Canada- Chapter 6 Section 1

More than _____ of Canada's largest companies have offices in Toronto

1/3

How many provinces does Canada have?

10

How many territories does Canada have?

3

How many regions is Canada divided into?

5

What provinces make up the Prairie Provinces?

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

The land in the Atlantic Provinces forms the northern point of the ______ mountains

Appalachian

Immigrants from _____ have settled her as well

Asia

All four provinces of the Atlantic Provinces border the ______

Atlantic Ocean

What region of Canada is the smallest? (5% of land, 8% of people)

Atlantic Provinces

What are the 5 regions of Canada?

Atlantic Provinces, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Provinces, Prairie Provinces, British Columbia, and The Northern Territories

Toronto is Canada's _____ and _____ center (like our NYC)

Banking and Financial

What province makes up its own region?

British Columbia

Hudson Bay lowlands are flat, sparsely populated, swampy region between the ____ _____ and the _____ _____

Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay

Quebec and Ontario and distinguished by three distinct landscapes: _____ _____, _____ _____ ______, and _____ _____ ________

Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay Lowlands, St. Lawrence Lowlands

People prefer Inuit, not ____

Eskimo

______ ______ changed Inuits lived. They now use ____ instead of dog sleds. Children take classes by satellite to radios/tv, teachers can be thousands of miles of away

European Settlement, snowmobiles

Development of Montreal began when the city hosted ______

Expo '67 (like a fair)

What is the nickname for the Prairie Provinces?

Grains and Trains

What is one of the richest fishing areas in the world located in the Atlantic provinces?

Grand banks

60% of Canada's population lives in what region?

Great Lakes and St Lawrence Provinces

What region is the core of Canada's population?

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Provinces

What region is the core of Canadian Economic Activity?

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Provinces

What is the largest city in Quebec?

Montreal

The landscape of the Atlantic Provinces is similar to...

New England

What provinces are a part of the Atlantic Provinces?

Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick

Canada covers most of the northern half of which continent?

North America

The _____ makes up the Northern 40% of Canada

Northern Territories

Less than 1% of population lives in which province?

Nunavut

______ was established in 1999 when it was carved from the Northwest Territory to settle a land dispute with native peoples

Nunavut

The Great Lakes form the southern border of which province?

Ontario

What is Canada's capital?

Ottawa

Ottawa is located along the Ottawa River in Southeastern Ontario. ________, Ontario and Hull, _____ make up Canada's fourth largest metropolitan area.

Ottawa, Quebec

What is the center of Canada's French-Canadian population?

Quebec

What is the largest province in Canada?

Quebec

What is the oldest city in Canada?

Quebec

The Great Lakes and St Lawrence provinces consists of what provinces?

Quebec and Ontario

The Prairie Provinces are located between the _____ Mountains and the _____ ______.

Rocky, Canadian Shiled

What are the Prairie Provinces known for?

Rolling fields of wheat

Who founded Quebec in 1608?

Samuel Champlain

The _______ Provinces are located in the ________ corner of Canada

Southeast

Metropolis in Quebec located along the ___ ________ ______

St. Lawrence River

What is Ontario's capital city?

Toronto

What three things are big in the Prairie Provinces?

Tourism, oil, and natural gas

What is BC largest city and excellent harbor

Vancouver

Prairie Provinces: _____ established at an important river crossing for railroad

Winnipeg

What provinces make up the northern territories?

Yukon Territory, Northwest Territory, and Nunavut

The _______ are filled with strange, eroded sand and rock formations.

badlands

Atlantic Provinces Region is dotted with _____ and ______ acting as harbors for the fishing fleet.

bays, inlets

BC contains _____ ______ that _____ year round

beautiful gardens, bloom

Term: solid rock covered by soil, gravel, and sand

bedrock

Ontario has a ____ location and excellent _______

central, waterways

A network of ______ and _____ developed in Ontario. (Produce cars, foods, clothing, building materials to consume and ship elsewhere, process minerals, use central location and waterways to ship)

cities, industry

Majority of people in the Prairie Provinces live in _____. Largest cities located along the ______

cities, railroad

Most people in the Atlantic Provinces live along the _____

coast

Overfishing depleted the Grand Banks and Canada suspended ____ fishing. Many people lost their jobs, but switched to _____ and ____ fishing

cod, shrimp, crab

Parts of Canada are physically similar to the US, but the ________, opportunities, and challenges.

culture

Atlantic Provinces possess hills covered with ______ forests and rugged mountaintops cover the region. Thousands of _____ and small ____. ______ once covered the area and left behind thin, rocky soil.

deciduous, lakes, ponds, glaciers

Prairie Provinces: Prairies are more than crop covered flat lands. They offer many attractions to travelers. They have clear cool lakes, lazy rivers, huge tracts of sand _____, the mysterious _____

dunes, badlands

The Southeastern land of Ontario is used for ______. (Where most Ontarians live)

farming

The Prairie Provinces provide more of Canada's ______ and _____

grain, cattle

Ontario possesses the St. Lawrence Seaway is the Canadian ____ to the ____ (Route for goods of Canada)

highway, sea

Inuit believe that ____ is their life, and have a significant relationship with it

land

Term: enclosed area on a canal that raises and lowers ships from one water level to another

lock

Not all lakes are at the same level... so they use _____

locks

Atlantic Provinces called the ______. Named for link to seas

maritime

Term: bordering on or related to the sea

maritime

The Canadian Shield has poor soil and colt climate, but it has rich _____ ______

mineral deposits

Canada contains rich deposits of ______. As well as ____ and _____

minerals, oil, natural gas

What covers almost all of BC?

mountains

BC has plentiful _____ resources (salmon, forests, minerals) (one of wealthiest areas)

natural

Term: a political division

province

The St Lawrence Lowlands possess ______ soil and _____ climate

rich, mild

Ontario has ____ soil and abundant _____ resources

rich, mineral

Inuit means...

the people

New Industries employ maritime residents: _______ (vacation spot) and offshore _____ discovery in the Atlantic Provinces

tourism, oil

Much of Canada's wealth remains ______.

underground

Population in Quebec is _____ distributed. Most live in Cities are _____ _____ _____ ______. FEW people live on the _____ _____ (Covers 4/5 of Quebec) (Bedrock covers this area)

unevenly, St Lawrence River Valley, Canadian Shield

What is the major crop in the Prairie Provinces?

wheat