Fowler's Geography Ch. 3 3.1 - 3.2

Front 1

____ is actually the second largest country in the world.

Back 1

Canada

Front 2

Canada is surrounded by three oceans. What are they?

Back 2

Artic to the north,
Atlantic to the east, and Pacific to the west.

Front 3

The __ ___ is one of the least used and most deserted areas in the world.

Back 3

Canadian North

Front 4

The largest islands in Canada are the ____ ____.

Back 4

Artic Islands

Front 5

Name the three largest Artic islands are: 1 2 3

Back 5

1)Baffin 2) Victoria and 3) Ellesmere

Front 6

The most northerly settlement in North America is the military base _____.

Back 6

Alert

Front 7

_____ is an island on the east coast of Canada.

Back 7

Newfoundland

Front 8

_____island is the largest island on North America's west coast and is off the west coast of Canada.

Back 8

Vancouver Island

Front 9

______ is the capital of British Columbia.

Back 9

Victoria

Front 10

_____ has the longest coastline of any country in the world.

Back 10

Canada

Front 11

______ _____ is the world's largest bay.

Back 11

Hudson Bay

Front 12

The ____ ____ is a horseshoe-shaped rgion that covers about half of the nation, is made up of hard rock.

Back 12

Canadian Shield

Front 13

The ___ ____ is one of Canada's major rivers and second only to the Amazon.

Back 13

St. Lawrence River

Front 14

The Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River make up the ______ ________.

Back 14

St. Lawrence Seaway

Front 15

The ___ _____ is the largest seaway in the world.

Back 15

St. Lawrence Seaway

Front 16

One of the most famous ports on the St. Lawrence seaway is ______ ______.

Back 16

Thunder Bay

Front 17

____ are huge chambers in a canal or river that control the level of the water for ships to go through.

Back 17

locks

Front 18

Name the five Great Lakes:
1 2 3 4 5
(remember, HOMES)

Back 18

1)Huron 2)Ontario 3)Michigan 4)Erie 5)Superior

Front 19

The ___ _____ are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world.

Back 19

Great Lakes

Front 20

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

Back 20

1/5

Front 21

____ ______ is the only Great Lake that does not touch Canada.

Back 21

Lake Michigan

Front 22

__ ____ is the largest Great Lake and has the highest elevation.

Back 22

Lake Superior

Front 23

As the Niagara River flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, it forms the ___ ___.

Back 23

Niagara Falls

Front 24

___ ____ is the largest freshwater lake in te world.

Back 24

Lake Superior

Front 25

____ ___ ____ is the world's seventh largest freshwater lake and the largest lake entirely within Canada.

Back 25

Great Bear Lake

Front 26

Canada's largest river is the ___ ____.

Back 26

Mackenzie River

Front 27

The high, rugged mountains that stretch across Western Canada are called the ____ ___.

Back 27

Western Cordillera

Front 28

A part of the Western Cordillera are the __ ___.

Back 28

Canadian Rockies

Front 29

The ___ ____ are found on the east coast of Canada and stretch from the southern U.S. into Canada.

Back 29

Appalachian Mountains

Front 30

The ___ _____ are found among the island of the Artic region.

Back 30

Innuitian Mountains

Front 31

During the Middle Ages, the ___ traveled to the tip of Newfoundland.

Back 31

Vikings

Front 32

__ ____ was a Viking who discovered the North American continent.

Back 32

Leif Ericson

Front 33

___ ____ became the first modern explorer to discoer the New World.

Back 33

Christopher Columbus

Front 34

___ _____ became the first modern explorer to reach the North America mainland.
What year?? ______

Back 34

John Cabot


1497

Front 35

Who did John Cabot claim the land he discovered for?

Back 35

England

Front 36

England and France were sure there was a sea route through North America to Asia - they called this passage the ___ _____.

Back 36

Northwest Passage

Front 37

In ____, a Frenchman named ___ ____ discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Back 37

1534

Jacques Cartier

Front 38

What valuable contribution did Cartier make for France in Canada?

Back 38

He claimed Canada for France and opened the fur trade with Indians.

Front 39

In ____, __ ___ ___ arrived in Canada continued to fur trading with the Indians and helped build the first important French settlement called Quebec.

Back 39

1603

Samuel DeChamplain

Front 40

In ____, the French established the settlement ___ ____,______.

Back 40

Port Royal, Acadia

Front 41

In ______, the first French establishment was ______.

Back 41

1608

Quebec

Front 42

__ ____ discovered the Hudson Bay while looking for the Northwest Passage.

Back 42

Henry Hudson

Front 43

The __ ___ ___ is Canada's oldest business founded in London, England to trade furs.

Back 43

Hudson's Bay Company

Front 44

What did England and France struggle over in Canada?

Back 44

The fur trade; England eventually won.

Front 45

The ____ ___ ___ ___ was between France and England over land boundaries.

Back 45

French and Indian War

Front 46

The ___ ___ ___ ___, the English granted the French settlers the right to their own language, religion and civil law.

Back 46

Quebec Act of 1774

Front 47

Many Loyalists from America moved to Canada and founded in the city of ____ _____.

Back 47

St. John, New Brunswick

Front 48

__ ___ and __ ___, both of England explored and mapped the Pacific coast of Canada.

Back 48

Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver.

Front 49

In _____, the __ ___ ___ was formed, including the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Back 49

Dominion of Canada

Front 50

_____ was the last province to be added to Canada.

Back 50

Newfoundland

Front 51

In _____, Canada became a self-governing member of British's commonwealth.

Back 51

1931

Front 52

In ____, Canada achieved nearly complete political independence with their own prime minister and Parliament.

Back 52

1982