Test 2a

Question 1

This is a nonexistent water route that supposedly flowed through North America to Asia

Answer 1

Northwest Passage

Question 2

This is the oldest business in Canada

Answer 2

Hudson’s Bay Company

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Dempster Highway

Question 4

This is the gold rush of 1897

Answer 4

Klondike Gold Rush

Question 5

This is the war between the English and French over North American boundaries

Answer 5

The Seven Years War

Question 6

The land claimed by France in the New World (including Canada)

Answer 6

New France

Question 7

This city is known as the “Gateway to the West”

Answer 7

Winnipeg

Question 8

This city is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”

Answer 8

Churchill

Question 9

This city is known as one of the world’s largest inland ports

Answer 9

Montreal

Question 10

This city is “Canada’s Gateway to the Pacific”

Answer 10

Vancouver

Question 11

The capital of Canada

Answer 11

Ottawa

Question 12

This city is the largest city in Canada

Answer 12

Toronto

Question 13

This is the only walled city north of Mexico

Answer 13

Quebec City

Question 14

This body of water has some of the world’s highest tides

Answer 14

Bay of Fundy

Question 15

This is Canada’s longest river

Answer 15

Mackenzie River

Question 16

This is the largest freshwater lake in the world

Answer 16

Lake Superior

Question 17

This is Canada’s highest peak

Answer 17

Mt. Logan

Question 18

This is one of the world’s most beautiful waterfalls found in both Canada and the United States.

Answer 18

Niagara Falls

Question 19

The world’s largest bay

Answer 19

Hudson Bay

Question 20

The world’s largest inland seaway

Answer 20

St. Lawrence Seaway

Question 21

The first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland

Answer 21

John Cabot

Question 22

This explorer opened the way for trade between the French and Native Americans

Answer 22

Jacques Cartier

Question 23

This explorer helped establish the first important French settlement,Quebec

Answer 23

Samuel de Champlain

Question 24

This explorer discovered the world’s largest bay

Answer 24

Henry Hudson

Question 25

This Canadian missionary to China later wrote books telling of the missionary work

Answer 25

Isobel Kuhn

Question 26

These British explorers mapped Canada’s Pacific coast

Answer 26

Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver

Question 27

This man is called the “Apostle of Nova Scotia”

Answer 27

Henry Aline

Question 28

This man was one of the first pioneer missionaries to Manitoba, Canada

Answer 28

James Evans

Question 29

These two Canadian researchers helped discover a treatment for diabetes.

Answer 29

Frederick Banting and Charles Best

Question 30

This is the name for the French settlers who refused to pledge their loyalty to the British crown

Answer 30

The Acadians

Question 31

This is the name for the American colonists who moved to Canada rathe than fight against their king in the War for Independence

Answer 31

The Loyalists

Question 32

This is one of Canada’s most important natural resources

Answer 32

Fish

Question 33

Canada is the largest world producer of __________ and __________

Answer 33

Zinc and nickel

Question 34

Canada leaders the world in the production of this product

Answer 34

Newsprint

Question 35

Canada is one of the world’s leading exporters of this product

Answer 35

Wheat

Question 36

Canada’s government is a

Answer 36

Constitutional monarchy

Question 37

This is the name for Canada’s world famous police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Answer 37

The Mounties

Question 38

Canada’s two official languages are:

Answer 38

English and French

Question 39

One important fact about the Great Lakes is

Answer 39

That they are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world.

Question 40

The Great Lakes contain approximately_____ of the world’s fresh water

Answer 40

One fifth

Question 41

A second fact about the Great Lakes is that Lake Superior is

Answer 41

The largest freshwater lake in the world.

Question 42

Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake

Answer 42

That does not touch Canada

Question 43

Niagara Falls is located between these two Great Lakes

Answer 43

Lake Erie & Lake Ontario

Question 44

The St. Lawrence Seaway is a waterway between the

Answer 44

Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes

Question 45

Canada recognizes the British monarch as

Answer 45

The head of state even though it is an independent country

Question 46

The leader of the nation of Canada is called

Answer 46

The Prime Minister

Question 47

Canada has a parliament that is similar to the United States

Answer 47

Congress

Question 48

This Canadian government official represents the British monarch

Answer 48

The Governor General