Abeka New World History & Geography chapter 3 test

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1492

Christopher Columbus sails across the Atlantic

Jacques Cartier

Frenchman who set sail in hopes of finding the Northwest Passage.

1610

Henry Hudson discovers Hudson Bay

1497

John Cabot claims a part of Canada for England

St. John's

Newfoundland and Labrador's capital

Halifax

Nova Scotia's capital

James Evans

One of the pioneer missionaries to the American Indians.

Acadians

The ____________ refused to pledge their loyalty to the British when the British took control of the Atlantic region.

Yellowknife

The largest city and the capital of the Northwest Territories

Yukon

The territory that first became famous because of the great Klondike Gold Rush in 1897

Niagara Falls

What beautiful waterfalls are shared by the U.S. and Canada?

"New France"

What did the French call the land that is now Canada at the time that Samuel de Champlain arrived there?

Quebec (answer to a question)

What was the name of the French settlement that Samuel de Champlain helped to build?

Henry Alline

Who was called the "Apostle of Nova Scotia"?

Gateway to the West

Winnipeg earned the nickname "______________" because it is a main trading center approximately halfway between the east and west coast and only 60 miles from the United States border.

Fish

__________ are one of Canada's most important natural resources.

John Cabot

____________ became the first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland.

Canada (part of a sentence)

______________ is the largest world producer of nickel and zinc.

St. Lawrence

_______________ Seaway is the largest inland seaway in the world.

Samuel de Champlain

arrived in what is now Canada and helped build the first important French settlement in the New World in 1608

Whitehorse

capital of the Yukon

Quebec City

capital of the province of Quebec

Hudson Bay

world's largest bay

Northwest Passage

Both England and France were interested in finding a sea route through North America to the riches of Asia. They were so sure that a route existed that they gave it a name.

wheat exporters

Canada is one of the world's leading ______________

Ottawa

Canada's Capital

constitutional monarchy

Canada's form of government is called a _______________.

Toronto

Canada's largest city

Mackenzie River

Canada's longest river

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada's national capital is ______________.

Hudson's Bay Company

Canada's oldest business

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Canada's world-famous police force

Fredrick G. Banting and Charles H. Best

Canadian researchers who discovered and prepared insulin for the treatment of diabetes

1534

Cartier discovers the Gulf of St. Lawrence and makes a claim for France

inland ports

Montreal became one of the world's largest __________________.

only walled city

Quebec is the _____________________ in Canada or the United States.

Study The Great Lakes and Niagara Falls section in the book page 26 for essay question on the test.

Study The Great Lakes and Niagara Falls section in the book page 26 for essay question on the test.

Use map on page 348-349 to locate places on Map Mastery 4 list page 363

Use map on page 348-349 to locate places on Map Mastery 4 list page 363

c. 1000

Vikings land in the New World

Quebec (part of a sentence)

_________________ is Canada's largest province in land area and second largest in population.

Vancouver

city that is called "Canada's Gateway to the Pacific"

Churchill

city that is called the "Polar Bear Capital of the World"

Bay of Fundy

famous for having some of the highest tides in the world

Henry Hudson

founded the Hudson's Bay Company

Lake Superior

largest freshwater lake in the world

Dempster Highway

the only public highway above the Arctic Circle that is open year-round

Montreal

the second largest city in Canada

Canada (answer to a fact statement)

the second largest country in the world


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