, Ile De Madeleleine.... etc.

3.  How can tourism hurt the environment?

4.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of mass tourism?