Canada Review
As of 2011, only 10% of Canada's ____ was federally protected.
Boreal forest
A law to support renewable energy and promote conservation with Ontario.
Great energy and green economy act
An area like Canada's boreal region that has developed over a long period of time and it relatively untouched by human activity.
Old-growth forest
Protection of ____ is an extols of how Canada is taking steps to protect its renewable resources.
Pacific Salmon
Many French-speaking Canadians who seek greater protection for their language and culture support separatism.
True
In order for land to be used for industrial, commercial, and agriculture purposes, many of Canada's ____ have been drained.
Wetlands
The continued extraction of natural resources, feeds a growing concern with people about?
Wetlands
The ____, the indigenous people of the Canadian Arctic were once known as eskimos.
Inuit
Many ____ fled to Canada after the American Revolution.
Loyalists
The body of water that flows from the Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean, draining much of Canada's northern interior, is called the ____.
Mackenzie River
The costal Atlantic and Pacific waters have long been important ____, or places for catching fish and other sea animals.
Fisheries
Canada's Athabasca ____ contain large deposits of heavy crude oil.
Tar sands
In recent years, ____ in Canada has caused fish stocks to drop dangerously.
Acid rain
What is North America's oldest mountain range?
Appalachian Mountains
A growing economic activity in Canada is ____, which has caused controversy in the fishing industry because of potential risks to consumers.
Aquaculture
A serious threat caused by natural and human activity that can contaminate lakes, streaks, and rivers far from the source of the pollution.
Acid rain
____ is believed to contribute directly to climate change and the rising of Earths temperatures.
Carbon dioxide
Some of Canada's leading exports include automobiles, auto parts, crude petroleum, natural gas, and ____.
Chemical products
In spring, a warm, dry wind called the ____ blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and melts the snow.
Chinook
A partially self governing country with close ties to another country is called a _____.
Dominion
What describe's the spoken languages in Canada?
English and French are the two official languages.
Removing by mining or drilling or other means.
Extracting
Canada is considered a postindustrial society largely due to its significant finishing industry.
False
Quebec's French-speaking inhabitants are known as Métis.
False
The ____ is the elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow.
Timber line
Canada's high standard of living and government policies protecting multiculturalism are reasons why many people immigrate.
True
First Nations is a term that refers to indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis.
True
