Canada Unit TestStudy Guide 2015Answers

1. Be able to locate the following on a map of Canada:

St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Canadian Shield, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Arctic Ocean.

2. Canada is the world’s ______largest country. 2nd

3. Where do most Canadians live? Within 100 miles of the U.S. border, small population in regards to land size

4. Which large Canadian landform, which is rich in minerals, surrounds Hudson Bay making a Canadian Shield

a “U” shape?

5. What are Canada’s environmental issues? What are some of the effects? Acid rain, pollution of the Great Lakes, extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, over-cutting of trees, overfishing; kill plants, damage or kills trees, pollutes lakes and rivers enough to kill fish, stone dissolved, fishing unsafe, death of plant and animal life, mining is messy work, clear-cutting, reduced water quality, erosion, loss of wildlife habitat

6. What attracted early settlers to Canada? Beaver Fur trade

7. Where did most of Canada’s early immigrants come from? England, France, Ireland, Scotland

8. What are the “First Nations”? Descendants of tribes that migrated from Asia to settle in Canada

9. Why does the Canadian government need to work with the US government to clean up the great lakes?

Both countries need to use the water to survive

10. What are the official languages of Canada? Why?

English and French due to colonization

11. What is unique about the province of Quebec?

Quebec has a strong French heritage and is mostly catholic; it has tried to become a new country

12. Which area of Canada is best for logging and fishing? The Pacific coast

13. What was the Quebec Act? Guaranteed the French the right to maintain their culture

14. Where in Canada are the most valuable minerals found? Canadian shield

15. How did Canada achieve independence from Britain? peacefully through negotiations and new laws

16. Why does most of Canada’s population live within 100 miles of its southern border?

Milder climate, access to lakes/St Lawrence river/ easier trade with US

17. What type of government does Canada have? Parliamentary democracy

18. What is specialization and what impact does it have on the economy? Focusing on producing certain goods efficiently, a factory can produce more goods in less time and for less money

19. The leader of the executive branch of government in Canada is called______.prime minister

20. What is one way British influence can be seen in Canada’s current system of government?

PM- leader, Parliament, house of Commons, Monarch recognized

21. How would you describe Canada’s economy? Mixed market, more market than command

22. What are some of their economic strengths and weaknesses? Highly skilled, educated work force, an abundance of minerals, natural resources (petroleum), arable land; unemployment, depletion of natural resources, acid rain

23. What impactdid European exploration and colonization have on Canada?

Many cultural traditions…language and religion were transferred

24. What is NAFTA and what is its purpose? What are the Pros and Cons? North America Free Trade Act, to allow trade between U.S., Mexico, & Canada without trade barriers