Geography & Maps
This river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
Name the primarily French speaking province in Canada.
What is Quebec?
Name two natural resources that Canada has an abundance of?
What are forests and minerals?
Canada has this type of democracy.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
Name two environmental issues that harms the Great Lakes.
What is pollution and acid rain?
This large bay in northeastern Canada is an inland body of saltwater.
What is the Hudson Bay?
Name the two oceans that border Canada to the east and west?
What are the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Explain how the Great Lakes support Canada's economy.
What is... the Great Lakes provide drinking water and support trade, transportation, and shipping.
What is a prime minister?
Name a harmful effect of clear-cutting.
What is habitat loss and soil erosion?
This mountain range runs along western Canada and provides important natural resources.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
In one sentence; Why does southern Canada have more people than northern Canada?
What is... southern Canada has milder climates and more job opportunities.
What type of jobs are common in the Canadian Shield?
What are mining and resource extracting jobs?
Explain the role of citizens in choosing Canada's head of government in a parliamentary system.
What is... Citizens vote for members of parliament and the parliament chooses the head of government.
Explain how mining damages the environment.
What is... Mining causes water pollution, deforestation, and soil erosion.
This broad, rocky area in eastern/central Canada is rich in minerals but poor for farming.
What is the Canadian Shield?
In one or two sentences; Explain how Canada's location help it trade with the United States.
What is... Canada's long border with the U.S. and access to the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean and the Great Lakes.
Define "mixed economy" and explain why Canada is described as a mixed economy.
What is... A mixed economy combines government and private business roles. Canada uses both so it is mixed.
Name the trade agreement that reduces trade barriers among the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
What is the USMCA? (United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement)
One way Canada responds to forest loss or damage?
What is ... replanting trees and investing in forest protection.
Explain in one sentence why the Great Lakes region is important for both Canada and the United States.
The Great Lakes connect to the Atlantic Ocean and provide shipping routes and provide fresh water.
Explain how climate affects where people live in Canada.
Name two factors that help a country grow economically.
High literacy (human capital) improves job skills and incomes. Natural resources create industries and jobs that increase GDP.
How does voluntay trade benefit buyers and sellers?
What is... Buyers have more choices and lower prices. Sellers have acess to larger markets and more customers.
What is.. Environmental issues like pollution and acid rain damages aquatic life, and plants, contaminates drinking water, and harms human health.