Grade 4 Canada Test Flashcards
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What is the capital of British Columbia?
Victoria
What is the capital of Alberta?
Edmonton
What is the capital of Saskatchewan?
Regina
What is the capital of Manitoba?
Winnepeg
What is the capital of Ontario?
Toronto
What is the capital of Quebec?
Quebec City
What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?
St. John’s
What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
Halifax
What is the capital of New Brunswick?
Fredrictron
What is the capital of Prince Edward Island?
Charlottetown
What is the capital of the Yukon Territory?
Whitehorse
What is the capital of Northwest Territories?
Yellowknife
What is the capital of Nunavut?
Iqualit
How many provinces are there?
10
How many territories are there?
3
What is the equator?
The equator is the imaginary line that runs around the middle of the earth and divides it exactly in half.
Everything above the equator is said to be in what hemisphere?
The Northern Hemisphere.
Everything below the equator is said to be in what hemisphere?
The Southern Hemisphere.
What continent is Canada part of?
North America
What river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
The St. Lawrence River.
Name some of Canada’s symbols.
beaver, maple leaf, polar bear, hockey
What ocean borders Canada on the WEST coast?
Pacific Ocean
What ocean borders Canada on the East coast?
Atlantic Ocean
What ocean borders Canada in the North?
Arctic Ocean
What is the Prime Meridian?
The imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and divides the earth into the Western and Eastern hemispheres.
What 2 hemispheres is Canada in?
Eastern hemisphere and Northern hemisphere.
What direction is at the top of a compass?
North
What direction is at the bottom of a compass?
South
What direction is on the left of a compass?
West
What direction is on the right of a compass?
East
Name the Great Lakes.
Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan
What is a Cartographer?
Someone who makes maps.
Where do you find the symbols and their meanings on a map?
in the key or legend.
What kind of map is one where boundary lines and borderlines are shown.
a Political Map.
In which physical region is Essex County located?
Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Lowlands
Which of the Great Lakes is the smallest?
Lake Ontario
Which of the Great Lakes is the largest?
Lake Superior
Which of the Great Lakes is the shallowest?
Lake Erie
What do you call the place where a river begins?
The place where the river begins is called a source.
How does a river flow?
A river flows from higher land to lower land, away from it’s source.
Are the Great Lakes fresh water or saltwater?
Fresh
What goods are transported across the Great Lakes.
Iron, ore, and coal.
What do freighters carry to industries located along the shores of the Great Lakes?
raw materials
Name one of Canada’s recreational resources.
beaches, hiking trails shopping centres
What is a serious problem happening with the Great Lakes.
Pollution.
Why is Canada a good place to live.
We have lots of clean water and other natural resources. We are a blessed, peaceful nation with many freedoms and opportunties to have a good life.
What is a tributary?
A tributary is a stream that flows into a river.
What shape is a delta?
A delta is fanned shape.
What do you call the place where a river flows into a larger body of water?
The place where a river flows into a larger body of water is called the MOUTH.
What do you call a stream that meets another stream of equal size?
a branch
Which direction do Latitude lines run?
horizontal
Which direction do Longitude lines run?
vertical
What unit of measurement is used to measure Longitude and Latitude?
degrees
The letters drawn on the side of a grid and the numbers drawn on the top of a grid are called what?
coordinates
Name the cardinal directions.
North, East, South, West
Name the intermediate directions.
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest
What is the Halifax the capital of?
Nova Scotia
What is Fredericton the capital of?
New Brunswick
What is Charlottetown the capital of?
Prince Edward Island
What is Yellowknife the capital of?
Northwest Territories
What is Regina the capital of?
Saskatchewan
What is Edmonton the capital of?
Alberta
What is Toronto the capital of?
Ontario
What is St. John’s the capital of?
Newfoundland and Labrador
What is Winnipeg the capital of?
Manitoba
What is Quebec City the capital of?
Quebec
What is Iqualit the capital of?
Nunavut
What is Victoria the captial of?
British Columbia
What is Whitehorse the capital of?
Yukon Territory