Global Connections
Environment & Sustainability
Canada Focused
Physical Geography
Fun / Mixed
100
When a country buys and sells things with other countries, we call this
What is Trade
100
Putting cans, paper, and bottles in a blue bin
What is Recycling
100
This city is the capital of Canada
What is Ottawa
100
How many continents are there?
What is 7
100
True or False
USA, China, India, Saudi Arabia, Peru, France, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Germany, Finland, Norway, and the UK all fit into Africa
What is True
200
When you eat bananas from one country, wear clothes made in another, and use a phone designed in another, you are part of the ______ economy.
What is the global economy
200
This gas from cars and factories is a big part of climate change
What is Carbon Dioxide
200
The two official languages in Canada
What are French and English
200
Places with similar weather and temperatures over the year can be grouped into zones, like tropical, temperate, or polar.
What are climate zones?
200
What country is the largest by land mass?
What is Russia
300
Canada, Mexico, and the United States are all part of this continent.
What is North America?
300
Energy from the sun and wind are examples of this kind of resource
What is Renewable Resources
300
What is Lake Superior?
300
The Earth’s outer shell is broken into huge pieces that slowly move. When they bump or slide past each other, they can cause earthquakes.
What are tectonic plates
300
What is the hidden 8th continent of the world?
What is Zealandia
400
When people move from one country to another to live there
What is immigration
400
Using less plastic, turning off lights, and walking instead of driving are ways to help what?
What is the environment? (What is the Earth)
400
This province is on the west coast and touches the Pacific Ocean
What is British Columbia
400
Areas near the Equator are usually warmer because the Sun’s rays hit the Earth more ____.
What is directly (or straight on)?
400
What is Brazil
500
A company that has offices or factories in many countries is called a ____ company
What is a multinational (company/corporation)?
500
Meeting our needs today without destroying the planet for future generations
What is sustainability
500
What is the names of the two French islands off the coast of Newfoundland?
What are Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
500
The solid outer layer of Earth is the crust. The very thick, hot layer just below the crust is
What is the mantel
500
What was the tallest mountain before Mount Everest was discovered?
What is Mount Everest