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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