Test 2a Flashcards
This is a nonexistent water route that supposedly flowed through North America to Asia
Northwest Passage
This is the oldest business in Canada
Hudson’s Bay Company
This is the only public highway north of the Arctic Circle open year-round
Dempster Highway
This is the gold rush of 1897
Klondike Gold Rush
This is the war between the English and French over North American boundaries
The Seven Years War
The land claimed by France in the New World (including Canada)
New France
This city is known as the “Gateway to the West”
Winnipeg
This city is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”
Churchill
This city is known as one of the world’s largest inland ports
Montreal
This city is “Canada’s Gateway to the Pacific”
Vancouver
The capital of Canada
Ottawa
This city is the largest city in Canada
Toronto
This is the only walled city north of Mexico
Quebec City
This body of water has some of the world’s highest tides
Bay of Fundy
This is Canada’s longest river
Mackenzie River
This is the largest freshwater lake in the world
Lake Superior
This is Canada’s highest peak
Mt. Logan
This is one of the world’s most beautiful waterfalls found in both Canada and the United States.
Niagara Falls
The world’s largest bay
Hudson Bay
The world’s largest inland seaway
St. Lawrence Seaway
The first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland
John Cabot
This explorer opened the way for trade between the French and Native Americans
Jacques Cartier
This explorer helped establish the first important French settlement,Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
This explorer discovered the world’s largest bay
Henry Hudson
This Canadian missionary to China later wrote books telling of the missionary work
Isobel Kuhn
These British explorers mapped Canada’s Pacific coast
Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver
This man is called the “Apostle of Nova Scotia”
Henry Aline
This man was one of the first pioneer missionaries to Manitoba, Canada
James Evans
These two Canadian researchers helped discover a treatment for diabetes.
Frederick Banting and Charles Best
This is the name for the French settlers who refused to pledge their loyalty to the British crown
The Acadians
This is the name for the American colonists who moved to Canada rathe than fight against their king in the War for Independence
The Loyalists
This is one of Canada’s most important natural resources
Fish
Canada is the largest world producer of __________ and __________
Zinc and nickel
Canada leaders the world in the production of this product
Newsprint
Canada is one of the world’s leading exporters of this product
Wheat
Canada’s government is a
Constitutional monarchy
This is the name for Canada’s world famous police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Mounties
Canada’s two official languages are:
English and French
One important fact about the Great Lakes is
That they are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world.
The Great Lakes contain approximately_____ of the world’s fresh water
One fifth
A second fact about the Great Lakes is that Lake Superior is
The largest freshwater lake in the world.
Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake
That does not touch Canada
Niagara Falls is located between these two Great Lakes
Lake Erie & Lake Ontario
The St. Lawrence Seaway is a waterway between the
Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes
Canada recognizes the British monarch as
The head of state even though it is an independent country
The leader of the nation of Canada is called
The Prime Minister
Canada has a parliament that is similar to the United States
Congress
This Canadian government official represents the British monarch
The Governor General
