History Ch 3.1 Notes Flashcards
Canada
2nd largest country in the world.
Kanata
Iroquois word for “village”
Canadian North
the tundra and boreal forest
Arctic Islands
Baffin Island, Victoria Island, and Ellesmere Island
Hudson Bay
the world’s largest bay
St. Lawrence Seaway
the world’s largest inland seaway
Great Lakes
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario are connected together by the St. Lawrence Seaway. ⅕ of the world’s fresh water supply are in the Great Lakes
Niagara Falls
North America’s largest waterfall shared by Canada and the USA
Northern Lakes
Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake
Mackenzie River
Canada’s longest river
Western Cordillera
mountain chain that reaches from the southern tip of South America to the Arctic Circle. (Canadian Rockies are in the Western Cordilleras.)
Eric the Red
discovered Greenland
Leif Ericson
(Eric’s son, Leif) discovered North America, probably the Island of
Newfoundland.
Christopher Columbus
the first modern explorer to discover the New World; began the
“age of exploration”
John Cabot
the first explorer to discover mainland North America
NorthWest Passage
imaginary passage from the Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean through Northern Canada.
Jacques Cartier
French explorer who gave France a claim to Canada in the New World
Samuel De Champlain
helped build Quebec as a French settlement in 1604
Hudson’s Bay Company
Canada’s oldest business that is still operating today
French and Indian War
war declared between France and England because of
conflicts over boundaries that were not clearly established around their territories.
Dominion of Canada
a commonwealth formed in 1867 and reached full
independence from England in 1982
