Canada- Chapter 6 Section 1
More than _____ of Canada's largest companies have offices in Toronto
1/3
How many provinces does Canada have?
10
How many territories does Canada have?
3
How many regions is Canada divided into?
5
What provinces make up the Prairie Provinces?
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
The land in the Atlantic Provinces forms the northern point of the ______ mountains
Appalachian
Immigrants from _____ have settled her as well
Asia
All four provinces of the Atlantic Provinces border the ______
Atlantic Ocean
What region of Canada is the smallest? (5% of land, 8% of people)
Atlantic Provinces
What are the 5 regions of Canada?
Atlantic Provinces, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Provinces, Prairie Provinces, British Columbia, and The Northern Territories
Toronto is Canada's _____ and _____ center (like our NYC)
Banking and Financial
What province makes up its own region?
British Columbia
Hudson Bay lowlands are flat, sparsely populated, swampy region between the ____ _____ and the _____ _____
Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay
Quebec and Ontario and distinguished by three distinct landscapes: _____ _____, _____ _____ ______, and _____ _____ ________
Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay Lowlands, St. Lawrence Lowlands
People prefer Inuit, not ____
Eskimo
______ ______ changed Inuits lived. They now use ____ instead of dog sleds. Children take classes by satellite to radios/tv, teachers can be thousands of miles of away
European Settlement, snowmobiles
Development of Montreal began when the city hosted ______
Expo '67 (like a fair)
What is the nickname for the Prairie Provinces?
Grains and Trains
What is one of the richest fishing areas in the world located in the Atlantic provinces?
Grand banks
60% of Canada's population lives in what region?
Great Lakes and St Lawrence Provinces
What region is the core of Canada's population?
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Provinces
What region is the core of Canadian Economic Activity?
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Provinces
What is the largest city in Quebec?
Montreal
The landscape of the Atlantic Provinces is similar to...
New England
What provinces are a part of the Atlantic Provinces?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
Canada covers most of the northern half of which continent?
North America
The _____ makes up the Northern 40% of Canada
Northern Territories
Less than 1% of population lives in which province?
Nunavut
______ was established in 1999 when it was carved from the Northwest Territory to settle a land dispute with native peoples
Nunavut
The Great Lakes form the southern border of which province?
Ontario
What is Canada's capital?
Ottawa
Ottawa is located along the Ottawa River in Southeastern Ontario. ________, Ontario and Hull, _____ make up Canada's fourth largest metropolitan area.
Ottawa, Quebec
What is the center of Canada's French-Canadian population?
Quebec
What is the largest province in Canada?
Quebec
What is the oldest city in Canada?
Quebec
The Great Lakes and St Lawrence provinces consists of what provinces?
Quebec and Ontario
The Prairie Provinces are located between the _____ Mountains and the _____ ______.
Rocky, Canadian Shiled
What are the Prairie Provinces known for?
Rolling fields of wheat
Who founded Quebec in 1608?
Samuel Champlain
The _______ Provinces are located in the ________ corner of Canada
Southeast
Metropolis in Quebec located along the ___ ________ ______
St. Lawrence River
What is Ontario's capital city?
Toronto
What three things are big in the Prairie Provinces?
Tourism, oil, and natural gas
What is BC largest city and excellent harbor
Vancouver
Prairie Provinces: _____ established at an important river crossing for railroad
Winnipeg
What provinces make up the northern territories?
Yukon Territory, Northwest Territory, and Nunavut
The _______ are filled with strange, eroded sand and rock formations.
badlands
Atlantic Provinces Region is dotted with _____ and ______ acting as harbors for the fishing fleet.
bays, inlets
BC contains _____ ______ that _____ year round
beautiful gardens, bloom
Term: solid rock covered by soil, gravel, and sand
bedrock
Ontario has a ____ location and excellent _______
central, waterways
A network of ______ and _____ developed in Ontario. (Produce cars, foods, clothing, building materials to consume and ship elsewhere, process minerals, use central location and waterways to ship)
cities, industry
Majority of people in the Prairie Provinces live in _____. Largest cities located along the ______
cities, railroad
Most people in the Atlantic Provinces live along the _____
coast
Overfishing depleted the Grand Banks and Canada suspended ____ fishing. Many people lost their jobs, but switched to _____ and ____ fishing
cod, shrimp, crab
Parts of Canada are physically similar to the US, but the ________, opportunities, and challenges.
culture
Atlantic Provinces possess hills covered with ______ forests and rugged mountaintops cover the region. Thousands of _____ and small ____. ______ once covered the area and left behind thin, rocky soil.
deciduous, lakes, ponds, glaciers
Prairie Provinces: Prairies are more than crop covered flat lands. They offer many attractions to travelers. They have clear cool lakes, lazy rivers, huge tracts of sand _____, the mysterious _____
dunes, badlands
The Southeastern land of Ontario is used for ______. (Where most Ontarians live)
farming
The Prairie Provinces provide more of Canada's ______ and _____
grain, cattle
Ontario possesses the St. Lawrence Seaway is the Canadian ____ to the ____ (Route for goods of Canada)
highway, sea
Inuit believe that ____ is their life, and have a significant relationship with it
land
Term: enclosed area on a canal that raises and lowers ships from one water level to another
lock
Not all lakes are at the same level... so they use _____
locks
Atlantic Provinces called the ______. Named for link to seas
maritime
Term: bordering on or related to the sea
maritime
The Canadian Shield has poor soil and colt climate, but it has rich _____ ______
mineral deposits
Canada contains rich deposits of ______. As well as ____ and _____
minerals, oil, natural gas
What covers almost all of BC?
mountains
BC has plentiful _____ resources (salmon, forests, minerals) (one of wealthiest areas)
natural
Term: a political division
province
The St Lawrence Lowlands possess ______ soil and _____ climate
rich, mild
Ontario has ____ soil and abundant _____ resources
rich, mineral
Inuit means...
the people
New Industries employ maritime residents: _______ (vacation spot) and offshore _____ discovery in the Atlantic Provinces
tourism, oil
Much of Canada's wealth remains ______.
underground
Population in Quebec is _____ distributed. Most live in Cities are _____ _____ _____ ______. FEW people live on the _____ _____ (Covers 4/5 of Quebec) (Bedrock covers this area)
unevenly, St Lawrence River Valley, Canadian Shield
What is the major crop in the Prairie Provinces?
wheat