Canadian Critters
Canada's national animal
What is the beaver?
The European city nicknamed "the city of love"
What is Paris?
An important symbol for many First Nations, usually depicted as a quartered circle coloured white, yellow, red, and black
What is the medicine wheel?
The largest ocean on earth which contains almost half of the world's free water
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The province Ms. Sheppard is from
What is British Columbia?
The largest land animal native to Canada
What is the wood bison?
The city which is also the smallest country in the world
The language of the Inuit
What is Inuktitut?
The river beginning at Lake Victoria traversing through Uganda, South Sudan, and Egypt
Where Ms. Sheppard goes to school
What is the University of Ottawa?
The name of the white coloured bear only found in British Columbia
What is the spirit bear (kermode bear)?
The city known for its iconic Christ the Redeemer statue and Carnival festival
What is Rio de Janeiro?
The Iroquois-Huron word meaning "village" or "settlement" from which Canada derives its name
What is Kanata?
The name of the body of water between Ukraine (to the north) and Turkey (to the south)
What is the Black Sea?
The subject of Ms. Sheppard's first university degree
What is geology?
The three types of wild cats found in Canada
What are mountain lions (cougars), lynx, and bobcats?
A city in northern India containing the world famous Taj Mahal
What is Agra?
What is sweetgrass?
The narrow strait which connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea
Ms. Sheppard's favourite natural resource to study
What are minerals?
The animal frequently depicted as a trickster in many Indigenous stories, legends, and myths
What is a coyote or raven?
The oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world and the capital of Syria
What is Damascus?
A semi-permanent dwelling historically used by Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region
What is a wigwam?
The name of the world's deepest lake which reaches a depth of 1,700m
What is lake Baikal?
Master Corporal Abou-atme
Who is Ms. Sheppard's partner?