CANADA FACTS
How many provinces and territories make up Canada?
10 provinces and 3 territories
What is the largest city in Canada?
Toronto
a person's ancestry
descent
This is a rugged land mass in northern Canada.
What is the Canadian Shield?
Territories differ from provinces in that they are
governed differently, have less power to tax
a settlement that springs up quickly to serve the needs of miners
boomtown
What is the peaceful change in Quebec's government giving French speaking Canadians more rights?
Who is Quiet Revolution?
Group of countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean with a strong link with British Columbia due to geography.
What is the Pacific Rim?
Who is the head of state, responsible for performing ceremonial duties?
Governor General
People here comprise less than one percent of the nation's population.
territories
to force someone to leave his or her native land
exile
What is the Prairie Province's major crop?
Wheat
Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans
What oceans surround Canada?
Who leads the government?
Prime Minister
What provinces make up the Prairie Provinces?
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta
largest cultural group in Quebec
French
What is the nickname for the Prairie Provinces?
Canada's Breadbasket
Which province borders the Pacific Ocean and is separated from the rest of Canada by mountains?
What is British Columbia?
What are the groups in the Canadian Parliament?
Senate and House of Commons
Why is northern Canada so cold?
Close to the Arctic and far away from the equator
Why did the way of life of indigenous people in the Plains region end in the late 1870s?
Europeans began killing off buffalo, they brought diseases-Plains Indians did not have immunity