Cultural geography: Canada chapter 8

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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


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