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Question 1

What time zone do we live in?

Answer 1

EST (Eastern time)

Question 2

If it is 6:00 pm in EST what time would it be in CST?

Answer 2

5:00 p.m

Question 3

How many degrees is in each time zone?

Answer 3

15 Degrees

Question 4

North is 0 Degrees what is Northeast?

Answer 4

45 Degrees

Question 5

Who is the man who invented time zones?

Answer 5

Sir Sanford Fleming

Question 6

What was Viola Desmond Charged with?

Answer 6

Tax Evasion

Question 7

What two letters will always be beside numbers of latitude and longitude for us in Canada?

Answer 7

West and North

Question 8

If you break your finger and go to a hospital in Ontario how much will it cost you?

Answer 8

Free

Question 9

Where is Canada’s most photographed lighthouse? It is known as Peggy’s cove.

Answer 9

Nova Scotia

Question 10

The ocean sits on what sphere?

Answer 10

Geosphere

Question 11

What is the cryosphere?

Answer 11

It references the frozen part of the world.

Question 12

What is the longest era?

Answer 12

Pre-Cambrian

Question 13

What is the name of the scale used to measure earthquakes?

Answer 13

Richter scale

Question 14

If you are in a boat and a Tsunami hits, what direction should you go in?

Answer 14

Towards the ocean

Question 15

Is it possible to be hit with a Tsunami in Ajax?

Answer 15

Yes, it is possible if a there is a massive displacement of water in Lake Ontario

Question 16

Aside from the reason above, what else can cause a Tsunami?

Answer 16

Landslide

Question 17

What is the name of the youngest mountain range in Canada?

Answer 17

Western Cordillera

Question 18

What region used to be volcanos?

Answer 18

Canadian Shield

Question 19

What region is considered to be the oldest landform region in Canada?

Answer 19

Canadian Sheild

Question 20

What region eroded and provided nutrients to the low lands?

Answer 20

Canadian Sheild

Question 21

Canada of course has glaciers in the artic area. However what other region has glaciers where people can go and walk right up to them.

Answer 21

Western Cordillera

Question 22

What method of clearing a forest is the cheapest?

Answer 22

Clear Cut

Question 23

Is Toronto part of the Canadian Shield?

Answer 23

No

Question 24

What is a good description of the interior plains?

Answer 24

Flat and Dry

Question 25

What region has the lowest population?

Answer 25

Innuitian Mountains

Question 26

What province is known for the amount of oil it has?

Answer 26

Alberta

Question 27

What direction do Hurricanes usually go?

Answer 27

North East

Question 28

What temperature does the lake need to be for Lake effect snow to happen?

Answer 28

Freezing

Question 29

What does water tend to do to a temperature of a region?

Answer 29

It moderates it

Question 30

What region is dry as a result of a rain shadow?

Answer 30

Interior Plains

Question 31

How many points does a person need to migrate as an economic immigrant?

Answer 31

67 pts

Question 32

Do refugees need to pass the points system in order to migrate into Canada?

Answer 32

No

Question 33

What tax was imposed on Chinese people in Canada?

Answer 33

Chinese Head Tax

Question 34

What path is it believed that the Indigenous community used to come to modern day Canada?

Answer 34

Bering Plain

Question 35

What is the name of the Black battalion during the war?

Answer 35

Construction battalion

Question 36

Mathieu Da Costa arrived in Canada as a…

Answer 36

Translator

Question 37

There are different factors that affect weather. What are they? Explain how these factors affect two different areas in Canada.

Answer 37

Latitude
Ocean Currents
Wind and Air masses
Elevation
Relief
Near Water

How Wind and Air masses affect different areas in Canada is because