History 3 Part 3

The British Parliament creates the Province of Canada, granting the new province more self-government. The capital moves to Ottawa. The British divide Canada into Upper (British) Canada and Lower (French) Canada. The Statute of Westminster recognizes Canada as an independent nation. Queen Elizabeth II signs the Proclamation of the Constitution. The signing cuts the final cord of the United Kingdom's control over Canada. The British North America Act forms the Dominion of Canada on what Canadians consider the nation's birthday. The act unites the British North America provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

2,1,4,5,3

____ by Lucy Maude Montgomery remains popular today. It is the story of an orphan girl growing up on _____.

Anne of Green Gables Prince Edward Island

The ____ Archipelago stretches from mainland Canada to near the North Pole. The archipelago includes ____ major islands and over 36,000 minor islands.

Arctic, 94

Today most of Canada's new immigrants arrive from _____________.

Asia

The Appalachian Mountains extend up from America into the region. Giant glaciers covering this region scraped most of the soil off during the Ice Age. This region is home to Canada's largest cities—Toronto and Montreal. Located on the Great Plains, this region raises most of Canada's wheat. This region includes the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the Coast Mountains. Taiga covers the southern portions of this region while tundra covers the northern areas.

Atlantic Region Canadian Shield St. Lawrence Lowlands Prairie Provinces Canadian Cordillera Arctic Territories

___________ is Canada's largest island and the fifth-largest island in the world.

Baffin Island

Which animal is Canada's national emblem?

Beaver

_____________ Canadians have always kept close ties with the United Kingdom.

English

Pre-European Canadians are called the __________ people.

First Nations

Both __________ and __________ were interested in Canada.

France, England

_____________ Canadians have maintained their identity for over 300 years.

French

Which statement is NOT true about French Canadian culture? French Canadians keep the Roman Catholic religion of their French ancestors. The majority of French Canadians live in Quebec. French Canadians love plays, poetry readings, and musical performances that reinforce the French language. French Canadians readily assimilate into Canada's culture.

French Canadians readily assimilate into Canada's culture.

Newfoundland's _______________ are one of the richest fishing grounds in the world.

Grand Banks

The _____ was a school of landscape painters. The artists used bold brush strokes and colors to describe the beauty of _____.

Group of Seven

What are the two houses of the Canadian Parliament?

House of Commons, Senate

Technically part of the Atlantic Ocean, ______________ is the world's second-largest bay.

Hudson Bay

The _____________ are the most numerous of the First Nations people.

Inuit

The culture ____ developed out of the ____ culture during the 1600s.

Inuit, Thule

Once forbidden from doing so, students learn the _____________ language in Inuit schools.

Inuktitut

discovered the St. Lawrence River visited Canada 500 years before other European explorers discovered Canada's largest bay; abandoned in the bay by his mutinous crew claimed Newfoundland for England

Jacques Cartier Leif Ericson Henry Hudson John Cabot

Mount ________________________, near the Alaskan border, is the highest point in Canada.

Logan

The ____ River watershed covers 700,000 square miles. The river and its tributaries flow more than ____ miles before emptying into the ____ Ocean.

Mackenzie, 2,600, Arctic

largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris, France holds annual Stampede celebrating Canada's "wild west" days Canada's largest port on the Pacific Ocean Canada's capital Canada's most populous city and home to the CN tower

Montreal Calgary Vancouver Ottawa Toronto

_____________—whale skin and blubber—is an Inuit delicacy.

Muktuk

In 1999, the territory of __________ was created, granting the Inuit self-government.

Nunavut

author of Les Anciens Canadiens invented the snowmobile singer who has recorded songs in both English and French actor in popular American movies wrote the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague hockey player known as "The Great One"

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé Joseph-Armand B. Celine Dion Jim Carrey Francis Brooke Wayne Gretzky

A movement among French Canadians has sought independence for __________.

Quebec

Mounties still serve today as part of the ___________.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The ________________ River connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.

St. Lawrence

What is the importance of the 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

The Charter serves much the same function as America's Bill of Rights. It protects basic rights including voting, a fair court system, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and right to assemble. The charter also protects the rights of First Nations people.

Which statement does NOT describe a Canadian war contribution? Canadian ships protected convoys from German U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. The Royal Canadian Air Force led bombing attacks on Japan. The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division successfully captured Juno Beach on D-Day during World War II. Canada sent 600,000 men to fight alongside the British in World War I.

The Royal Canadian Air Force led bombing attacks on Japan.

What is the only country with which Canada shares a border?

United States of America

The __________ were Canada's first European visitors.

Vikings

The discovery of gold in the ____ Territory led to the 1896 ______ gold rush.

Yukon, Klondike

The British monarch is Canada's _____ though only symbolically. The monarch appoints a ____ to oversee the government.

head of state, governor general

Ice _____________ is Canada's national sport.

hockey

Quebecers enjoy _____________—french fries covered with a gravy sauce and cheese curds.

poutine

The __________ heads Canada's executive branch.

prime minister

What is the nickname for Canada's dollar?

the Loonie

Early European explorers came to Canada seeking __________.

the Northwest Passage

Canada has the world's ____-largest oil reserves after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The reserves include the 21,000 square miles of the ____ oil sands.

third, Athabasca

Canada completed a(n) __________ spanning the continent in 1885.

transcontinental railroad