Canada Geography

The size of Canada’s land makes it the world’s

• second largest country.

• largest country.

• tenth largest country.

• second smallest country.

Canada is located in which two hemispheres?

• Northern and eastern

• Northern and western

• Southern and eastern

• Southern and western

What mountain range do the United States and Canada share along the western coast?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

Valuable minerals, such as nickel, copper, gold, silver, zinc, and uranium, can be found where in Canada?

• Great Lakes region

• Beneath the Hudson Bay

• Throughout the Canadian Shield

• On the Interior Plains

What body of water dominates central-eastern Canada?

• Great Lakes

• Hudson Bay

• St. Lawrence River

• Atlantic Ocean

Due to climate and geography, most Canadians live

• close to the Pacific Ocean.

• close to the Atlantic Ocean.

• close to the United States border.

• close to Alaska.

Because of its location, who is Canada’s largest trading partner?

• Mexico

• United Kingdom

• United States

• Japan

All of the following are important natural resources in Canada EXCEPT

• Timber.

• Fish.

• Minerals.

• Cotton.

Which statement BEST describes the relationship between climate and population in Canada?

• Because of the arctic climate, very few Canadians live in southern Canada.

• Because of the arctic climate, very few Canadians live in northern Canada.

• The majority of Canadians live in central Canada because of the temperate climate.

• The majority of Canadians live in northern Canada because of the arctic climate.

Farming agricultural products like wheat is mostly done in ___________ Canada because of the flat, fertile land.

• Northern

• Eastern

• Western

• Central