CHAPTER 8 Canada
Quebec
1867 - what did lowercanada represent today
Ontario
1867 - what did upper canada represent today
Port Royal
1st French settlement in Canda - 1541 - located in today's nova scotia
Leif erikson
1st european to dsicover north america - with the vikings circa 1000
Huguenot
A French Protestant - KING Louis XIV did not want them to leave because they made up predominantly the working middle class
Yes
Are these sufficient reasons as to why the French may have colonized and explored North America? They were hunters and trappers, wanting to find beaver, hunting grounds, fishing grounds, and fur. They promise to bring WEALTH back to France, who was currently suffering economically due to the Revolution. They were all looking for the Northwest Passage to the East.
Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward's Island
List the Canadian provinces
33
More than __% of the largest companies hold their office in Toronto.
80
Mroe than __% of the population of British Columnbia lives in or near the city of vancouver because mountains of several ranges nearly cover all of the province.
Toronto
NYC of Canda - lrgest Can city - lot of similarities to NYC
True
T/F: Largest cities are strategically institutionalized in near proximity to railroad lines - the way for Canada's Prairie Provinces to ship crop goods.
True
T/f: Most of the territorial population lives in small smatellemnet alongt he Mackenzie River and Ractic Coastline
True
T:/f: Temperate in the South
True
T:F - Inuits can't build homes directly on tjaele so house heat doesn't melt foundations. Instead, houses bulit on stilts.
True
T:F - Nunavut is not connected to the Canadian mainland by roads. Airplane is the only way to get in and out.
True
T:F/ Arctic in the North
False
T:F: We have NOT been in good relations since the 1850s when we broke treaties made with Britain in order to get our northern boundary, which is at the 49 degree latitude line.
True
T?F: One reason as to why Canada has had to struggle to develop a single national identity is that many of its peoples identify more strongly with regional and ethnic groups than with the nation as a whole.
True
T?FL: Between 1689 and 1763, British and French colonists fought four wars in North America, with Britain eventually becoming the winner with the victory in the Battle of Quebec in 1759. By 1763, France surrendered all of its empire in Canada.
True
TF - New Brunswick has a lot of Scottish and Irish immigrants
True
TF 0 - Almost every major oil producer has an office in Edmonton and Calgary.
True
TLF- tourism is important in the Prairie PRovinces because of its bountiful amount of national parks.
False
TRUE FALSE: Since the Atlantic Provinces lie in the Appalachian Mountain Range, many infertile valleys dot the landscape.
fishing, forestry, farming
What are the main ways people make a living in the Atlantic provinces?
balancing using natural resources and preservation, providing services for the intense and almost total urbanization of the country
What are two challenges for Canada today?
constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy and federation of provinces
What is Canada's government?
Provinces are more independent and self-sufficient than territories
What is the difference between prvocnes and territories?
Wheat
What is the major agricultural crop of the PP?
Alberta
What is the province that exports 75% of Canada's coal, oil, and natural gas?
Boreal
What kind of forests cover the Southern portion of Canda?
"Grains and trains dominate life."
What phrase best descirbes the PRairie Provinces?
tundra
What regional classification does the Northern region of Canda bear?
Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay Lowlands, St. Lawrence Lowlands
What three distinct landscapes distinguish the Lakes Provinces from the rest of Canada?
Quebec and Ontario
What two provinces make up the Lakes Provinces, a region that is delineated by the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence?
1869
What year did Canda expand when it bought land from the Hudson Bay company?
East
Which side (west or east) of Canada is the most industrial?
Governor General
Who is the head of state in the executive branch of Canadian government?
Prime Minister
Who is the head of the government in the executive branch of Canadian government?
40
__% of Canada's consists of Northern, Yukon, and Nunavut - tyhe lands of the Inuit
60
__% of the Entire poptato crop of canada is grown in new brunswick
Montreal
a French word that translates to "Mount Royal"
Commonwealth of Nations
a group of countries, mostly former British colonies, that now have indepndence under the symbolic protection of the British crown.
