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38 Cards in this Set
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water route that supposedly flowed through North America to Asia |
Northwest Passage |
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oldest business in Canada |
Hudson's Bay Company |
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only public highway north of the Arctic Circle open year-round |
Dempster Highway |
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gold rush of 1897 |
Klondike Gold Rush |
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war between the English and French over North American boundaries |
French and Indian War |
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land claimed by France in the New World, including Canada |
New France |
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Gateway to the West |
Winnipeg |
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Polar Bear Capital of the World |
Churchhill |
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one of the world's largest inland ports |
Montreal |
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Canada's gateway to the Pacific |
Vancouver |
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the capital of Canada |
Ottawa |
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the largest city in Canada |
Toronto |
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the only walled city north of Mexico |
Quebec City |
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the body of water that has some of the world's highest tides |
Bay of Fundy |
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Canada's longest river |
Mackenzie River |
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the largest freshwater lake in the world |
Lake Superior |
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Canada's highest peak |
Mt. Logan |
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one of the world's most beautiful waterfalls found in both Canada and the United States |
Niagara Falls |
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the world's largest bay |
Hudson Bay |
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the world's largest inland seaway |
St. Lawrence Seaway |
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first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland |
John Cabot |
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explorer who opened the way for trade between the French and Indians |
Jacques Cartier |
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explorer who helped establish the first important French settlement, Quebec |
Samuel de Champlain |
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explorer who discovered the world's largest bay |
Henry Hudson |
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Canadian missionary to China who later wrote books telling of the missionary work |
Isobel Kuhn |
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British explorers who mapped Canada's Pacific coast |
Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver |
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the "Apostle of Nova Scotia" |
Henry Alline |
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one of the first pioneer missionaries to Manitoba, Canada |
James Evans |
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the two Canadian researchers who discovered a treatment for diabetes |
Frederick Banting and Charles Best |
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The French settlers who refused to pledge their loyalty to the British crown were the |
Acadians |
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The American colonists who moved to Canada rather than fight against their king in the War for Independence were known as the |
Loyalist |
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One of Canada's most important natural resources is |
fish |
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Canada is the largest world producer of |
zinc and nickel |
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Canada leads the world in the production of |
newsprint |
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Canada is one of the world's leading |
wheat exporters |
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Canada's government is a |
constitutional monarchy |
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Canada's world-famous police fore, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is called |
Mounties |
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Canada's two official languages |
English and French |