Canadian History 3.1, 3.2, 3.7. 3.8

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The second largest country in the world.

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Canada

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One of the least used and most deserted areas in the world.

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The Canadian North

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The Arctic Islands include three of the world's largest islands:

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Baffin Island, Victoria Island, Ellesmere Island

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Island off the east coast of Canada in the northern Atlantic

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Newfoundland

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The largest island on North America's west coast.

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Vancouver Island

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Vancouver Island was named for which British Explorer?

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Captain George Vancouver

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Canada has the longest __________ of any country in the world.

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Coastline

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The world's largest bay

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The Hudson Bay

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English Explorer who discovered the Hudson Bay in 1610

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Henry Hudson

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A horseshoe-shaped region that covers about half of the nation, from Labrador in the northeast to the Arctic Ocean in the northwest

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The Canadian Shield

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Early Explorers discovered an inland sea between the islands and the mainland. What was the name of the sea?

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The Gulf of St. Lawrence

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A river that Explorers followed as a highway into the continent. It is said to be second only to the Amazon River for the amount of water it holds.

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St. Lawrence River

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The largest inland seaway in the world. Its made up of the Great Lakes, their connecting rivers and canals, and the St. Lawrence River.

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The St. Lawrence Seaway

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The 5 Great Lakes that make up a large portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway:

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Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Superior (H.O.M.E.S.)

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The Great Lakes are the largest group of ___________ lakes in the world.

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Freshwater

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The Great Lakes contain approximately ____ of the earth's freshwater supply

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1/5

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The only Great Lake that does not touch Canada

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Lake Michigan

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One of the world's largest and most beautiful waterfalls.

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Niagara Falls

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More water flows over Niagara Falls per ________ than flows over any other waterfall in the world.

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second

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The largest freshwater lake in the world

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Lake Superior

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The world's seventh largest freshwater lake and the largest lake entirely within Canada.

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Great Bear Lake

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The world's ninth largest lake is farther south and is also frozen 8 months of the year.

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Great Slave Lake

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The Great Slave Lake was named after which people?

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Slavey Indians

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Canada's largest river and its source comes from the Great Slave Lake.

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Mackenzie River

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A mountain chain which reaches from the southern tip of South America to the Arctic Circle.

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Western Cordillera

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The vast majority of Canadians live within ______ miles of the US Border

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200

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Canada has _____ the population of the United States

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one-eighth

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Canada has just over ___ million people

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30

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Most Canadians are of _______ background

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European

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Canada has two official languages:

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English and French

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He was one of the greatest figures of modern medicine who worked and taught in hospitals and medical schools in Canada, Great Britain, and the US

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Sir William Osler

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In the early 1920s, these two Canadian researchers discovered and prepared insulin for the treatment of diabetes.

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Frederick G. Banting and Charles H. Best

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Canadians led the way in using _______ in radiation therapy to treat cancer.

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cobalt

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The first Canadian satellite was launched by the US in what year?

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1962

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Canadian scientists designed a robotic arm called the _______ for the US space shuttle Challenger in 1981

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Canadarm

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In 1984, he was the first Canadian to enter space.

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Marc Garneau

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An Ontario farmboy who was a beloved missionary to China.

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Jonathan Goforth

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Her books told of the work that she andd her husband hadd amount the remote Lisu villages in the mountains near the China/Burma border.

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Isobel Kuhn

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A great fundamentalist pastor, is known for his brave defense of the Bible against Liberalism.

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T.T. Shields

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Areas farthest from open waters are _________ in winters and __________ in summers.

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Coldest Warmest

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In the winter, heavy snowfalls in the east can bring up to ______ inches of snow yearly.

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100

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The deepest snow is about ___ inches in the Rocky Mountains.

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240

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Canada is rich in natural resources. Name the top 4 natural resources.

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Water, petroleum, natural gas, uranium

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The force of Canada's swiftly moving rivers is harnessed to produce __________ power.

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Hydroelectric

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Canada is the _____ largest energy producer in the world and is the number __ producer of hydroelectricity

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5th 1

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Canada is the largest world producer of ______ and _____.

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nickel zinc

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Canada's treasure chest of gold, silver, nickel, iron, copper, zinc, and other minerals lies in the ________ ________.

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Canadian Shield

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Enormous forest cover approximately ______ of Canada.

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one-third

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The majority of Canada's lumber for buildings comes from which province?

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British Columbia

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This is one of Canada's most important natural resources.

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Fish

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One of the heavily fished areas in the world is off the southeastern coast of Newfoundland.

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Grand Banks

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A relatively shallow area in a large body of water

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Bank

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Who discovered the Grand Banks in 1497?

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John Cabot

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The Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank killing 1500 people. What year did this happen?

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1912

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Only about ___% of Canada's vast expanse is fully suited for raising crops.

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5

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Canada is one of the world's leading _____ exporters.

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Wheat

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Today, Canada is one of the most __________ nations in the world.

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Prosperous

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Canada is a world leader in ______, the ________ ________ is it's chief trading partner.

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trade United States

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Canada is the world leader in the manufacture of __________, an inexpensive paper tha tis generally used for newspapers.

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newsprint

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___ _________ is also a leading industry in Canada.

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Food processing

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The ____ ______ was the chief source of wealth in the 1600s and 1700s.

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fur industry

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The ___________ industry is also a major business in Canada.

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automobile

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What is Canada's form of government called?

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Constitutional Monarchy

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This group is made up of over 50 independent countries were once under British rule.

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Commonwealth of Nations

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The national capital of Canada is?

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Ottawa, Ontario

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What is the motto for the Mounties?

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"Maintain the Right"

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The border between Canada and United States is the world's longest ___________ border.

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Undefended