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Chapter Eight SS10
Horizons Chapter Eight
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SERVICES | Urbanization is self-perpetuating because rural _____ are cut back as people leave. |
| REGIONAL | The term ____ disparity refers to the fact that, in Canada, levels of income vary from region to region. |
| MARITIMES | A region in Canada that suffers from regional disparity is the ____ |
| THREE | Multinational businesses are those which are active in at least ____ nations. |
| GLOBALIZATION | The term globalization refers to the trend towards interdependent national economies. |
| COSTS | Reorganization and restructuring of large businesses is done primarily to lower operating costs___. |
| FRICTIONAL | The term _____ unemployment refers to temporary unemployment. |
| CYCLICAL | The term ____ unemployment refers to seasonal unemployment. |
| STRUCTURAL | The term ____ unemployment refers to unemployment that is possibly permanent. |
| EDUCATION | Most new jobs will require high levels of skills and ____. |
| BETTER | New automobile production techniques have resulted in cars that are better quality. New automobile production techniques have resulted in cars that are ____ quality. |
| FEWER | New automobile production techniques have resulted in _____ assembly-line jobs. |
| COMPUTER | All employees in the new workplace will need to be______ literate. |
| WANTS | Because resources can never match our needs and ____, we have scarcity. |
| CONSUMPTION | The term ______refers to the use of goods and services. |
| DECREASES | As price drops, the amount producers supply ____. |
| RISE | As prices_____, demand decreases. |
| WINTER | Winter clothing is offered at sale prices in late ________r. |
| MARKETING | The term _______ refers to promoting the purchase of goods and services. |
| ECONOMIC | The following are the three basic ____ questions?What goods and services should be produced?How should goods and services be produced?Who obtains the goods and services which are produced? |
| CAPITAL | human-made goods is a ___ resource. |
| LAND | Fish and water are examples of a ____ resources. |
| HUMAN | Educators are an example of a ____resource. |
| PRIMARY | Fish, logging and wool are examples from the___ economic sector. |
| MANUFACTURING | Yarn, lumber, and furniture are examples from the primary ___ sector. |
| SECONDARY | Fish sticks, furniture, and a sweater are examples from the ___ manufacturing sector. |
| TERTIARY | Sales, marketing, and transport are examples of the ___ economic sector. |
| QUATERNARY | Design, testing, and research are examples of the ___ economic sector. |
| DOMESTIC | Gross ___ Product measures the market value of all goods and services produced in acountry in a period of time. |
| RECOVERY | Which of the following sequences correctly represents the business cycle? slowdown ? recession ? ___ ? prosperity |
| FISH | The commodity on which the Atlantic Region’s economy was first based was ___. |
| EDWARD | Agriculture is important in which of the following Atlantic provinces? New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince___ Island |
| THIRDS | At the time of Confederation, what proportion of Canada’s coal was produced on Cape Breton Island? two-___ |
| SHIPBUILDING | Which industry declined in the Atlantic Region in the late 19th century? |
| FISHING | Which industry has collapsed in the Atlantic Region in the late 20th century? |
| GAS | Which industry in the Atlantic Region shows promise for the next century? oil and ____ |
| LAWRENCE | Manufacturing is a major component of the economy of the Great Lakes–St. ___ Region? |
| BRANCH | In Canada, a ___ plant is one which is owned by a company not based in Canada. |
| TARIFFS | Branch plants are established so that companies can avoid ___ |
| TECH | A rapidly expanding economic sector in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Region is the high-____ industry. |
| SHIELD | The largest economic region in Canada by area is the ___ Region. |
| TOURISM | Forestry, mining and ___ are important economic activities in the Shield Region. |
| TRAPPING | The industry that dominated the Shield Region with European contact was __ |
| FORESTRY | ____ and mining are the major industries in the Shield Region today. |
| MARKET | The effects of the business cycle are pronounced in the Shield Region because commodity prices are set by the world ___. |
| ONE | ___-resource towns are economically vulnerable because the supply of the resource is limited. |
| DIVERSIFY | In order to survive in the long term, resource towns have to ____ their economies. |
| MINING | The most economically important industry in the North Region is the ___ industry. |
| DIAMONDS | The newest resource to be exploited in the North Region is ___ |
| NORTH | The major barrier to development in the ___ Region is the fragile environment. |
| WHEAT | The dominant crop in the Prairie Region in the early 20th century was ___ |
| CROW | In the Prairie Region, the ending the ___ Rate Benefit has led to diversification of farm crops. |
| PRAIRIE | Wheat produced in the ___ Region had dropped in value in the 1990s. |
| PETROLEUM | The major mineral resource in the Prairie Region is ___ |
| CALGARY | The new financial centre in the Prairie Region is ___ |
| AMERICAN | American equity investment in Canada was undertaken so that ___ companies could buy out and control Canadian businesses. |
| SECTORAL | The Canada–US Auto Pact is an example of ___ free trade. |
| ASSEMBLER | Critics of the Canada–US Auto Pact maintain that Canada’s role is that of an ___. |
| WRITTEN | The three criteria for establishing Canadian content in the recording industry are |
| TWO | In order to qualify as Canadian content, a recording has to fulfill how many of the three criteria? |
| SATELLITE | The rapid development of cable and ___ channels has caused many Canadians to be concerned about a decline in viewers for Canadian television programs. |
| THIRTYFIVE | As of 1998, Canadian radio stations must broadcast Canadian-content for what percentage of their air time? |
| SPECIALTY | In the period from 1992 to 1998, Canadian viewing of which of the following has risen? ___ channel programming |
| TRUDEAU | During the 1970s, the ___ government undertook to reduce American ownership of companies in Canada. |
| ENERGY | In order to make Canada self-sufficient in its oil supply, the Trudeau government created the National ___ Program. |
| MULRONEY | The government of Brian ___ dismantled or altered many of Trudeau’s programs of economic control. |
| FREE | The Mulroney government’s negotiation of a ___ trade agreement with the US was ironic because Mulroney had originally strongly opposed free trade with the US. |
| AGREEMENT | With the North American Free Trade ___, North America is becoming a trading bloc. |
| INCREASED | Since the 1989 Canada–US Free Trade Agreement, Canadian exports to the US, as a percentage of all exports, have ___ |
| CULTURAL | Which of the following Canadian industries is exempt from the provisions of the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement? |
| US | Manufacturing declined after the Canada-___ Free Trade Agreement came into effect. |
| TRADE | In order to become a true trading bloc, member nations of the North American Free ___ Agreement would have to become a - customs union. |
| MEXICO | A poor human rights record in ___,low labour costs , and low levels of environmental protection are problems with free trade with Mexico? |
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