Cultural Geography

Friday, December 8th

 Warm Up
Dear Class,
One of the maps in this room has purple pin in it.
Find it and write down the following:
- The country its in.
- That countrys capital.
- The closest city you can find.
- The continent its on.
You have 3 minutes. Good Luck.
 Western Provinces
Central plains and farmland, similar to the U.S.
4,860 mile Trans-Canada Highway runs from
East to West.
Hot summers and cold winters.
Prairie Provinces breadbasket of Canada.
 Western Provinces
Manitoba
Strings of lakes take up the central province.
Winnipeg capital and main city
Mtis descendents of French men and Indian
women who rebelled against Scottish and Irish
settlers and again against the Dominion of
Canada in 1867.
 Western Provinces
Manitoba
Farmland leads Canada in production of
flax, sunflowers, buckwheat and peas.
Riding Mountain National Park wolves,
bison, lynx roam the area.
Churchill Polar Bear Capital of the World
 Western Provinces
Saskatchewan
Part of the Northwest Territory until 1905
when it became a province.
Settled by the mtis who established farms
along the North and South Saskatchewan
Rivers.
Wheat famers in the south produce the most
wheat in the Northern Hemisphere.
 Saskatchewan
Northern Saskatchewan
Wilderness
Uranium Canada is the leading producer of
uranium.
 Canada, eh!
Mounties
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Founded in 1873 after the Cypress Hills
Massacre when 30 Assiniboine Indians were
killed by white hunters.
Law-enforcement officers who cover huge
areas and act as game warden, coroner,
postmaster, tax collector, meteorologist or
surveyor.
 Western Provinces
Alberta
Known for its oil and gas reserves, as well as
agriculture.
Wood Buffalo National Park 3,000 wild
buffalo and natural reserves.
Edmonton Capital
Calgary gateway to the Canadian Rockies,
known for the Calgary Stampede and skiing.
 Western Provinces
Alberta
Banff the western border of Alberta is made
up of the Continental Divide and home to
Banff National Park.
Home to grizzly bears, black bears, bighorn
sheep, mountain goats, elk, moose and deer
Contains glaciers, hot springs, and mountains.
 Western Provinces
British Columbia
3rd largest and 3rd most populous Canadian
province.
Isolated by the Canadian Rockies and Pacific
Ocean
Became an important part of the fur trade for
the British and First Nations people.
 Western Provinces
British Columbia
Western Cordillera mountain chain that
stretches from Alaska to the southern tip of
South America.
Chain of mountains
500-mile-wide band of the Canadian Rockies
and the Coastal mountains.
Logging, mining and tourism are all important
industries.
National Parks: Yoho, Kootenay, Glacier and Mount
Revelstoke
 Western Provinces
British Columbia
Pacific Coast Japan current keeps the climate
mild and humid.
Forests, fishing and orchards are all important
B.C. is the biggest producer of lumber and
forest products in the Northern Hemisphere.
 Western Provinces
British Columbia
Vancouver largest city in B.C.
Located on the mouth of the Fraser River.
Fertile land and shipping are key contributors to
the economy.
Victoria B.C.s capital, located on
Vancouver Island.
Heavy British influence
 Western Provinces
British Columbia
Vancouver Island part of the Insular
Mountains, which are flooded by the Pacific
Ocean.
Vancouver Island is the top of the insular
mountain.
Its the largest island off the West Coast of the
Americas.
 Western Provinces
Inukshuks

Inukshuk, the singular of inuksuit, means "in the likeness

of a human" in the Inuit language. They are monuments
made of unworked stones that are used by the Inuit for
communication and survival. The traditional meaning of
the inukshuk is "Someone was here" or "You are on the
right path." - http://www.inukshukgallery.com/inukshuk.html