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| loyal to the empire, i.e. Britain |
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| Why was Laurier’s government criticized for The Boer War |
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| The French didn’t want to get involved in a war that wasn’t their own, they felt sympathetic towards the boers, who they would be fighting against. Compromise - volunteers were sent. |
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| Why was Laurier’s government criticized for The Alaska Boundary Dispute |
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| upset that the Russians gave the Americans too much land, Britain sided with the US instead of Canada |
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| Why was Laurier’s government criticized for The Naval Issue |
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| It was another compromise, French didn’t want to send money to Britain for their Navy, English didn’t want a navy for Canada. Neither were happy with Canada’s “tin pot” navy |
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| The Reciprocity Treaty of 1910: What lay behind Canada’s economic boom of the late 1800s |
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| Change in philosophy, went from protection to free trade |
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| What immigration policy led to a more multi-cultural mix in the Prairies |
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| push factors pushing people out of their own countries |
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| Religious prosecution, lack of land and jobs |
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| pull factors drawing people to Canada |
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| pull factors drawing people to Canada |
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| Why did Henri Bourassa criticize Laurier’s government’s policy when Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces |
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| 1905 why are we spending money, its just going to be a tax drain, we could be putting the money somewhere else |
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trading policy
Protective tariffs |
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Trade policy
Only trade within people of the Empire |
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| What laws were passed to restrict Asian immigration in the Laurier era |
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| Head tax, continuous passage (Specifically India). |
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| Tertiary and Quaternary industry |
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Services, information, and technology
impact on Canada: don’t have to import as much stuff in. don’t lose the brain drain |
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city grows and spreads out
impact on Canada: Mill bay will eventually become a suburb of Victoria |
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| Impact on Canada:bad, we give $100 in taxes to Ontario and get 97$ back to BC because other provinces need it. |
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Industry that relies on Raw resources.
impact on Canada: lumber, oil, water, we will run out of these resources then won't have industry |
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Lots of people born in a certain generation, they are now nearing retirement age.
Impact on Canada: majority of the population lots of retirement coming up |
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North America Free Trade Agreement,
Impact on Canada: Free trade with the US and Mexico |
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| rock changed from its original from through heat and pressure |
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| rock formed from molten material, such as lava |
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| rock made up of layered deposits that have fused togehter |
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| mountains fromed by sedimentary rock being pushed together by forces within the earth and folded into mountains and valleys |
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a natural fuel formed by geological forces from the remains of living organisms
i.e. oil and natural gas |
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a type of sedimentary deposit resulting from the evaporation of seawater.
i.e potash |
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| plains, lowlands and mountains. Fold mountains – Innuitian Mountains – extend 1000+km across the Northern islands in this region, in the eastern Arctic. Similar to Appalachians so they likely contain the same minerals, though little research done on this because of remote location. Because of the sea ice melting these resources may be easier to get at, and be used. Lowlands composed of sedimentary rock in the west, have deposits of oil and natural gas. |
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| British Columbia and the Yukon. Made up of parallel mountain ranges separated by a series of plateaus, trenches, and valleys. Dormant volcanoes, glaciers, and ice fields, is part of a vast chain of mountains. Rocky mountains formed from plate collision. Geological processes left rich mineral deposits. Industries include mining, forestry, agriculture (fraser valley) |
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| between the Canadian shield and the cordillera region. Sedimentary rock became large areas of mostly flat, rolling hills, and river valleys. Flooding millions of years ago left remains of plants and animals which are now fossil fuels and evaporites. Good farmland, grasslands, parkland and boreal forests. Drought had major impact on the agricultural economy. |
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| almost half of Canada’s land surface. From arctic islands to US border and east across Labrador. Flat, bare rock, lakes, wetlands, and thin soil difficult for travel and agriculture. Metamorphic rock here contains minerals, such as copper, gold, diamonds, platinum, and nickel, making the towns formed in this region based on mineral extraction and mining. |
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| St. Lawrence Lowlands region |
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| between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario and up the banks of the St. Lawrence river to Quebec city. Lakes formed when ice sheets from the ice age melted. Lots of fertile land=agricultural economy. Smallest region in Canada, about half the population lives in this region. Lakes provide transportation. |
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| extension of Appalachian mountains, southeastern US to Maritime provinces of Canada. Varied landscape – rolling hills, valleys, small mountains, highlands, coastal fjords. Lots of rock with coal in it. Ingenous rock & metamorphic rock contain minerals such as iron, lead, and zinc. Industries and towns – coal and minerals, fishing, forests, farmland. |
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