22-23 CLC HS: Geography [M] / 7:Canada Flashcards
Concerns about overfishing have led to _____.
fishing in the waters of other countries
The majority of immigrants from Asia have settled _____.
in British Columbia
About 40 percent of all Canadians have _____.
Inuit ancestors
Contact with people of European descent has changed the _____ of the Inuit.
way of life
The northern 40 percent of Canada consists of _____.
craggy coastline
In 1998, Canada’s highest court declared that _____.
Quebec could not legally secede
One reason that Canada is well-suited to working with other nations is because of its _____.
multicultural population
When Canada became an independent country, it was free for the first time to _____.
make its own military decisions
Canada must balance the economic opportunities offered by its natural resources with the need to _____.
preserve the environment
Warfare between the French and English, between 1689 and 1763, ended with _____.
France surrendering all of its empire in Canada
The United States _____ Canada’s exports.
imposes high tariffs on
In 1998, Canada and the United States extended the FTA to form NAFTA, which _____.
blocked Mexico from joining a free-trade zone
Compared with people in the Prairie Provinces, the residents of British Columbia are _____.
more likely to live in cities
Which terms do not describe the landscape of the Atlantic Provinces?
broad, semiarid plains
The St. Lawrence Seaway has been called Canada’s highway to the sea because _____.
it connects Ontario with Quebec
