Canada Vocabulary

Question 1

sand or sandstone naturally impregnated with petroleum

Answer 1

tar sands

Question 2

elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow

Answer 2

timberline

Question 3

a seasonal warm wind that blows down the Rockies in late winter and early spring

Answer 3

chinook

Question 4

one of the indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis

Answer 4

First Nation

Question 5

an area in which fish or sea animals are caught; a place for catching fish, the fishing industry

Answer 5

fishery

Question 6

harvesting fish to the point that species are depleted and the value of the fishery reduced

Answer 6

overfishing

Question 7

the cultivation of seafood

Answer 7

aquaculture

Question 8

a member of the Arctic native peoples of North America; once known as Eskimo

Answer 8

Inuit

Question 9

a partially self-governing country with close ties to another country; a largely self-governing country within the British Empire

Answer 9

dominion

Question 10

Quebec’s French-speaking inhabitants

Answer 10

Quebecois

Question 11

the breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country

Answer 11

separatism

Question 12

an American colonist who remained loyal to the British government

Answer 12

Loyalist