European Community
a group of western european countries that have united thier economic resources
Erie Canal
a joint projecto f US and Canada was created to join lake erie to st laqwrence river as a n outlet for canada to the atlantic
bedrock
a solid rock covered by soil, gravel, and sand.
tariff
a tax on import, causing the prices of imported goods to rise.
Inside Passage
a waterway between the longstring of offshore islands and the Coast Mountains located in BC
Mordecai Richler
a well known canadian writer who spoke for many Canadians when declared that he wanted his country to be something more than this contient's attic
35 million
about how many people live in Canada?
Ukraine
agricultural Russian state - lot of Russian ukrainians in prairie provinces because pp is similar to their agricultural russian state
Canadian Shield
an ancient region with some of the world's oldest rocks that wraps around the Hudson Bay and covers around half of the country. Carved out by glaicers.
Annapolis Valley
area loated in the Appalachian Mountain RAnge in the Atlantic provinces that is north america's leading apple producer
Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
back in 1867, when Canada was first made a country, what four political divisions were made?
Supreme Court
body that makes up the judicial branch of Canadian governmnet?
Ottawa
capital of Canada, located in Ontario Province
Igaluit
capital of Nunavut territory
Whitehorse
capital of Yukon territory
Edmonton
capital of province Alberta
Victoria
capital of province British Columbia
Winnipeg
capital of province Manitoba
St. John's
capital of province NEwfoundland and Labrador
Frederiction
capital of province New Brunswick
Halifax
capital of province Nova Scotia
Toronto
capital of province Ontario
Charlottetown
capital of province Prince Edward's ISland
Quebec City
capital of province Quebec
Regina
capital of province Saskatchewan
Yellowknife
capital of territory Northwest
maritime
country that has its economy linked to the Sea
Justin Trudeau
current prime minister of canada
fjord
deep valley surrounded by steep sides created by glaciers
Bicameral parliament consisting of the Senate and House of commons
describe the legislative branch of Canadian government?
Aurora Borealis
disrupts telephone signals in Nunavut
shipping ,trade, fishing, tourism, timber, logging
economic activities of bc?
lock
enclosed area on a canal that raises or lowes ships form one water level to another
Treaty of Paris of 1763
ends french and indian war - treaty
Hudson Bay Company
established in 1670 by the English - company
customs
fees charge by one country's giovernment on goods people birng in from another country
Inuit
first people to live in Canada
Nunavut
first self-governing indigenous territory in North America
Grand Banks
fishing grounds in the Atlantic Provinces that the population of cod in its cold waters has been greatly proliferated
Hudson Bay Lowlands
flat, sparsely populated, swampy region between Canadian Shield and Hudson Bay
Lakes Provinces
heart of Canada's economic activities and population
1998
high oucrt says Quebe cannot legally secede
Lake Superior
highest elevated greatl kae at 600 feet
85%
how many percent of Nunavut of population INuit?
8
how much percentage of pop lives in atlantic provinces
Nunavut
inuit word meaning "our land"
Montreal
largest city in Quebec
Montreal
largest city in Quebec Province
Quebec
largest province, bed rock covers 80% of it, population density is in the South of it
Land of the Midnight Sun
lies 66 degrees north latitude line above - sun at weird hours - darkness sometimes alweays
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary
list 5 of the the biggest canadian cities?
Farming, mining, cars, food products, textile, building mateirals
list some of the economic activities of ontario
executive, judicial, legislative
list the 3 branches of Canadian govenrment?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island
list the 4 atlantic provinces
Northwest, Yukon, Nunavut
list the canadian territroeis
Lake Ontario
lowest elevated great lake at 245 feet
separatism
making Quebec an independent country - political term for separating from mainalnd
Inuit
means "the peopel" - indian word
Fantasy Land
oil and petroleum brouyght so much wealth to the pp that an incredibly large mall was built in edmonton. What is the name of that mall?
