Social studies survey pre/post

Canada is the _____________ largest country in the world.

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

Name the vast, flat area around the Hudson Bay

• Canadian Shield
• Canadian Mountains
• Ozark Mountains

What is the cold, treeless plain with long, cold, snowy winters?

• Northern Lands
• Permafrost
• Tundra

What is the name for the permanently frozen ground in the tundra?

• Permafrost
• Frozen Layer
• Glacier Soil

______________ is Canada’s 2nd largest city.

• Montreal
• Calgary
• Toronto

________________ is Canada’s national capital city.

• Quebec
• Montreal
• Ottawa

What is the first navigable water link between the Atlantic and Great Lakes?

• Erie Canal
• St. Lawrence Seaway
• Lake Michigan

use of a grid system with imaginary lines to precisely locate places on Earth’s surface.

• absolute location
• relative location
• Prime Meridian

Parallel lines that tell direction north and south of the Equator.

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Relative Location

Lines that tell distance east and west of the Prime Meridian and meet at the north and south poles.

• Relative Location
• Latitude
• Longitude