Ontario Exam/23 Questions with
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Canadian Shield is Ontario's - -dominant landform
-three physiographic regions are found in Ontario - -*Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Lowlands* in the extreme south, *Canadian Shield* in the mid-
north and the *Hudson Bay Lowland* in the far north
-In contrast, to the Canadian Shield, the Hudson Bay Lowlands are quite - -
low lying, as they are still rebounding from the weight of ice from the last
ice-age
-the Hudson Bay Lowlands covers about a - -quarter of Ontario's land base
and is home to Indigenous communities of Lowland Cree
-Indigenous communities of Lowland Cree include - -Fort Severn,
Attawapiskat, Winisk and Kashechewan
-the Great Lakes Lowlands of Ontario is - -a densely populated, wealthy,
post-industrial landscape that nevertheless incorporates much green-space
and a thriving agricultural base
-Climate features (focus on southern ontario) - -Warm temperatures have
resulted in a long growing season; combined with fertile soils, the southern
sub-region of Ontario is the most conducive to agriculture of any in the
country. Consequently, it is home to a very profitable agricultural sector,
although facing competition for land from urbanization.
-physical geography provided a natural advantage to early settlement in the
- -Great Lakes Lowlands
-following 1776, troops loyal to Britain (Loyalists) began to settle in - -
southern Ontario. These were followed by "American, British and European
newcomers."
-by the early ______ century, the best land was fully occupied in the _______ -
-nineteenth, south
-this developing settlement area was initially called ________ ________, then
_______ _______ (1841) and finally __________ when it entered confederation in
1867. - -"Upper Canada", "Canada West", "Ontario"
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