1. How Geography defines a culture…
…factors influencing how a culture functions

2. Resource availability Water access
What are several things humans must contend with when developing and expanding a settlement?
Climate
Resource availability
Water access
Topography (is the terrain flat? hilly?)
Threat of natural disasters
Volcano in Iceland

3. Fort McMurray – Alberta oil sands town
What are the three geographic factors that influence culture and where people live?
Topography (location)
Climate
Natural resources
Fort McMurray – Alberta oil sands town

4. Whistler, British Columbia
What is topography?
The physical features of the land
Is it flat? Rolling? Mountainous?
People have historically located in suitable areas and adapted to them (ex. Terraced farming)
Whistler, British Columbia

5. Polder in the Netherlands
Why do humans alter their topography? What are some examples of how we’ve done this?
We do it for convenience and to make life easier…
Roads
Tunnels
Bridges
Dams
Mines
Polders
Polder in the Netherlands

6. How does climate affect things like economic activities, clothing and shelter?
It’s simple… we choose economic activities, clothes and shelter that suit the situation we’re in

7. Why do people tend to cluster in cities?
Employment
Social contact
On or near major trade routes
Near bodies of water
Leisure
Housing
Convenience

8. Your task in groups of three…
How do natural resources, climate and topography influence population distribution in Canada?
Provide 10 specific examples from across the country
Ex. “People live in PEI because the rich soils have allowed for successful farming”
I will collect this at the end of today’s period
You’ll all share the same mark /10
Put all your names on the paper