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