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44 Cards in this Set
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What type of transportation was accounted for carrying the most cargo inside Canada (domestic freight) in 1998?
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Railways
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What parts of Canada are heavily served by LAND TRANSPORTATION?
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BC, Southern AL, SASK, MAN, Southern ON, Southern QUE, PEI, NS, NB
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What parts of Canada are not served by LAND TRANSPORTATION?
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Northern NWT, Nunavut, Northern ON, Nothern QUE, NFL
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3 reasons why areas are not served by land transportation?
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1) economy is not highly developed, therefore, it is not worthy putting money into transportation
2) low population density 3) not a lot of islands & railways can't be built along the spaces in between |
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Which city experienced the largest amount of cargo tonnes in 1999, and how much was it?
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Vancouver, 70 000
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Why do big cities have a higher amount of freight than other areas?
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- near the water, therefore, allowing boats/ships to come directly to port
- highly dense in population - on the coast (mostly East) |
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How many Canadian cities have a major international airport?
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22
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How many Canadian major international airports are connected to major domestic travel routes?
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7
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Why are there many airports in the northern parts of Canada?
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To get to the densily populated cities ($), for trading purposes
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Which city had the busiest passenger and cargo airports in 2000?
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Toronto
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Why?
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High economy, densily populated, near water (Lake Ontario)
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What does MOBILITY mean?
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The ability to move around
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What factors have allowed Canadians greater mobility over the past 60 years?
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All the ways to transport: airplanes, cars, buses, trains...etc and the availability of roads, highways, vehicles...
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What was the biggest drawback in Canada's transportation system?
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The landforms. The Rockies and other landforms from North to South blocked off the railway, until a plan was made to build over them
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How much $ does the gov. spend on roads/year? And why?
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Spends over $7 billion because the road's structure needs to be maintained. Over 900 000km are roads.
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Why has travel by train declined in Canada?
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Cars are becoming cheaper to buy/own, rail cars are getting old and they aren't being replaced because of cost, carrying cargo more than people which creates freight traffic, air travel is faster and more popular
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What were faults of the rail industry?
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The cost of replacing old cars and freight traffic
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What is an unavoidable fault of the rail industry?
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More people choose to buy their cars because it is generally better and easier to transport, better deals on air flights
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How can rail travel be improved? why would this be difficult?
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Replace old cars. This would be difficult because of the cost
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Changes in airline history?
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Deregulation - fares and rates are controlled by gov.
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Benefits of air travel? Would everyone benefit?
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Faster, better connections, more destinations, better deals from competing airlines... Not everyone would benefit b/c of cost
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Impact of automobiles?
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1) flexibilty
2) uses large quantities of petroleum 3) greater mobility 4) expensive 5) contributes to global warming |
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Automobile's influence of the appearance of cities/towns?
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1) contributes to global warming
2) economy increases 3) more popular 4) tourism increases 5) toxic air |
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What could be done to reduce harmful effects on the environment from vehicles?
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More efficient cars, use public transit, carpool
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Why in the 1950's, did the gov. gather nomadic Inuit communites on the arctic islands?
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to help assert Canadian sovereignty over the arctic
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How did this effect daily lives?
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Inuit became dependant on the gov. for basic needs
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Why did Mackenzie River become a vital shipping route?
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Distributes/transports fuel, food, building materials & cars to popul.
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What are BULK CARGOES?
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Wheat, coal, gravel or iron ore shipped in loose form rather than in packages. Usually, low value, & must be shipped as cheapily as possible.
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What is a UNIT TRAIN?
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Carries larges amounts of ONE cargo along a route. It is efficient b/c they carry a lot of cargo one way
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What is the best way to transport bulk cargo?
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1) train/rail
2) ships 3) airplane 4) truck |
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Examples of unit train routes and cargoes
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Saskatoon -> Vancouver= POTASH
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Solutions railways came up w. to compete with trucks?
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1) "piggyback system": combines truck & rail
2) involves containers which can be moved by rail, truck, ship or air |
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What are WINTER ICE ROADS?
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Built over frozen tundra/lakes/rivers to provide vehicle access to northern communities and mining sites during winter
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Why are winter ice roads important?
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B/c essentials are distributed to northern areas over water by these roads
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4 ways of transportation?
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Road- trucks/rail transport
Ship- long distances known as sea ways Air- airplanes, expensive Pipeline- usually gases and liquids |
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Types of cargo airplanes transport?
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Jewlery- light weight & small
Electronic equipment- high $ Flowers- perishable Machinery parts- required ASAP |
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200kg of meat from Regina to Winnipeg must be kept cool?
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Truck- refridgeration, less $, not far
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Oil from central AL to various parts of ON?
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Rail- far, many routes for destination, fast
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1000 live lobsters from PEI to Ottawa
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Plane- far, space, refridgeration, FAST
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25 000 tonnes of wheat form souther SASK to Netherlands
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Plane- very far, fast
Rail- bulk cargoes |
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Tomatoes from southern ON to Churchill MB
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Truck- not far, space
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2kg package from NS to Atlanta - speedy delivery is desired but less $
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Rail- less $, far, enough space, fast
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1000 textbooks from Calgary to Toronto
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Rail/Truck- cargo space, less $
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6 cars from ON to MB
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Rail- cargo space, not far, less $
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