CHAPTER 8 Canada

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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.


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