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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

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Isobel Kuhn

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British explorers who mapped Canada’s Pacific coast

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Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver

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The “Apostle of Nova Scotia”

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Henry Alline

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One of the first pioneer missionaries to Manitoba, Canada

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James Evans

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28
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The two Canadian researchers who discovered a treatment for diabetes

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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?

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Canada is the world’s largest producer of these two metals

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zinc & nickel

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Who were the French settlers who refused to pledge their loyalty to the British crown?

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

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Canada’s type of government

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Constitutional Monarchy

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What is the nickname of Canada’s world-famous police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?

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the Mounties

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What are Canada’s two official languages?

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French & English

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What is the capital of Alberta?

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What is the capital of British Columbia?

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What is the capital of Manitoba?

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What is the capital of Ontario?

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What is the capital of New Brunswick?

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Fredericton

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What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?

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St. John’s

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What is the capital of Nova Scotia?

43
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What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?

A

Yellowknife

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What is the capital of Nunavut?

45
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What is the capital of Prince Edward Island?

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Charlottetown

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What is the capital of Quebec?

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Quebec City

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What is the capital of Saskatchewan?

48
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What is the capital of the Yukon Territory?

A

Whitehorse

49
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Define Canada’s system of government

A

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?

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Leif Ericson

51
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What is the second largest country in the world?

52
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What three oceans border Canada?

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Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific

53
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Baffin, Victoria and Ellesmere Islands are part of what island group?

A

Arctic islands

54
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Name all five of the Great Lakes.

A

Erie, Michigan, Huron, Superior, Ontario

55
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Which two languages are officially used in New Bruswick?

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English & French

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What Canadian body of water is known for having some of the highest tides in the world?

A

Bay of Fundy

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What is Canada’s largest province?

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What is Canada’s most populous province?

59
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What city is the oldest in Canada?

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Quebec City

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What city is the capital of Canada?

61
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Who chose Ottawa to be the Canadian capital?

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Queen Victoria

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What festival demonstrates the friendship between Canada and the Netherlands?

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Canadian Tulip Festival

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What are the Prairie Provinces?

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Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta

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Name two missionaries who served in Manitoba.

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James Robertson, James Evans

65
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What is Saskatchewan’ nickname and why?

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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?

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British Columbia

67
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What is the capital of British Columbia and where is it located?

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Victoria. It is located on Vancouver Island.

68
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What two large lakes are found in the Northwest Territories?

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Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake

69
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For what is the Mackenzie River known?

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Longest river in Canada

70
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What area off of Newfoundland has been one of the most heavily fished areas in the world?

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The Great Banks

71
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Who is Canada’s chief trading partner?

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United States

72
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The House of Commons and the Senate are the two houses of ____?

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Parliament

73
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Which two countries share the world’s longest undefended border?

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Canada and the United States

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