What two European countries competed for control of Canada?
Great Britain, France
100
What are the two Central Provinces?
Quebec, Ontario
100
What are the four Western Provinces?
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia
100
What are the three Canadian territories?
Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
100
What is the name of Canada's chief executive?
The Prime Minister
200
What are the four Maritime provinces?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
200
What two important water routes serve the two Central Provinces?
The St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes
200
What is the name of the 4,860-mile highway that links Eastern Canada to the West?
Trans-Canada Highway
200
What does the word "Nunavut" mean?
"Our land"
200
What is the name of the current that gives BC a mild climate?
Japan Current
300
Name one difference between Newfoundland and the provinces of Acadia.
Newfoundland was settled by the British, produces cod, and has a cold climate that prohibits much farming; Acadia was settled by the French, produces lobster, and has temperatures that allow farming.
300
Which province has the largest French-speaking population?
Quebec
300
What is the name of the rodeo that happens in Calgary each July?
Calgary Stampede
300
What are the two native peoples of Canada?
Eskimos, Indians
300
Which two provinces contain part of the Western Cordillera?
BC, Alberta
400
Where are the highest tides in Canada?
The Bay of Fundy
400
Why are the Central Provinces more populous than the Maritime Provinces?
They have warmer temperatures and better soil.
400
What province borders the Pacific Ocean?
BC
400
What is the capital of the Yukon?
Whitehorse
400
Which city is called the "gateway to the Rockies"?
Calgary
500
What is the capital of each Maritime province (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick)?
St. John's, Halifax, Charlottetown, Fredericton
500
What are the capitals of the two Central Provinces?
Toronto, ON; Quebec City, QC
500
What type of boundary divides Canada from the United States?
Geometric boundary (49th parallel)
500
What is the name of the highway that links Alaska to the Yukon Territory?