Cultural geography chapter 6 test
Nunavut is a territory set aside for
Inuit
What enabled large ships to travel the St. Lawrence seawater to the Great Lakes?
Locks
Capital is Winnipeg
Manitoba
Means "bordering the sea"
Maritime
What is an important industry in the Canadian shield?
Mining
The largest city in Quebec
Montreal
This island is the largest island in the Canadian archipelago and the fifth - largest island in the world.
Baffin island
Also known as "shining waters"
Ontario
Canada's capital, is not in the Great Lakes Plain.
Ottawa
Nicknamed "spud island"
Prince Edward Island
Canada's largest province
Quebec
Known for its wilderness and uranium
Saskatchewan
Site of diamond rush
Saskatchewan
A high-low it de evergreen forest is a(n)
Taiga
The area of hard rock and poor soil that surrounds the Hudson bay is
The Canadian shield
Where are the world-famous fishing grounds where the cod fishing industry reigned for almost five hundred years?
The Grand banks
Has the highest tides in the world.
The bay of fundy
The capital of Ontario
Toronto
The biggest industry of North Carolina is
Tourism
This road, links the east and west portions of Canada.
Trans-Canada highway
Canada retains the British monarch as head of state.
True
Most Canadians live within a hundred miles of the U.S.-Canadian border.
True
Oil reserves in Alberta may exceed those of Saudi Arabia.
True
Prince Edward Island has the highest population density of any Canadian province.
True
Which country won the seven years war?
Britain
Only province on the Pacific ocean
British Columbia
The capital of Alberta
Edmonton
Europeans built their first New World settlement in Nova Scotia
False
Most Nova Scotians have a Scottish heritage
False
The central provinces have become the breadbasket of canada.
False
Vancouver is the capital of British Columbia.
False
The British north America act
Founded a Canadian confederation
An archipelago is a
Group of islands
Location of calgary, which is the gateway to the Canadian rockies
Alberta
Home to citizens of loyalist ancestry
New Brunswick
Location of the Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Capital is Halifax
Nova Scotia
Inuit for "our land"
Nunavut