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39 Cards in this Set
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Canada is divided up into ___ provinces and ___ territories.
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10 provinces
3 territories |
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New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland make up what group of provinces?
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Atlantic Provinces
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The smallest but most densely populated province is __ ___ __.
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Prince Edward Island
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Who is the famous author of the book Prince Edward Island that wrote Anne of Green Gables?
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Canada's youngest province is ___.
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Newfoundland
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The oldest known European settlement in North America is ___.
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L'Anse aux Meadows
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__ ___ ___ of England worked as a missionary in Labrador and Newfoundland.
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Sir Wilfred Grenfell
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_ ___ is the capital of Newfoundland.
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St. John's
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__ and ___is the most important natural resource for Newfoundland.
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fish and shellfish
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The chief source of energy for Newfoundland is ____.
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rivers (hydroelectricity)
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One of the world's largest hydroelectric facilities is located at ___ ____ in Labrador.
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Churchill Falls
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__ ____ ranks as Canada's fourth largest timber producer.
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New Brunswick
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__ __ ___ is famous for having some of the highest tides in the world.
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Bay of Fundy
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___ __ is Canada's largest potato producer.
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New Brunswick
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___ __ is the only officially bilingual province: speaking English and French.
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New Brunswick
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___ ___ is known as Canada's Ocean Playground.
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Nova Scotia
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____ is the capital of Nova Scotia and an important port for the province.
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Halifax
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The ____ of Louisiana are descendants of the French settlers are Acadians from Nova Scotia.
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Cajuns
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The famous author Henry Longworth wrote about the Acadians in his beautiful poem, _______.
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Evangeline
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___ ____ was a black man who did missionary work in Nova Scotia, and built a Baptist Church.
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David George
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___ ___ was considered the apostle of Nova Scotia for his missionary work in Nova Scotia.
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Henry Alline
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The official lanaguage of Quebec is ____.
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French
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Two of the largest cities in Canada are located in Quebec province are:
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1)Quebec City
2)Montreal |
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____ is the oldest city in Canada.
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Quebec City
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______ province is Canada's largest province in land and second largest in population.
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Quebec
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Quebec was named after the ____ Indian word which means "where the river narrows'.
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Algonquian
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___ is the only walled city in Canada or the U.S.
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Quebec
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____ is the second largest city in Canada.
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Montreal
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___is the only city in North America built around a mountain.
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Montreal
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Montreal has two lanaguages:
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1)French
2)English |
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_____ is one of the world's largest inland ports.
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Montreal
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______ is Canada's most populated province.
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Ontario
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Canada's capital is _____.
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Ottawa
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_____ is Canada's largest city.
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Toronto
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Both Ottawa and Toronto are located in the ___province.
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Ontario
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Why are there so many tulips in Ottawa?
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Because the Princess of the Netherlands fled to Ottawa during WWII and sent 100,000 tulips to Ottawa as thanks.
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Toronto was originally the town of ____ which the U.S. burned down during the War of 1812.
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York
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____ is the capital of Ontario.
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Toronto
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The world's tallest free-standing structure is the ___ _____ in Toronto.
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Canadian National Tower
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