Deck 5: The Atlantic Periphery

Question 1

Which of the following are among the Northeast Culture Complex groups who resided in the Atlantic Periphery before European settlement?

A)Mi'kmaq,Passamaquoddy,Penobscot,Beothuk
B)Chippewa,Shawnee,Powhatan,Waco
C)Miwok,Yurok,Chumashan,Athabaskan
D)Nez Perce,Omaha,Pawnee,Wichita

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The primary geomorphic process(es)at work on the landforms of the Atlantic Periphery are what?

A)Glaciation
B)Erosion
C)Mountain building
D)Both A and B

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Why did Acadian leadership attempt to maintain neutrality in the struggle between France and Great Britain for control of the Atlantic Periphery? (choose the best answer)

A)Although they spoke French and retained many French customs,they believed in the British cause
B)King George promised them free land if they stated out of the disagreement
C)They wanted to retain control over lands they had settled no matter who was governing the region
D)Although they spoken English and were Protestants,they believed in the French cause

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The first European group build a settlement in the Atlantic Periphery were

A)The Spanish.
B)The French.
C)The Norse.
D)The British.

Question 5

The frequent fogs that contribute to shipping hazards along the coast of the Atlantic Periphery are most often caused by

A)The interaction of a warm ocean current with cold air masses.
B)The cooling of land after sunset which causes condensation in the air.
C)Winds blowing up a slope causing cooling and condensation.
D)Cold air settling into valleys while warmer air passes over.

Question 6

The term Nor'easter refers to

A)The residents of the most Northeastern part of Canada,Newfoundland.
B)Winter storms that move in from the northeast and bring heavy snowfall.
C)Heavy fogs the move in from the northeast along with the cold Labrador Current.
D)Tropical storms that bring high winds and heavy rains to the Atlantic Periphery in late summer and early fall.

Question 7

Many French settlers left the Atlantic Periphery during the Great Upheaval and settled in what part of North America?

A)The Pacific Northwest
B)The Coastal South
C)The Great Plains
D)The Corn belt

Question 8

What type of abundant nature resource attracted Europeans to the Atlantic Periphery?

A)Rich soils for farming
B)Gold and other minerals
C)Forests and logging
D)The fishing grounds

Question 9

The Treaty of ________ gave control of Newfoundland to ________.

A)Utrecht,Britain
B)Berlin,France
C)Berlin,Britain
D)Utrecht,France

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of the impacts of glaciers on the landscape of the Atlantic Periphery?

A)The few lakes or ponds
B)The rugged coastline and many harbors
C)The rich soil
D)The collapse of the Great Stone Face

Question 11

Which of the following describes the coastline of the Atlantic Periphery?

A)Gently sloping,with wide flat sandy beaches
B)Glaciation as left thin soils and rocky,rugged coastline
C)Many harbors where cities and towns have been established
D)Both A and C
E)Both B and C

Question 12

Which of the following includes only states and provinces located in the Atlantic Periphery?

A)Quebec,New Brunswick,Maine
B)Nova Scotia,Vermont,Connecticut
C)Maine,Prince Edward Island,Nova Scotia
D)Massachusetts,Newfoundland and Labrador,Quebec

Question 13

Which of the following is not a Canadian province located in the Atlantic Periphery?

A)Nova Scotia
B)Prince Edward Island
C)Newfoundland and Labrador
D)Ontario
E)New Brunswick

Question 14

Based on Norse folklore and archeological evidence,which of the following was most likely cause of the abandonment of the settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows?

A)Conflict with local Native Americans
B)Settlers were starving
C)Disease
D)Conflict with British settlers

Question 15

The majority of mountains in the Atlantic Periphery part of which range?

A)The Appalachians
B)The Ozarks
C)The Blue Ridge Mountains
D)The Rockies
E)The Baffin Mountains

Question 16

Which of the following contributed to the rush of British settlement in the Atlantic Periphery after 1763?

A)The end of French political control over much of the region
B)The growing tensions in the 13 colonies of the United States
C)The promise of free land
D)Both B and C
E)All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following are examples of environmental hazards that commonly disrupt transportation in the Atlantic Periphery?

A)Heavy winter snowfall
B)Fogs
C)Flooding
D)Both A and B
E)Both B and C

Question 18

About 20,000 people of African descent live in Nova Scotia.Which of the following is a not true statement about the ancestry of these people?

A)Many are descendants of African-American loyalists who arrived in Nova Scotia during the American Revolution
B)Many are descendants of escaped African-American slaves
C)In the 20th and 21st centuries many Afro-Caribbean people migrated to Nova Scotia
D)Many came from West Africa during the 20ᵗʰ century as refugees

Question 19

The climate of the Atlantic Periphery could be described in what way?

A)Warm and mild with most precipitation taking place in the winter
B)Cool and mild with most precipitation taking place in summer
C)Cool summers and cold winters with most precipitation taking place in the winter
D)Cool summers and cold winters with significant precipitation year round

Question 20

The Great Expulsion or Great Upheaval refers to what?

A)The forced migration of First Nation people from their homelands in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
B)The removal of French speaking children from schools in New Brunswick
C)The forced migration of French settlers out of Acadia during the French and Indian War
D)The removal of English speaking children from schools in New Brunswick

Question 21

The local people and culture in many parts of the Atlantic Periphery can be described as

A)Hostile and yet dependent on outsiders.
B)Eager to move to other regions and escape chronic unemployment and poverty.
C)Highly independent and self-sufficient.
D)Identifying strongly as Canadians or Americans.

