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Ch 3: Canada Flashcards

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What is the only public highway open year-round north of the Arctic Circle?

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Dempster Highway

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What is the oldest business in Canada?

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Hudson’s Bay Company

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What is the water route that supposedly flowed through North America to Asia?

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Northwest Passage

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What was the name of the gold rush of 1897?

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Klondike Gold Rush

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What was the war between the English and French over North American boundaries?

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French and Indian War

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What was the land claimed by France in the New World, including Canada?

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New France

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What city is known as the “Gateway to the West?”

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Winnipeg

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“Polar Bear Capital of the World”

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Churchill

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One of the world’s great inland ports

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Montreal

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“Canada’s Gateway to the Pacific”

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Vancouver

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The capital of Canada

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Ottawa

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The largest city in Canada

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Toronto

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The only walled city north of Mexico

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Quebec City

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The body of water that has some of the world’s highest tides

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Bay of Fundy

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Canada’s longest river

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Mackenzie River

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The largest freshwater lake in the world

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Lake Superior

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Canada’s highest peak

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Mt. Logan

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One of the world’s most beautiful waterfalls found in the US and Canada

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Niagara Falls

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The world’s largest bay

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Hudson Bay

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The world’s largest inland seaway

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St. Lawrence Seaway

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First modern explorer to reach the North American mainland

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John Cabot

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The explorer who opened the way for trade between the French and the Indians

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Jacques Cartier

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Explorer who helped establish the first important French settlement, Quebec

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Samuel de Champlain

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Explorer who discovered the world’s largest bay

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Henry Hudson

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Canadian missionary to China who later wrote books telling of the missionary work
Isobel Kuhn
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British explorers who mapped Canada's Pacific coast
Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver
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The "Apostle of Nova Scotia"
Henry Alline
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One of the first pioneer missionaries to Manitoba, Canada
James Evans
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The two Canadian researchers who discovered a treatment for diabetes
Frederick Banting and Charles Best
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Who were the American colonists who moved to Canada rather than fight against their king during the American War for Independence?
Loyalists
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Canada is the world's largest producer of these two metals
zinc & nickel
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Who were the French settlers who refused to pledge their loyalty to the British crown?
Acadians
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Canada is one of the world's leading exporters of this grain
Wheat
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Canada's type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
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What is the nickname of Canada's world-famous police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?
the Mounties
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What are Canada's two official languages?
French & English
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What is the capital of Alberta?
Edmonton
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What is the capital of British Columbia?
Victoria
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What is the capital of Manitoba?
Winnipeg
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What is the capital of Ontario?
Toronto
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What is the capital of New Brunswick?
Fredericton
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What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?
St. John's
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What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
Halifax
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What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?
Yellowknife
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What is the capital of Nunavut?
Iqaluit
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What is the capital of Prince Edward Island?
Charlottetown
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What is the capital of Quebec?
Quebec City
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What is the capital of Saskatchewan?
Regina
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What is the capital of the Yukon Territory?
Whitehorse
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Define Canada's system of government
It is a constitutional monarch. Canada recognizes the British monarch as the head of state, although Canada is an independent country. The leader of the nation is the prime minister, and Canada has a Parliament similar to the US Congress. The Governor General is the personal representative of the British monarch, and is another leader in Canada's government.
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Which Viking became one of the first Europeans to discover North America?
Leif Ericson
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What is the second largest country in the world?
Canada
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What three oceans border Canada?
Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific
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Baffin, Victoria and Ellesmere Islands are part of what island group?
Arctic islands
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Name all five of the Great Lakes.
Erie, Michigan, Huron, Superior, Ontario
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Which two languages are officially used in New Bruswick?
English & French
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What Canadian body of water is known for having some of the highest tides in the world?
Bay of Fundy
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What is Canada's largest province?
Quebec
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What is Canada's most populous province?
Ontario
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What city is the oldest in Canada?
Quebec City
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What city is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
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Who chose Ottawa to be the Canadian capital?
Queen Victoria
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What festival demonstrates the friendship between Canada and the Netherlands?
Canadian Tulip Festival
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What are the Prairie Provinces?
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
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Name two missionaries who served in Manitoba.
James Robertson, James Evans
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What is Saskatchewan' nickname and why?
Canada's Breadbasket More than half of the wheat grown in Canada comes from Saskatchewan.
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What province borders the Pacific Ocean?
British Columbia
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What is the capital of British Columbia and where is it located?
Victoria. It is located on Vancouver Island.
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What two large lakes are found in the Northwest Territories?
Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake
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For what is the Mackenzie River known?
Longest river in Canada
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What area off of Newfoundland has been one of the most heavily fished areas in the world?
The Great Banks
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Who is Canada's chief trading partner?
United States
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The House of Commons and the Senate are the two houses of ____?
Parliament
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Which two countries share the world's longest undefended border?
Canada and the United States

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