Canada is the in the world. Russia is the only one that is bigger than it.
Second-Largest Country
Farther north, Canada stretches all the way up to the what?
Arctic Ocean
What produces most of Canada’s oil and natural gas?
Alberta
What was the first European country to successfully settle parts of what would become Canada?
France
The motto of the new Dominion was what?
“From Sea to Sea”
The United States is the in the world and shares many physical features with Canada.
Third-Largest Country
What is very rugged with snow-covered mountains and jagged coastlines. Very few people live this far north, but wildlife such as the polar bear and the Arctic wolf have adapted to the harsh environment?
Ellesmere Island
What is soften wooden fibers and is used to make paper?
Pulp
In the mid-1700s, the rivalry between France and England turned to war. The conflict was called the what?
French and Indian War
To connect what with the provinces in the east, the Canadians built a transcontinental railroad. Completed in 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railway was Canada’s first transcontinental railroad?
British Columbia
The what extend north into western Canada from the western United States?
Rocky Mountains
Much of central and northern Canada has a what. The far north has tundra and ice cap climates. About half of Canada lies in these extremely cold climates.
Subarctic Climate
What is cheap paper used mainly for newspapers.
Newsprint
This was the war that resulted in the British taking control of New France away from the French. A small number of French went back to France. However, the great majority stayed. For most of them, few changes occurred in their daily activities. They farmed the same land, prayed in the same churches, and continued to speak French. Few English-speaking settlers came to what is now called what?
Quebec
Canada’s people reflect a history of what colonial rule?
British and French
An important international waterway, the what links the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
St. Lawrence River
The central and eastern parts of southern Canada have a much different climate. It is humid and relatively mild. However, the mildest area of Canada is along the what.
Coast of British Columbia
Ancestors of Native Canadians and the who were the first Canadians?
Inuit
what are administrative divisions of a country. To the east, the colony of Nova Scotia (nohvuh skoh-shuh) was also divided. A new colony called New Brunswick was created where many of the British settlers lived?
Provinces
Other immigrants were lured to Canada in 1897 by the discovery of gold in the what. Many people from the United States migrated north in search of Canada’s gold?
Yukon Territory
The United States and Canada also share a spectacular physical feature called what?
Niagara Falls
Off the Atlantic coast lies a large fishing ground near Newfoundland and Labrador called the what. Here, cold waters from the Labrador Sea meet the warm waters of the Gulf Stream?
Grand Banks
Today about how many Native Canadians and Inuit live in Canada?
400,000
For several decades these new colonies developed separately from each other. The colonists viewed themselves as different from other parts of the British Empire. Therefore, the British Parliament created the what in 1867?
Dominion of Canada
Chinese immigrants built most of the what, one of the railroad lines linking eastern Canada to the Pacific coast?
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada has a region of rocky uplands, lakes, and swamps called the what?
Canadian Shield
What has large deposits of potash, a mineral used to make fertilizer?
Saskatchewan
Other people migrated to Canada from Europe. The first Europeans in Canada were the who or Norse?
Vikings
For Canadians, the creation of the what was a step toward independence from Britain?
Dominion
What has become one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world?
Toronto