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What is the capital city of B.C?

Victoria

100

How many layers are in the earth?

4

100

What does red and white colours mean on the Canadian flag? 

red = war sacrifices 

white = peace and tranquility 

100

How many provinces and territories are in Canada?

10 provinces and 3 territories 

100

What cities is known as "the Hollywood North?" 

Toronto and Vancouver

200

What is the capital city of Canada?

Ottawa

200

Which layer of the earth consists of magma? 

The Mantle 

200

What percentage of Canadians live within 100 miles/160km of the US border? 

Around 80%

200

Canada's largest island, it's part of the territory of Nunavut:

Baffin Island 

200

How many timezones are in Canada? 

4, 5, 6, or 7 ?

6

300

What is the capital city of Prince Edward Island?

Charlottetown

300

What are divergent boundaries and what do they create?

Tectonic plates pull away from each other. Magma rises from the cracks it creates, cools, creates new land/crust 


300

What is the border between Canada and the US called? 

The 49th parallel 

300

Originally from Quebec, what food comes from the local french slang word for a “mess”?

Poutine

300

At nearly 600,000 square miles, it's Canada's largest province, & note I said province:

Quebec

400

What is the capital city of Nova Scotia?

Halifax 
400

What are convergent boundaries and what do they create? (list 2/3 things they create) 

When two plates crash and move into each other. Can create volcanoes, mountains and earthquakes. 


400

What region has lower gravity than the planet's average? 

Hudson's Bay 

400

What flavour pizza was invented in Canada?

Hawaiian

400

What year did Canada become a country?

1867

500

What is the capital city of Nunavut?

Iqaluit 

500

What is the process called when Pangea began to break apart 200 years ago? 

Continental drift

500

America is like a melting pot, while Canada is like a ...?

Mosaic (in terms of multiculturalism) 

500

Why is Canadian Thanksgiving earlier than American Thanksgiving? 

Different climate. Canada has an earlier winter and earlier harvest. 

500

What colour is the 50 dollar bill and who is on it? 

William Lyon Mackenzie King