Capital Cities
What is the capital city of B.C?
Victoria
How many layers are in the earth?
4
What does red and white colours mean on the Canadian flag?
red = war sacrifices
white = peace and tranquility
How many provinces and territories are in Canada?
10 provinces and 3 territories
What cities is known as "the Hollywood North?"
Toronto and Vancouver
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
Which layer of the earth consists of magma?
The Mantle
What percentage of Canadians live within 100 miles/160km of the US border?
Around 80%
Canada's largest island, it's part of the territory of Nunavut:
Baffin Island
How many timezones are in Canada?
4, 5, 6, or 7 ?
6
What is the capital city of Prince Edward Island?
Charlottetown
What are divergent boundaries and what do they create?
Tectonic plates pull away from each other. Magma rises from the cracks it creates, cools, creates new land/crust
What is the border between Canada and the US called?
The 49th parallel
Originally from Quebec, what food comes from the local french slang word for a “mess”?
Poutine
At nearly 600,000 square miles, it's Canada's largest province, & note I said province:
Quebec
What is the capital city of Nova Scotia?
What are convergent boundaries and what do they create? (list 2/3 things they create)
When two plates crash and move into each other. Can create volcanoes, mountains and earthquakes.
What region has lower gravity than the planet's average?
Hudson's Bay
What flavour pizza was invented in Canada?
Hawaiian
What year did Canada become a country?
1867
What is the capital city of Nunavut?
Iqaluit
What is the process called when Pangea began to break apart 200 years ago?
Continental drift
America is like a melting pot, while Canada is like a ...?
Mosaic (in terms of multiculturalism)
Why is Canadian Thanksgiving earlier than American Thanksgiving?
Different climate. Canada has an earlier winter and earlier harvest.
What colour is the 50 dollar bill and who is on it?
William Lyon Mackenzie King