Canada Basics
This is Canada's capital city.
What is Ottawa?
Large bodies of salt water covering most of Earth’s surface are called this.
What are oceans?
Unlike sparsely populated rural areas, densely populated areas are known as this.
What are urban areas?
This tool on a map shows direction (N, S, E, W).
What is a compass rose?
This natural region in Canada is known for its vast forests and wildlife.
What is the Boreal Forest?
This province is the most populous in Canada.
What is Ontario?
Land that is completely surrounded by water is called this.
What is an island?
Moving from one place to another to live is called this. Animals do this too.
What is migration?
This section on a map shows what the map symbols mean.
What is a legend (or key)?
Weather patterns over a long period of time are called this.
What is climate?
Canada is made up of two types of political regions: provinces, and this other type.
What are territories?
This type of landform is higher and steeper than hills.
What is a mountain?
Bringing goods into a country is called this.
What are imports?
Imaginary lines that run east-west on Earth are called these.
What are lines of latitude?
This Canadian region is very cold and found in the far north.
What is the Arctic?
This ocean is on Canada's west coast.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
These are the seven large landmasses on Earth, including Africa, Asia, and North America.
What are continents?
The three levels of government in Canada are federal, provincial and this.
What is municipal?
Imaginary lines that run north-south on Earth are called these.
What are lines of longitude?
Reducing waste by using things again is called this.
What is recycling?
This leaf appears on Canada's flag.
What is a maple leaf?
The area of Canada known for flat land with few trees, often used for farming, located in western Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
What are the prairies?
This branch of government writes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
The imaginary line dividing Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres is this.
What is the Equator?
This global organization works to protect animals and their habitats, and is symbolized by a panda logo.
What is the World Wildlife Federation?