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100

Name provinces in the Atlantic region

Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia

100

What is the capital of Nova Scotia?

Halifax

100

Name three natural resources found in the Interior Plains region

Oil & Gas, forestry, coal, beef/farming

100

French settlers who settled in the "New World" (along Atlantic Canada) were called what?

Acadians

100
Name the Italian explorer who discovered cod in the Atlantic ocean

John Cabot

200
Which ocean surrounds the Eastern provinces of Canada?

Atlantic Ocean

200
What is the capital of Prince Edward Island?

Charlottetown

200

Name natural resources found in the Atlantic region

Cod, coal, salt, gypsum, forests, agricultural land

200

Who helped French settlers survive the cold winters along the Atlantic region?

Mi'kmaq (First Nations)

200

Why did Europeans come to the Atlantic region?

For natural resources such as cod 

300

Cape Breton is part of which Atlantic province?

Nova Scotia

300

What is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador?

St. John's
300
Which industry was closed down by the government in 1992 to preserve supply?

Cod fishing (closed due to overfishing)

300

Which country fought with France to colonize the Atlantic region?

England

300

In Europe, ________ was used to trim the robes of kings and queens and other powerful people.  

Beaver fur

400

The Bay of Fundy is off the coast of which Atlantic province?

Newfoundland and Labrador
400

What is the capital of New Brunswick?

Fredericton

400
Which industry, like fishing, shut down and changed communities throughout Atlantic Canada (Nova Scotia specifically)?

Coal Mining (closed in 2001). See page 56 of textbook for more info!

400

In 1755, the British forced the Acadians to leave because they would not swear allegiance to Britain. What was this event called?

The Great Upheaval

400

In 1535, a French explorer named Jacques Cartier arrived in Atlantic Canada and traded with the Mi'kmaq. He traded ___for knives and metals.

Furs

500

What is another name for the Atlantic region?

The Maritimes

500

What is the capital of Alberta?

Edmonton
500

Today, manufacturing jobs and aquaculture jobs can be found across the Atlantic region. What is aquacultue?

Aquaculture is raising fish in protected areas until they are big enough to harvest for human consumption.

500

When Acadians were expelled, where did they go to?

Some fled to what is now the United States, some went to France, others went to Africa. Many returned. There are now 300,000 Acadians living in the Atlantic region.

500

This man is often called the "Father of New France." He was a mapmaker and built a settlement in what is now called Nova Scotia.

Samuel de Champlain