Canadian History
This is the oldest walled city in North America.
What is Quebec City?
The capitol city of Halifax is the largest in the Maritimes and is located in this province.
What is Nova Scotia?
This country invented gunpowder.
What is China?
This is the biggest river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
This man wrote many classic children's books, including The Lorax and How the Grinch Stole Christmas under the pen name Dr. Seuss.
Who was Theodore Geisel?
The Plains of Abraham is where France lost its foothold in North America. Name the French OR British general at that battle.
Who was General Montcalm (French) or General Wolfe (British)?
If you travel directly south from Toronto, you will find yourself in this American state.
What is New York?
This city was at the heart of the massive Roman empire and is known for its colosseum.
What is Rome?
This country, which is mostly desert, is known for its incredible pyramids.
What is Egypt?
This classic story by Shirley Jackson tells of an everyday event that has a terrifying conclusion.
What is "The Lottery"?
This Metis leader led a rebellion in what is today southern Manitoba.
Who is Louis Riel?
This lake is the largest and coldest and most northern of the Great Lakes.
What is Lake Superior?
This city was known for the wall that divided it following the second world war.
What is Berlin?
This ocean is found between Africa and Australia, off the coast of its namesake country to the north.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This character, from the bestselling Silverwing series by Ken Oppel, has a name with meaning as it connects directly to her watery home
Who is Marina?
This large northern body of water, and North America's oldest corporation, are named after the man who first sailed this bay.
Who is Henry Hudson?
This part of Newfoundland is in mainland Canada.
What is Labrador?
These three countries made up the axis powers during WW2.
What were Germany, Italy, and Japan?
This body of water separates England from France. It is noted for the white chalk cliffs near the English port.
What the English Channel?
This man wrote what are arguably the most famous plays in Western literature, including Macbeth and Hamlet.
Who was William Shakespeare?
Highway 401 is often referred to as the Mac-Jac Highway. State the name of either of these two important historical men.
Who is John A. Macdonald or George Etienne Cartier?
This mountain range meets the Pacific in British Columbia.
What are the Coastal Mountains?
This country is claimed as a territory by Chima and is vital to the global production of advanced microchips.
What is Taiwan?
There are 24 time zones in the world and this country has 12 located within its borders.
What is Russia?
Charles Dodgson wrote some of the greatest books ever, including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, under this pen name.
Who was Lewis Carroll?