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100
A large section of land in a country with many cities, divided by physical features, natural resources, and climate.
What is a region?
100

What are the provinces in the Interior Plains?

Alberta, Saskatechewan, Manitoba

100
People who had one parent that was First Nations, and one parent who was French.
Who are the Metis?
100

What are the Natural Resources in this area?

Oil, Natural Gas, Salt, Potash and Coal

100
This was built to connect the west coast of Canada to the east coast of Canada.
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway?
200
Things people use to survive that come from the natural environment.
What are natural resources?
200

What are the territories in the Interior Plains?

North West Territories and Yukon 

200

Who were considered the first peoples of the Interior Plains? 

Who were the FN and Metis. 

200

What is important in the Interior Plains and what can it be used for?

Water! Used to irrigate crops and livestock, source of transportation, trading and recreation.

200
Many of these people were hired to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway for cheap wages.
Who are the Chinese?
300
The weather in an area.
What is climate?
300

What does the land look like in the Interior Plains?

Prairie grasslands - generally flat land used for farming

300

This was a main food source for the First Nations and Metis. (hint: an animal)

What are the buffalo?

300

What is extremely important to the Interior Plains that feeds the rest of Canada?

What is farming? 

300

These people came to the Interior Plains to be peace-keepers.

Who are the North West Mounted Police?

400
The different shapes of the land: hills, mountains, valleys, rivers.
What are landforms or physical features?
400

What other 2 regions is the Interior Plains found between?

The Cordillera and the Great Canadian Shield. 

400

These people were some of the first to move to the Interior Plains to work on the fur trade.

Who are the Francophones?

400

What types of crops are grown in the Plains? 

What is wheat, barley, oats, flax, canola, mustard, potatoes, corn and sugar beets.

400
These people were forced to leave their homes and sign treaties to only live on government granted land.
Who are the First Nations and Metis?
500
A deficiency of precipitation over an extended period of time.

What is drought.

500

What do people sometimes call the Interior Plains? 

The Prairie Provinces. 

500

These people came to Canada looking for gold..

Who are the Chinese?

500

What is another important job - especially down South?

 What is ranching.

500

The North West Mounted Police are now known as...

RCMP