Quebec City
oldest city in Quebec
Kanata
originally inuit word that Canada evolved from
Rush Bagot Agreement
our border demilitarized in 1852 by this
passport
proof of citizenship - issued from your country of origin
1995
referendum bto separate quebec fails
Bay of Fundy
sports the highest and lowest tides anywhere in the world
Canada
sports the largest undefended border in the world
Fleur-de-lis
symbol of France
True
t/f - Large russian population lives in Prairie Pro
visa
temporary admittance into a country - issued by the country you are visiting
igloos
temporary hunting houses for Inuits
Ontario
the Native American word that means beautiful or shining water
Queen Elizabeth II
the figurehead monarch of England, Canada, and Australia
Europeans
the largest Canda immigrant population
St. Lawrence River
the lifeline of France to the Atlantic Ocean, of Canada to Europe
Canadian National Railway tower
tower that lets you know you are in toronto
Human environment interaction and movement
two geographical traits thatm ostly afect canada
Free Trade Agreement
was signed in 1988. Called for an end to export barriers, including the elimination of all tariffs by the year 1999. Produced mixed reactions.
British Columbia
westernmostp rovince
Seven Years War
what French-Indian war is called in europe
Lachine Rapids
what Montreal is located on. When Cartier got here, these rapids stopped him. Cartier thought that if he could get over them he'd have discovered the northwest passage and wood be in china.
the hosting of Expo 1967
what activity developed Montreal from a provincial city to a dynamic urban center?
Eskimos, First Nation Peoples
what are other names for the first people to live in canada, other than inuit?
lentils, rye, barley
what are three things that the prairie provinces grow a lot of
Canadian maple leaf
what flower is on the flag?
49 degree
what latitude line is our nortyhern bourndary located
Constitution Act of 1867
what set up provinces and territories of Canda?
Acadians
when the Hudson Bay Company was established, these people were thrown out of Nova Scotia. They moved to LA - now called Cajuns.
1999
when was nunavut established
l'ans aux medeaux
where LKeif erikson home is
2nd
where does canada stand in largeness of world countries?
St. John's, Newfoundland
where sun rises first in north america
Plains of Abraham
where the Battle of Quebec was fought in french indian war
1849
year Canada given right to self rule
1867
year Canada is actual country made
1992
year cod fishing was suspended int he GRand banks due to overfishing
Jacques cartier
French 1534 - st. lawrence river discovery
1974
French made official language in Quebec
They were all men.
How come French exploreres married and mixed blood with the Indians?
5
How many percentage does atlantic provinces cover land
60
How many percentages of Canda's pop live in Lake PRovinces?
geography
In its continuing progress, Canada faces challenges as well as opportunities depending on this.
1, 20
Less than _ percent of Canada's population is located in Nunavut, yet it takes up __ percent of its landmass.
nickel, zinc, potash, uranium, sulfur, asbestos, aluminum, copper
List some mineral resources of Canada?
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
List the 3 prairie provinces
BCE
Before the common Era
North American Free Trade Agreement
Canada and the US exteneded the FTA ion 1993 to include Mexico. Designed to establish a freetrade zone across all of north america. Marked a giant step toward create the world's largest trading bloc, with abou 380 million consumers.
Dominion of Canada
Canada remianed under British rule unitl 1867 when British created this act which gave candas it government but foreign poliyc and militarial decisions were still made by british
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada's highway to the sea - connects Great Lakes to the St. Lawrnece - so important because Great Lakes lie at different elevations - you can't get from one to the other - ism ade up of locks and dams
From Sea to Sea
Canada's motto
Lester Pearson
Canada's prime minister from 1963-1968
trade
Canadian is one of our No. 1 _ _ _ _ _ partners.
25, 85
Canda buys nearly __% of all US exports. US buyhs nearly how much percentage of all cna exprots?
vancouver
Canda's major port on the Pacific Ocean
French
Catholic faith people
west coast marine
Climate of BC?
3
Nunavut lies less than _ degrees south of Arctic
Northwest
Nunvavut was carved out of which territory?
RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
True
T/F: Canada is filled with 100s of lakes caused bny depressions created during the last glaciation and deglaciation.
