Canada: Atlantic and Core Provinces

Open Ended

Where would you rather build a national trade center? Atlantic coast or Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Corridor

Multiple Choice

Which evidence BEST explains the Atlantic Provinces' relatively small population?

• Rugged terrain and severe weather

• Absence of ocean access

• No forests or minerals

• Location beside the Great Lakes

Multiple Choice

Why do many Atlantic residents cluster in coastal cities?

• Tundra supports grain farming

• Ports connect jobs and trade

• Ottawa requires coastal settlement

• Mountains create dense farmland

Multiple Choice

New Brunswick's forests most directly support:

• automobile assembly

• logging and paper production

• wheat farming

• Arctic tourism

Multiple Choice

Which chain BEST explains the Atlantic provinces' importance?

• deep port -> trade

  ->services

• tundra -> wheat -> cities

• oil -> pipelines -> capital

• poor soil -> inland isolation

Multiple Choice

Why are Ontario and Quebec called the Core Provinces?

• Entirely rural

• Most Arctic land

• Concentrated population, manufacturing, and political power

• Fishing only

Multiple Choice

Strongest evidence that Ontario and Quebec are Canada's heartland?

• Harshest climate

• Most territorial land

• 60% of population and 70% of manufacturing

• Lumber industry

Multiple Choice

What BEST explains core growth?

• Rocky terrain expands farmland

• Distance reduces trade

• Arctic Isolation

• Transportation links, resources, cities, and markets

DMAC Solutions

You can open this webpage in a new tab.

Copy link

Open in new tab