Vocabulary
Economic Regions
Land Use & Resources
Trivia
5 Themes
100
Businesses that provide services to people instead of producing goods.
What are service industries.
100
This economic region has Canada's greatest amount of land area.
What is Quebec.
100
Most of Canada's land is characterized as this.
What is No Widespread Use.
100
The North accounts for 40% of Canada's land, but few people live here. Most are ___________ and follow traditional hunting and gathering ways of life.
What is Inuit.
100
This city, in Manitoba, is a major transportation and business center that links ester and western Canada. This is an example of which theme of geography?
What is Winnipeg. What is movement.
200
An indigenous people from northern Canada and parts of Alaska.
What is Inuit.
200
This province is Canada's second-largest province and it possesses the most people and the greatest wealth.
What is Ontario.
200
The prairie provinces are used chiefly for this purpose.
What is ranching.
200
In 1994, Canada the US and Mexico created this to remove trade barriers among the three countries.
What is NAFTA.
200
The maps we've made showing Canada's climate, landforms, and economic is an example of this theme.
What is region.
300
Having or speaking two languages.
What is bilingual.
300
This economic region is responsible for the Canada's hydroelectric power, making it the fifth-largest producer of energy in the world.
What are the Prairie Provinces.
300
On the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, fishing, mining, and forestry are a huge part of the economy. What jobs do you suppose people have?
What is fishermen, foresters, lumberjacks, mining industry.
300
The St. Lawrence Seaway works through a system of ______ that allow ships to pass between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
What is "Locks" or "canal."
300
The acid rain that is created from industrialization damages Canada's lakes and forests. This is an example of which theme of geography.
What is Human Environment Interaction.
400
To withdraw from membership in a federal union.
What is secede.
400
Fishing fleets sail into the Pacific from this economic region, to catch salmon and other kinds of fish.
What is British Columbia.
400
Canada (and the Prairie Provinces) is one of the world's biggest producers of this crop, most of which is exported to Europe and Asia.
What is wheat.
400
Alberta and Saskatchewan contain some of the world's largest reserves _______ and _______ _______.
What are oil and natural gas.
400
Ontario's close proximity to the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes is an example of this theme of geography.
What is Location.
500
A type of paper used for printing newspapers.
What is newsprint.
500
The three territories _________, _________, and ______ of this economic region contain a wealth of natural resources, however, due to the harsh climate and lack of roads, it is very costly to mine these resources.
What is Yukon, Northwest, and Nunavut, "the north."
500
These types of resources are found in the Arctic Circle. Daily Double.
What are oil, natural gas, uranium, silver, zinc, copper, and gold.
500
The city of Quebec was founded by the _______ in 1608. Daily Double.
What is the French.
500
Much of Quebec is characterized by thick forests and its urban centers contain many historic sites.
What is Place.
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