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What were the main focuses of the First National Policy in Canada?
What were the main focuses of the First National Policy in Canada?
- Establishing free trade agreements with the USA
- Encouraging immigration and cultural diversity
- Protecting against American land ambitions and completing the national railway (correct)
- Developing a strong military presence and expanding Canada's borders
What is the main characteristic of Canada's political system?
What is the main characteristic of Canada's political system?
- Regionalism with shared economic, political, and cultural interests (correct)
- A parliamentary monarchy
- Centralization of power in the federal government
- A strong two-party system
In which two physiographic regions do over 60% of the Canadian population reside?
In which two physiographic regions do over 60% of the Canadian population reside?
- The Atlantic Region and the Prairie Region
- Ontario and Quebec (correct)
- The North and Quebec
- The Core and the Periphery
What is the "Core" or "Metropolis" in Canada?
What is the "Core" or "Metropolis" in Canada?
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What is the "Periphery" or "Hinterland" in Canada?
What is the "Periphery" or "Hinterland" in Canada?
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What does the Staples Theory postulate about Canadian economic development?
What does the Staples Theory postulate about Canadian economic development?
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What is the basis of the aluminum industry in Quebec?
What is the basis of the aluminum industry in Quebec?
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- The First National Policy focused on protecting against American land ambitions, settling Western provinces, completing the national railway, and creating high tariffs against the USA to encourage branch plants.
- Canada's political system is characterized by regionalism with shared economic, political, and cultural interests.
- Canada is divided into seven physiographic regions, with over 60% of the population residing in Ontario and Quebec.
- The "Core" or "Metropolis" is where most people live, where the seat of government is located, and where the economic and cultural heart is.
- The "Periphery" or "Hinterland" serves the interests and needs of the center, including vast distances and a need for East-West transportation and communication systems.
- The Staples Theory postulates that Canadian economic development has relied on a succession of resource exports rather than on manufacturing.
- Quebec has a more diversified economy than the Atlantic Region, including farming, mining, and forestry, with electricity as the basis of the aluminum industry.
- Ontario has the most diversified economy of any region and is the manufacturing heartland of the country.
- The Prairie Region is historically associated with agriculture, wheat, grain, livestock, and petroleum, with corporate finance in Calgary.
- The North has a very small economy with emerging industries in tourism and arts and untapped petroleum reserves.
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