Vocab
What is permafrost?
A layer of permanently frozen soil.
True or False: Canada has a Presidential Democracy.
False. Canada has a Parliamentary Democracy.
What indigenous people in northern Canada practice a traditional economy and way of life?
What environmental crisis is occurring in the arctic waters surrounding Canada that is erasing the environment that many organisms depend on for survival?
Melting ice.
Mixed economy.
What are two rights/freedoms that all individuals in Canada have?
Vote, speech, religion, and to a fair trial.
What are three resources Canada is known for?
Oil, lumber, and minerals.
Most of northern Canada is covered in permafrost making it incredibly difficult to do what basic economic task?
Farm.
Who is the leader of Canada, chosen by the Governor General?
Prime Minister.
How long does the Governor General serve and what is her name?
What is the definition of a mixed economy?
People are free to make their own economic decisions, but still must follow certain laws and regulations in place by the government.
Why do the majority of Canadians live at the southern border of the country?
At the southern border the climate is much warmer and the soil is much more arable.
What is the definition of Parliament? Think role and responsibility.
The Parliament is made up of elected officials who make laws for the people of Canada that they represent.
What is King Charles III's official title?
Who does Canada export the most to?
United States
What does arable mean?
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
It is a form of government where the Monarch (King/Queen) does NOT have any real power, but instead citizens vote on elected officials to run the government.
In what year did Canada officially create and follow their own constitution and no longer fall under the constitution of Britain?
1982.
If the government were to take immediate action regarding an economic crisis like deforestation by no longer allowing businesses to cut down trees in an area, they would be acting like which economic system?
Command economy.
True or False: The Inuit people believe in innovation and try to better their practices in order to improve their past traditions that their ancestors gave them.
False. The Inuit people practice a traditional way of life, therefore, they do not believe in technology or changing their basic way of life.