Cultural geography: Canada chapter 8
What is largest island in the Canadian archipelago and the 5th largest island in the world
Baffin
Where did Canada's earliest European explorers come from?
France
What is the sole official language of Quebec
French
What is the deepest lake in North America
Great slave lake
What is the capital of Ontario?
Toranto
Canada is the worlds leading producer of what?
Uranium which some from Manitoba
What is the capital of British columbia?
Victoria- has carefully maintained british traditions
What is the biggest industry in British Columbia
tourism
Where do many decedents of British Loyalist live?
New Brunswick
What are the four smallest provinces located in the eastern corner along the Atlantic coast called?
The Maritime Provinces
What does Maritime mean?
"Bordering the sea"
What is the Capital of Alberta?
Edmonton
What is the largest port, city, and industrial are in the Maritime provinces called?
Halifax
What is similar to the American region of New England
Maritime provinces
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
Who has the highest population density of the provinces? and how many?
Prince Edward Island 62 per square mile
Oil reserves in Alberta may exceed those of....
Saudi Arabia
What is the capital of Manitoba?
Winnipeg
Where do most Canadians live?
With 100 miles of the US border- the southern strip of the nation.
what is a important industry on the Canadian Shield?
mining
List 10 Similarities between Canada and the United states.
1) Canada and the Us share several geographic features-- the Rockies, the Great Plains, the Appalachian moutains and the Great lakes. 2) The Maritime Provinces in Canada are similar the the New England states 3) The products of Canada are similar to those of the US. Traveling from east to west, the Maritime Provinces have important mining, lumber, and fishing industries as in New England; the Central Provinces produce dairy products and automobiles as in the Great Lakes states; and the Prairie(Western) Provinces produce wheat as in the Midwest. 4) Both Canada and the US have strong british heritage, and English is the most common language between both countries 5) The two nations both have a representative form of government, with a leader in charge of the executive branch. 6) Both Canada and the US have large indian minorities 7) Both have large groups of Catholics and Protestants 8) Both have french roots 9) Both cleared settlements in the wild frontier 10)Canada and the US and the richest most industrialized nations in the Western hemisphere
What are the two main religions in Canada?
43% Roman Catholic and 23% Protestant
What is the Canadian shield?
A solid mass of hard rock, which covers most of Canada. Few people live in this harsh "Northland"
What did the french name the three Maritime Provinces?
Acada
What strong heritage do the people of Ontario have?
British
What is the only province on the Pacific ocean
British Columbia
What is the gateway to the Canadian Rockies and is famous for its rodeo.
Calgary
What happened in 1988
Calgary host the winter olympics
Where did the Europeans build their first New world settle meant and when?
In Newfoundland- a viking outpost in 1000AD
What is British Columbia famous for?
Its mountains beauty and national parks
What is the largest city in Quebec? and the 2nd largest French-speaking city?
Montreal(bilingual)
"Nova Scotia" is french for what?
New Scotland
What is the Northern Hemisphere's leading producer of wheat and place that is also known for it's Uraniam?
Saskatchewan
"Ontario" is an Iroquois word for...
Shinning words
What has the highest tides in the world- rising and falling as much as 44ft, every 24 hours
The Bay of Fundy
Canada remains who as the head of state
The British Monarch
What established the Canadian confederation
The British North American act?
What surrounds the Hudson Bay like a horseshoe
The Canadian shield
What is the world famous fishing grounds where the cod-fishing industry reigned called? and have long did it reign?
The Grand Banks 500 years
What is one of the longest river systems in North America?
The Mackenzie River
What is the largest river in Canada?
The St. Lawrence river
What happened in 1991 in the Northwest territories?
The discovery of diamonds. This led to the biggest mineral rush in Canada's.
What has become a breadbasket for Canada?
The western Province
What does Canada like about its country
Their cultural diversity
Each Canadian Province has a governor called what?
a premier
Where is Ottawa located?
on the St. Lawrence River valley
What do the Eskimos call themselves?
real men