Question 22

The ________ in 1713,gave Britain control of Newfoundland while ________ retained control of Prince Edward Island.

Question 23

How might increasing tourism and migration from wealthier nearby regions impact the economy of the Atlantic Periphery?

A)Local businesses will benefit from the increased numbers of customers
B)Real estate prices will rise
C)Businesses might be attracted by the increasing population and low cost of living for their workers
D)Both A and B
E)All of the above

Question 24

Oil and gas exploration has resulted in the extraction of millions of cubic feet of these resources from which part of the region?

A)Quebec
B)Vermont
C)Maine
D)Off the Atlantic coast of Canada

Question 25

________,________,and ________ are three of the major primary sector industries in the Atlantic Periphery.

Question 26

Which of the following factors contributes to lack of urbanization in the Atlantic Periphery?

A)Cool climate and rocky soils
B)Rich fisheries
C)Lack of nature resources
D)Both A and C
E)All of the above contribute to lack of urbanization

Question 27

________,and ________ are two examples of Native American groups that lived in the Atlantic Periphery prior to European contact.

Question 28

What factor has contributed to growing lobster populations in the region despite large harvests?

A)Declining lobster prices
B)Technological improvements in lobster fishing techniques
C)Overfishing of cod,which eats lobsters
D)Most people in the region are tired of eating lobster

Question 29

The collapse of the ________ tourist destination in 2003 will likely have a major impact on the tourist economy of New Hampshire.

Question 30

Most of land in the Atlantic Periphery is covered by

A)Urban uses.
B)Agriculture.
C)Forests.
D)Grasslands.

Question 31

L'Anxe Meadows was a ________ settlement in Newfoundland,and one of the first European contacts with Native American groups.

Question 32

Most cities in the Atlantic Periphery are located

A)On the Atlantic coast or in river valleys.
B)Close to other nearby regions.
C)In the interior.
D)In the south-western portion of the region.

Question 33

Tourism,second-home development,and permanent in-migration are all having an increasing impact on the economy of the Atlantic Periphery.Where are these tourists and migrants mainly coming from?

A)Quebec
B)Megalopolis
C)The Rust Belt
D)The Sun Belt

Question 34

In the late 1990s,Fort Kent in northern Maine became North America's Biathlon center.Its 4233 residents are mostly of ________ ancestry,and speak mostly ________.

A)British separatist/English
B)Norse,Scandinavian
C)Inuit,Inuktitut
D)French Canadian/French

Question 35

As changes have come to the fishing economy of the region,the Canadian government has attempted to deal with the declines by

A)Subsidizing education and health care for isolated fishing towns.
B)Providing incentives for people to move to larger communities.
C)Provided retraining and payments for lost wages to fishermen.
D)Both B and C
E)Both A and C

Question 36

Why is the economy of the Atlantic Periphery considered dependent?

A)The economy of the region is mostly dependent on natural resources and primary economic activity
B)The economy of the region is relatively weaker than those of nearby regions
C)The economy of the region is dependent on migrant labor from nearby regions
D)Both A and B

Question 37

The population trend in today's Newfoundland shows that

A)People are moving from other parts of Canada to Newfoundland.
B)The population staying rather steady with little immigration and emigration.
C)The native "Newfie" population is staying steady,and many immigrants have been moving in from outside Canada.
D)Many people are moving from Newfoundland to other parts of Canada.

Question 38

Civil War in Somalia drove more than 13,000 Somali Bantu to claim refugee status in what part of the Atlantic Periphery?

A)Vermont,New Hampshire,and Maine
B)Newfoundland and Labrador
C)Nova Scotia
D)Upstate New York

Question 39

Why have fisheries in the region declined since the 1950s?

A)U)S.and Canadian governments have imposed onerous laws on fishermen,causing them to abandon their traditional ways of life
B)Technological improvements have allowed fishing to take place a much faster rates than ever before
C)Fishermen from the region can't compete with cheap fish from China
D)Pesticides from agricultural runoff are poisoning fish in the north Atlantic

Question 40

The last region of Canada to move from being a British colony,and becoming a part of Canada in 1948 was

A)Newfoundland and Labrador.
B)Nunavut.
C)Nova Scotia.
D)New Brunswick.

Question 41

What primary sector industries are important to the Atlantic Periphery region? How did the natural resources of the region encourage and/or discourage settlement of the region?

Question 42

One example of the impacts of glaciation on the landscape of the Atlantic Periphery is the ________.

Question 43

A large part of the land of the Atlantic Periphery consists of the northernmost part of the ________ Mountains.

Question 44

Winters in the Atlantic Periphery bring with them coastal storms called ________ that are associated with high winds and heavy snows.

Question 45

Describe how urban spillover migration impacts the Atlantic Periphery.What are both the negative and positive effects?

Question 46

________ from Newfoundland became an important source of protein in North America as well as Europe in the 16th century,while white pine trees were crafted into ________.

Question 47

The Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream are associated with ________ that can make navigation difficult for ships and planes.

Question 48

Discuss the patterns of urban settlement in the Atlantic Periphery.How urbanized is this region? Where are the largest cities located? What are there primary economic and cultural functions?

Question 49

Name two major economic or environmental challenges facing the Atlantic Periphery.What are the causes of these issues and how are people in the region handling them?

Question 50

Explain why the Atlantic Periphery is referred to as a peripheral area.