Canada

What is the climate of the British Columbia?

Marine West Coast Climate

What are the major cities in Canada?

Montreal Ottawa Quebec City Toronto Vancouver

What economic activities take place in the Core region?

Most of Canadas factories are located here Strong farming 1/3 of Canada's farm products are grown here Strong producer of hydro-electric power

What do most Inuits live in today?

houses made from kits. The sections are made in factories and then sent off to be put together.

Where would you store grain near a farm?

silo-Atall

What are igloos made from

snow blocks but also made from sod, stone or wood

What is the economy like in the Northern Region?

some natives still follow the nomadic lifestyle, but they sometimes settle in small villages. few jobs in small villages some from the south go to work in government, church or mining

What do farmers grow?

spring wheat

What is the climate like in the Southern part of the Northern Region?

subarctic

What is the average temperature in Churchill in January

-16 degrees F.

How much of Canada is barren arctic land which is uninhabited

1/3

When did the French hand Canada over to Britain?

1763

Most of the population lives withing how many miles of the US Border

200

How many lighthouses are still in operation in Canada?

275

What is the average temperature in Vancouver in January

37 degrees F.

How many people live in British Columbia?

4 million (mostly from Asia)

What is the average temperature in Whitehorse in July

57 degrees F

What is the average temperature in Toronto in July

65 degrees F

What are the Prarie Provinces?

Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan

Name 3 founding people of Canada

Asia - from across the land bridge French - Founded Quebec in the early 1600's English - settled in the 1800's

Which region was the first to be settled?

Atlantic (has been overfished)

What languages are spoken in the Prarie Provinces?

English is the first language French, German & Ukranian are also spoken

Give the percentages of British, French and other ancestories

British 44% French 25% Other 31%

Name the Pacific Province?

British Columbia

What is the 2nd largest country in the world (territory wise)

Canada

What is the polar bear capital of the world?

Churchill Once a year, over 1000 polar bears move through the region

Which region has the biggest population?

Core

A geographic region that is well suited for permanent settlement by people

Ecumene

What languages are spoken in the Northern Region?

English

Which language is spoken the most in the Atlantic Provinces?

English

What languages are spoken in the Pacific Region?

English French, German, & Ukranian Thai people speak Tagalog Indians speak Punjabi

What are the official languages of Canada?

English & French

What types of structures are found inthe Prarie Region?

Farms in the southern part

What are economic activities take place in the Atlantice Region?

Fishing (In the 1800's the economy was strong because of fishing, but the ocean has been over fished and many people are out of work) Coal Mining Farming (but poor soil limits farming) Forestry is a growing industry, producing lumber and pulp for paper

What are economic activities in the Pacific Region?

Forestry and fishing Mining of metals and coal Shipping industry carrying Canadian products all around the world Hydro-electric power - much of it sold to the US.

What is the official language of the Atlantic Region?

French

What are the official languages of the Core Provinces?

French and English

What types of structures are found in the Core Region?

Gothic Revival Style Large stone buidlings have tall pointed windows and carved ornaments Parliament Buildings Chateau Frontenac

What is the Climate like in the Core Region?

Humid-Continental Climate

What are the climate of the Atlantic Region?

Humid-Continental climate winters are wet

What structures are found in the Northern region?

Inuit live in Igloos

What are the founding people of the Northern Region and what do they speak?

Inuit speak Inkkituit They have kept their culture

What are the Atlantic Provinces?

Labrador/New Foundland Prince Edwards Island New Brunswick Nova Scotia

What types of structures are found in the Atlantic Region?

Lighthouses dot the coast because of the importance of fishing. They help sailors figure out their position on the ocean. They let ships know that land is near and warn of dangerous rocks

What is the largest region?

Northern (expensive to get things)

Where is there oil?

Northern Alberta

Name the territories of the Northern Region

Northwest Nunavet Yukon

What are the 3 Northern Territories of Canada

Northwest Nunavet Yukon

What is the birthplace of hockey

Nova Scotia

What are the Core Provinces?

Ontario Quebec

What are the 10 Provinces of Canada

Pacific 1. British Columbia Prarie 2. Alberta 3. Saskatchewan 4. Manitoba Atlantic 5. Labrador/New Foundland 6. Prince Edward Island 7. Nova Scotia 8. New Brunswick Core 9. Ontario 10. Quebec Northern Northwest Nunavet Yukon

What are the 5 regions of Canada

Pacific Prarie Northern Atlantic Core

A society in which different cultural groups keep their own idetitiy, beliefs & traditions

Plural Society

What economic activities take place in the Prarie Region?

Produces 1/2 of the country's farm products Mining of more than 1/2 of canada's minerals

What languages are spoken in the Core Provinces?

Quebec (French) Ontario (English)

Not close to cities

Rural

What structures are found in the Pacific Region?

Some buildings look like castles.

What is the climate like in the Prarie Provinces?

Southern part is semi-arid and north is subarctic

What do people believe about the northern Region?

That there are still undiscovered valuable resources in this area

Which people would like to secede from the region?

The people in Quebec

What was the first city in British Columbia?

Victoria (this is the most British of the Canadian cities)

When did French settlers arrive in Canada?

in the late 1600's

What about temperature when you go further inland in the Pacific Region

long cold winters because of high altitudes in the coastal mountains and the Rockies

Why did people come from Britain to the Atlantic Region?

to farm or fish

What is the climate like in the northern part of the Northern Region?

treeless tundra climate