Geography 12: Answers to Fri 5, Nov. 29

 1.  Briefly explain a hotspot.

-a volcano that forms not on a plate boundary but mid plate where the earth's crust is thin and the magma burst through the crust creating a shield volcano over time, usually because the plate is moving, it creates a series of hotspots as the mantle plume is dragged along

2.  Define pyroclastic flow.

-is a dense, fast-moving flow of solidified lava pieces, volcanic ash, and hot gases. 

-A fast-moving, ground-hugging current of hot gases, ash, and volcanic rock fragments that flows down the slopes of a volcano during an explosive eruption.

3.  Explain what kind of volcano has super explosive eruptions and at what plate boundary we might find these volcanos.

-Composite/Strato volcano.  Found along Ring of Fire, or convegent/subducting plate boundaries

4.  What type of rocks might be associated with this type of volcano?

-Igneous rocks

-pumice, rhyolite

5.  Provide one positive and one negative idea around how volcanoes affect people's lives.

Positive:  fertile soil, geothermal energy, tourism, mining

Negative:  destruction of buildings, infrastructure, farming, death

Socials 10: answers to Friday 5, Nov. 29

 1.  Two new inventions from the 1920's.

-cistern pump, electric range, vacuum, refrigerator, model T Ford, iron etc...

2.  What is meant by Canadian Autonomy?

-self governance or independence (in this case from Britain)

3.  Two things Canada did in the 1920's that made them more autonomous.

-Chanak Affair- did not automatically jump into going and helping Britain when felt threatened by Turkey while peace keeping

-Halibut Treaty - first signed and negotiated International treaty independent of Britain

-King-Byng affair - GG went against PM's wishes, PM campaigned and won election saying British medaling in government

Balfour Report- made British Commonwealth and declared all countries that were under British control constitutionally equal

4.  Provide two facts about women in the 1920's.

-became more independent, winning the vote, allowed to work a variety of jobs and earn a living, wore more revealing clothing, protested, allowed to take government office and senate (famous five in person's case), talked politics

5.  How can you explain the economy in the 1920's?

-Canada's main trade partner moved from Britain to the US

-People were spending money, but much was on credit

-consumerism became a thing....people consuming goods like crazy after the restrictions of war