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Distinguish the two native peoples of Canada.

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How did the builders of the Al-Can Highway manage to prove their critics wrong?

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What industry mutually benefited the Europeans and the native people?

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Where are most settlements in the Northwest Territory?

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Where is Canada's highest mountain?

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Where are the highest tides in Canada?

Bay of Fundy

Define cordillera. Which two provinces contain part of the Western Cordillera?

"A chain of mountains"; British Colombia and Yukon Territory

Who chooses the prime minister of Canada?

Legislature

Name the Prairie Provinces.

Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta

Which province has the largest French-speaking population?

Quebec

What are Canada's Coastal Mountains called after they enter the US? Why does the name change?

Sierra Nevada and Cascades; a different government named them

What is the only province on the Pacific?

British Colombia

Who is the head of state in Canada?

British monarch

What two conditions keep temperatures cool throughout most of Canada?

Distance from equator; inland areas lack moderating effect of the ocean

What two European countries competed for control of Canada?

Great Britain and France

List all the similarities you can find between Maine and the Maritime Provinces.

Grow potatoes; uplands; depend on sea for livelihood; border water; cool climate; mountains and mining; fishing

Name a product of and a national park in each Western Province.

Manitoba: flax, buckwheat, sunflowers, peas; Riding Mountain National Park; Saskatchewan: wheat,uranium; Prince Albert National Park; Alberta: barley, beef, oil; Wood Buffalo National Park; British Colombia: copper, lumber, lead; Yoho, Kootenay, Glacier, and Mount Revelstoke National Parks

Why are the Central Provinces more populous than the Maritime Provinces?

More moderate climate and better soil than other areas

Name a major product of each Maritime Province.

Newfoundland: cod and iron; Nova Scotia: lobster and scallops; New Brunswick: lumber and potatoes; Prince Edward Island: potatoes

Contrast Newfoundland with the provinces of Acadia.

Newfoundland: originally settled by the British; produces cod; cold climate; major fishing industry; to cold to farm; Acadia: settled by French; produces lobster; climate allows farming

Which province has the largest population?

Ontario

Where is Canada's mildest climate? Why is it so mild?

Pacific Coast of British Colombia; warm Japan Current

Compare and contrast Quebec's regionalism with that of the American South.

Quebec wants the power to veto any law that will threaten their French heritage; the American South was the cause of the Civil War, when they wanted to keep the way of life they had lived since the founding of our country

To what church do most Canadians belong?

Roman Catholic

What important water routes serve the two provinces of central Canada?

St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes

What is the Canadian Shield?

Surrounds Hudson Bay; covered by a thin layer of poor soil; solid mass of hard rock covering most of eastern Canada

How many provinces are in Canada's confederation?

Ten

Who is Canada's major trading partner?

United States


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