Discover
Canada:
The Great
Vocabulary
Challenge
100

When something is usual and not special or strange, it is ___.

normal

100

A person from Canada or something that comes from Canada.

Canadian

100

You need shoes with blades to do this activity on ice.

to skate

100

Canadians often play this sport on ice with a puck and a stick.

ice hockey

100

What are the two official languages in Canada?

English and French

200

It’s a big brown bear that lives in the mountains and forests of North America.

grizzly bear

200

This animal looks like a big deer with very wide antlers and lives in Canada.

moose

200

A big white animal that lives on the ice and eats seals.

polar bear

200

Canada is divided into different regions, like Ontario or Alberta. Each one is called a ___.

province

200

A wild area where no people live and nature is free.

wilderness

300

When you find something new or learn something unknown before, you __ it.

to discover

300

When a country sells goods to another country, it does this action.

to export

300

When something is so interesting that you can’t stop looking at it, it __ you.

to fascinate

300

A person who likes giving to others and sharing what they have is ___.

 generous

300

If something is very hard to do and needs a lot of effort, it is ___.

challenging

400

A country usually has one or two main languages that people use for government and school. These are called the ___.

official language

400

Things that come from nature and that people use to make products, like oil, gas, or wood.

natural resource

400

A special event where people celebrate something, often with speeches or music.

ceremony

400

The legal right to belong to a country is called ___.

citizenship

400

A place where something is kept or found in nature, like oil, animals, or plants.

reserve

500

This person travels to new places to learn and find things that nobody has seen before.

explorer

500

The first people who lived in Canada, long before Europeans came, are called ___.

indigenous people

500

This word means how much there is of something, for example: “a large ___ of snow.”

amount (of)

500

When people are not free and are treated unfairly by others, they suffer from ___.

oppression

500

How many days does it take to travel from east to west by train in Canada?

5

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