Alberta History & Boundaries
Features & Region Basics
The Canadian Shield
100

Alberta officially joined became a Canadian province in what year.

1905

100

Natural shapes on Earth's surface, such as rivers, valleys, mountains, hills, and plains.

What are physical features (or landforms)?

100

The Canadian Shield is located in this corner of Alberta.

What is the northeast corner?

200

An imaginary line created by governments to divide countries, provinces, or states.

What is a political boundary?

200

Alberta is divided into this total number of distinct natural/physical regions

What is 6?

200

The Canadian Shield is mostly made of this type of extremely old, hard material exposed at the surface.

What is ancient rock (granite)?

300

A natural border formed by landforms like rivers, mountain ranges, or lakes.

What is a physical boundary?

300

List all 6 of Alberta's physical regions

What are the Boreal Forest, Rocky Mountain, Foothills, Grassland, Parkland, and Canadian Shield?

300

Glaciers scraped away most of the topsoil in the Canadian Shield long ago, leaving behind thousands of these water features.

What are lakes and rivers?