Geography
The majority of Canada’s population lives within 100 miles of this country's border because of the warmer climate and economic opportunities.
What is the United States?
This European country first colonized Quebec, influencing its language and culture.
What is France?
Canada has this type of government, where citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
Canada focuses on producing natural resources like timber and minerals, encouraging it to trade with other countries for goods it does not produce, which is called this.
What is specialization?
Countries with high literacy rates usually have this, because people can get better jobs and earn more money.
What is a higher standard of living?
This area of Canada contains the majority of the country’s natural resources, including valuable minerals used in trade.
What is the Canadian Shield?
This country took control of Quebec in 1763, leading to tensions between French and English speakers.
What is Great Britain?
All economic systems must answer three basic questions: What to produce, how to produce it, and this.
What is for whom to produce?
This type of trade barrier is a tax placed on imported goods to encourage people to buy domestic products.
What is a tariff?
Investing in this—through education and job training—helps workers develop skills that increase productivity and raise a country's GDP.
What is human capital?
This environmental problem is caused by pollution from factories and vehicles, and it harms forests, lakes, and wildlife in Canada.
What is acid rain?
The majority of people in Quebec speak this language, contributing to their desire for independence.
What is French?
This person is not voted for by the people, but is chosen by the political party with the most seats in Parliament and serves as Canada’s head of government.
Who is the Prime Minister?
This type of trade barrier is a ban placed on imported goods to punish another country or to keep consumers safe.
What is an embargo?
When businesses invest in these, such as factories, machinery, and technology, they produce goods more efficiently and increase GDP.
What are capital goods?
This country is Canada’s largest trading partner due to their shared border and easy transportation routes.
What is the United States?
This movement in Quebec seeks to make the province an independent country, separate from Canada.
What is the Quebec Independence Movement?
This person is the head of state of Canada, and has a symbolic role, with no real power.
Who is the Monarch?
Because countries use different types of money, international trade requires a system to exchange this.
What is currency?
Canada's economy benefits from its abundance of these, including timber, oil, and minerals, which are exported worldwide.
What are natural resources?
Canada encourages the practice of planting new trees after logging to help reduce this problem.
What is deforestation?
In both 1980 and 1995, Quebec held these types of votes to decide whether to leave Canada.
What is a referendum?
Most countries, including Canada, have a mixed economy, which is a blend of market and command systems. Canada is placed here on the continuum.
What is market-leaning?
This agreement, signed by Canada, the United States, and Mexico, replaced NAFTA and reduces trade barriers between the three countries.
What is the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)?
This economic measurement calculates the total value of all goods and services a country produces divided by its population.
What is GDP per capita?