1) From what you have seen so far, how does this course combine both a thematic approach and a

regional approach to geographic study?

2) Identify one event in the colonial history of British Columbia that was significant in the region's

political development. Then, provide a creative 'counterfactual' scenario: how this event could have

turned out differently, and how this would have changed BC's political organization (e.g. its

boundaries, dominant powers, etc.).