https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf Made with Made en-us 2020-02-07 13:16:59 UTC 2024-07-21 22:08:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f95e.png s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442119598 The Quebec sovereignty movement is a political movement as well as an ideology of values, concepts and ideas that advocated independence for the Canadian province of Quebec.]]> 2020-02-07 13:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442119598 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442223454 All of these physical features include: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains. 

]]> 2020-02-07 16:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442223454 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442227960 Québec is a predominantly French-speaking province in eastern Canada with 2 vibrant cities in its south, connected by the Chemin du Roy highway along the Saint Lawrence River. ]]> 2020-02-07 16:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442227960 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442574995 it’s bound by three oceans: the Atlantic on the east, the Arctic on the north, and the Pacific to the west which helps trade. Most of the southeastern part of Canada has a humid continental climate. This zone is between the subtropical climate to the south and the subarctic climate to the north. ]]> 2020-02-08 19:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442574995 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442576292 Acid rain is caused largely by sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen emitted by industrial activities such as coal burning. The gases dissolve in rainwater to form acids. ... Between 50% and 70% of Canada's acid rain comes from the United States, while only 2-10% of America's pollution in this area comes from Canada.]]> 2020-02-08 19:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442576292 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442576434  The Canadian Shield is a large area of thin, rocky soil that surrounds the Hudson Bay. Beneath the soil is one of Canada’s most valuable resources: minerals (gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, iron ore, uranium, & nickel.)]]> 2020-02-08 19:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442576434 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442583641 Citizens vote for members of Parliament, members choose the Prime Minister. Citizens must be 18 to vote, but voting is not required by law. As a democracy, its citizens must participate in voting and elections.]]> 2020-02-08 20:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442583641 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442586268 Several fundamental types of economic systems exist to answer the three questions of what, how, and for whom to produce traditional, command, market, and mixed. They determine such things as which goods and services to produce, their prices, and wage rates.]]> 2020-02-08 20:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442586268 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442586648 A mixed economic system is a system that combines aspects of both capitalism and socialism. A mixed economic system protects private property and allows a level of economic freedom in the use of capital, but also allows for governments to interfere in economic activities in order to achieve social aims.]]> 2020-02-08 20:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442586648 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442586873 The economy of Canada is a highly developed market economy. It is the 10th largest GDP by nominal and 16th largest GDP in the world. As with other developed nations, the country's economy is dominated by the service industry which employs about three quarters of Canadians.]]> 2020-02-08 20:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442586873 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442588012 Specialization encourages trade between countries because a country can get what it needs at the lowest cost when it is produced by another country that specializes in that item. Sometimes countries set up Trade Barriers to restrict trade because they want to sell and produce their own goods.]]> 2020-02-08 20:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442588012 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442588451 Tariffs cause the consumer to pay a higher price for an imported item, increasing the demand for a lower-priced item produced domestically. Quotas are limits on the amount of a good that can be imported into a country. Quotas can cause shortages that cause prices to rise. Embargoes forbid trade with another country.]]> 2020-02-08 20:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442588451 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442589886 this is because every country does not use the same type of money, international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations. Money from one country must be converted into the currency of another country to pay for goods in that country. This system is called foreign exchange.]]> 2020-02-08 20:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442589886 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442590014 The agreement is between the United States, Canada and Mexico, and was initially created to help lower costs of trade and bolster North American trade. The agreement eliminated almost all tariffs and taxes on imports and exports. The agreement also rid the three countries of trade barriers.]]> 2020-02-08 20:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442590014 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442590979  Literacy rate is the amount of people in a country who can read and write. High rates of literacy are often found in developed of industrialized countries.]]> 2020-02-08 21:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442590979 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442591127 Human capital is positively correlated to economic growth since investment tends to boost productivity. The process of educating a workforce is a type of investment, but instead of capital investment such as equipment, the investment is in human capital.]]> 2020-02-08 21:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442591127 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442591836 Investment in physical capital relates to a higher GDP. More advanced factories, machinery, and technology creates a more productive workforce, which leads to greater economic growth.]]> 2020-02-08 21:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442591836 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442592604 Natural resources such as oil, gas, minerals and timber are expected to continue to play a significant role in resource abundant economies, as demand from rapidly growing economies increases, and as supplies of non-renewable resources decline and renewable resource harvests approach maximum sustained yield levels.]]> 2020-02-08 21:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442592604 s_cstalley https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442592687 Entrepreneurs occupy a central position in a market economy. For it's the entrepreneurs who serve as the spark plug in the economy's engine, activating and stimulating all economic activity.]]> 2020-02-08 21:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s_cstalley/v4228vrxduxf/wish/442592687