Canadian History
These two captains were British explorers who mapped Canada’s Pacific coast.
Who are Captains Cook and Vancouver?
One of Canada’s most important natural resources is this.
What is fish?
Canada’s world-famous police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is called this.
What are the Mounties?
Saskatchewan
Quebec
What are Regina and Quebec City, respectively?
Presley's favorite singer.
Who is Elvis?
He was one of the first pioneer missionaries to Manitoba, Canada.
Who is James Evans?
Canada is the largest world producer of these two minerals.
What are zinc and nickel?
Canada’s two official languages.
What are English and French?
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Nova Scotia
What is Charlottestown, Toronto, and Halifax, respectively?
Aubrey's favorite television show.
What is Gunsmoke?
They are two Canadian researchers who discovered a treatment for diabetes.
Who are Frederick Banting and Charles Best?
Canada leads the world in the production of this.
What is newsprint?
Write an informative paragraph about the Great Lakes. Include at least three important facts.
The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater lakes in the world. 1/5th of the freshwater in the world comes from the lakes. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. Lake Michigan is the only one that doesn’t touch Canada. They other four are shared by the USA and Canada and form part of the boundary between them. They have different heights above sea level. Niagara Falls is between Lakes Erie and Ontario. The St. Lawrence Seaway is a water way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.
Newfoundland and Labrador
New Brunswick
Neveah's favorite beef stick flavor.
What is pepperoni?
The French settlers who refused to pledge their loyalty to the British crown were these.
Who are the Acadians?
Canada is one of the world’s leading producers of this crop.
What is wheat?
Explain the Canadian system of government. Include at least three important facts.
Canada has a constitutional monarchy. Canada recognizes the British monarch as their head of state, but they have an independent country leader called the prime minister. They have a parliament that is similar to the United States Congress, with an upper house and the lower house. The governor general is the personal representative of the British monarch.
Manitoba
British Columbia
What is Winnipeg and Victoria, respectively?
Ms. Foster's favorite school subject.
What is social studies?
The American colonists who moved to Canada rather than fight against their king in the War for Independence were known as this.
Who are the loyalists?
Canada’s government.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
The territories and their capitals.
Yukon Territory (Whitehorse), Nunavut (Iqaluit), and Northwest Territory (Yellowknife)
Alberta
What is Edmonton?
Ms. Foster's favorite sport.
What is baseball/softball?