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37 Cards in this Set
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Who were the first Europeans to discover Canada?
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The Vikings
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What is the rank of Canada in terms of size of countries in the world?
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2nd
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What is the number of provinces found in Canada?
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10
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How many territories are found in Canada?
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3
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What are the regional political divisions of Canada?
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Provinces
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What is the homeland of the Inuits of Canada?
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Nunavit
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What are giant sheets of ice that once covered most of Canada and created much of the landscape?
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Glaciers
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What is the largest region of Canada that is a vast plain that forms a huge horseshoe around the Hudson Bay?
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Canadian Shield
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What is the major waterway linking the Atlantic Coast with Central Canada and the US?
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St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes
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What is a piece of land with water on three sides?
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peninsula
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What is the capital of British Columbia that is known for its well kept gardens that bloom year round?
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Victoria
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What is Canada's biggest industry?
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Fishing
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What are businesses that provide services to people?
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Service Industries
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List the Maritime Provinces
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1. Nova Scotia
2. New Brunswick 3. Prince Edward Island |
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What is Canada's largest province in land area?
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Quebec
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What is the capital of Quebec?
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Quebac
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What is the wealthiest province of Canada that is also the leading industrial region?
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Ontario
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What is the capital of Canada?
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Ottawa
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What are the provinces that are known as the prairie provinces and spread between the Canadian Shield and the Rocky Mountains?
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan Alberta |
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What is the type of paper used for printing newspaper?
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Newsprint
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What is the Canadian Province that is covered by thick forests?
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British Columbia
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What word means to withdraw from?
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Secede
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What is rain that contains high amounts of chemical pollutants?
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Acid Rain
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What removed the trade barriers between Canada, the US, and Canada?
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NAFTA
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Who explored the area of Newfoundland and claimed that area for England in 1497?
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John Cabot
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Who sailed the area of the St. Lawrence River Valley and claimed that area for France in 1534?
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Jacques Cartier
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What is an overseas territory with ties to a parent country?
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Colony
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What was the uniting of the British Territories of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into one large nation in 1867 called?
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Dominion of Canada
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What is a self-governing nation that accepts the British monarch as the head of state?
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Dominion
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What is the style of government where voters elect representatives to the lawmaking body called Parliament?
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Parliamentary Democracy
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What is the equivalent of the President in a Parliamentary style of government?
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Prime Minister
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What do we call a country with two official languages?
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Bilingual
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What is the vast rolling treeless plains in which only the top few inches of the ground thaw during the summer?
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Tundra
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What is a rolling inland grassy area with fertile soil?
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Prairie
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What is a group of mountain ranges that run side by side?
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Cordillera
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What are the mountains that skirt Canada's Pacific shore?
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Coast Mountains
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What is Canada's highest peak?
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Mount Logan
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