Sec 1 Geography Exam Study Guide 2015-2016
1. Montreal, the Metropolis of Quebec
2. Managing Risk in an Urban Environment
Terms and ideas to know, define and explain:
Developing Country
Industrial Country
Equator
Magnitude
Prevention
Tectonic Plates
Volcanic Eruption
Geological Hazard
GMA
Extrusive Volcano
Density
Ring
Tolls
Richter Scale
Seismograph
Public transit
Social Housing
Multi-Ethnicity
Flood
Hurricane
Green Space
Meteorological Hazard
Natural Hazard
Explosive Volcano
Magma
Infrastructure
Metropolis
Suburb
Urbanization
Immigration
Drinking water/waste water
Tsunami
Earthquake
Fossil Fuels
Hydrological Hazard
Green House Effect
Agriculture
Landfill
Urban Sprawl
Guiding Questions to Study:
1. Why was the Montreal area a favourable site for early settlers? When was it discovered and by
whom?
2. Why is Montreal a favourable place for immigrants to settle?
3. What are three advantages and three disadvantages of living in a Metropolis? Why are people drawn
to Montreal? (Drawing Power)
4. List and explain three human activities that have been linked to a greater number of natural hazards?
What are some solutions to reduce these human activities?
5. Outline possible costs a country would encounter after having experienced a natural disaster.
6. What factors influence the number of deaths when a natural disaster strikes?
7. What are 3 issues Montreal is currently dealing with? Choose one and clearly explain the problem, its
consequences and some possible solutions.
8. Explain how developing countries and industrialized countries plan for, live through, and deal with
the aftermath of a natural disaster.
9. How can we reduce the numbers of victims when a natural disaster strikes?
10. Explain Montreal’s “make up”. Who populates the city?
11. Explain the events of an earthquake, a tsunami and a volcano.
3. The Protected Territory
4. Tourism Territory
A) The Protected Territory:
1. DEFINE the following terms and be able to explain their CONNECTION to the Tourism
Territory:
Biodiveristy
Resource
Food chain
Development
Threats
Zoning
Sustainability
Environmental protection
Landscape
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Natural Resources
Preservation
Regulations
UNESCO
Conservation
Ecosystem
Ecotourism
Fauna &Flora
Heritage
What are the 6 types of protected territories? (With examples)
What is the difference between a “Protected Territory” and an “Unprotected Territory”
What are the advantages of preserving Protected Territories (Biodiversity and....)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of ecotourism?
What threatens protected territories? (page 242-244) text book Wkbk page 49
What are the benefits of having a natural park within a region? page 46 wkbk
What can humans do to protect these territories?
Protected territories in Canada (Tremblant, Percé Rock)
The principles of sustainable tourism.
B) The Tourism Territory
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Acculturation
Commercialization
Globalization
Infrastructure
Mass Tourism
Climate
The Dunes
Positives/Negatives of tourism
Archipelago
Tourism Development
Ile de Madeleine
Tourism- definition
Tourist Destination
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?
5. What has caused the increase in tourism?
6. What are the reasons for travel?
7. State the categories of tourism.