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30 Cards in this Set
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What is the name of Canada's highest mountain? |
Mount Logan |
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What is the name of the longest river in Canada? |
Mackenzie River |
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How long is the river? |
1080 miles long |
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What is the biggest city in Canada? |
Toronto |
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In which, province is Toronto located? |
Ontario |
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What is Montreal? Where is it located? |
Montreal is the second biggest city in Canada. Quebec. |
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Which province produces the most wheat? |
Sasketchewan |
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What is Canada's newest territory called? |
Nunavut |
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Which province wanted to secede from Canada? Why? Who supported Quebec? |
Quebec b/c they wanted to protect the French culture in their society. Parti Quebecois |
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What was the outcome of their separatist movement? Why? |
Quebec decided not to leave the dominion of Canada b/c if they did trading with Ontario would be more difficult if they were seen as a neighbor rather than as part of the family |
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What is the main language of Canada? |
English |
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Mexico: |
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What is Mexico's highest point? |
Mount Orizaba |
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What is the most industrialized city in Mexico called? |
Monterrey |
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Pemex |
the oil industry which controls all aspects of manafacturing oil : exploration , drilling, and export. Used to make sure money from oil harvested in Mexico stays in Mexico |
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Yucatan Peninsula |
A limestone plateau with no rivers or streams. |
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Name the three Sierra Madre Mountains. |
1. Sierra Madre Occidental 2. Sierra Madre Oriental 3. Sierra Madre Transversal |
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Maquiladoras |
American factories across the border of the United States. Placed there b/c Mexican people will go to work for less than Americans will |
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Official Language of Mexico |
Spanish |
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Official Name of Mexico |
United Mexican States |
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Vocabulary: |
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Francophone |
a person whose first language is French |
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Indigenous |
belonging to a certain place |
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Province |
a political division of land in Canada |
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Referendum |
a ballot of vote in which votes decide for or against something |
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Tarriff |
fee charged on imported goods |
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Tundra |
a cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half a year. |
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Peninsula |
some land almost completely surrounded by water and connected to the mainland |
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Plateau |
a large flat area rising above land and has at least one steep slope |
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The End |
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