Canadian Facts
What are the two main languages spoken in Canada?
English and French
This animal was best suited for desert travel and carrying heavy loads.
What is a camel?
This ancient trade network connected Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
What is the Silk Road?
What are the 3 most populated cities in Canada?
Toronto, Montreal, and Calgary
This term means the distance food travels from where it is grown to where it is eaten.
What are food miles?
Which animal on the loonie?
Loon
This group traveled together to reduce danger from bandits.
What is a caravan?
This luxury fabric from China was so valuable it gave the Silk Road its name.
What is silk?
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
These often increase when food is shipped long distances by truck, ship, or plane.
What are carbon emissions?
Name the head of state/Queen of Canada.
King Charles the III
This economic term explains why regions trade instead of producing everything themselves.
What is scarcity?
This was a more important long-term effect of the Silk Road than the exchange of luxury goods.
What is the spread of ideas, religion, technology, and culture?
How many provinces and territories does Canada have?
10 provinces and 3 territories
This is one reason countries still import food even when local food is available.
What is lower cost, year-round availability, or consumer demand?
How many time zones does Canada have?
6
This innovation dramatically reduced the cost and time of global shipping in the modern era.
What is containerization? Or, container boxes.
These locations became wealthy because they controlled stopping points along trade routes.
What are trade cities or trade hubs
What is the capital city of BC?
Victoria
Which province is known for making maple syrup?
Quebec
What day did Canada take its Independence?
July 1st-Canada Day
This explains why transporting silk thousands of kilometers was profitable, but wheat was not.
What is high value-to-weight ratio?
Traders often exchanged goods multiple times before they reached their final destination. This is called...
What is intermediary trade (or trading through middlemen)?
What is the capital city of Ontario?
Toronto
What does RCMP stand for?
Royal Canadian Mounted Police