Canada Review

All of the following describe Canada's government EXCEPT:

• parliamentary democracy

• constitutional monarchy

• autocracy

• democracy

What term is used to describe the cutting down and removal of every tree from an area?

• tariff

• clear-cutting

• forestation

• timber

Canadian separatists want

• Canada to remove it itself from NAFTA

• Manitoba to be a separate country

• Canada to break up into Upper France and Lower France

• Quebec to be a separate country

Which industry would most likely be found to be profitable in the area known as the Canadian Shield?

• farming

• fishing

• manufacturing

• mining

Why do some of the people of Quebec desire independence from Canada?

• French descendants living in Quebec fear their culture and language is being overwhelmed by English

• Oppressed Quebec citizens desire freedom of speech and religion

• There are large deposits of fossil fuels in Quebec that they don't want to share with Canada

• Canada conquered Quebec during WWII

Canada is the largest trading partner for the United States because

• the US cannot get goods from other places

• Canada has better farming areas than the US

• the US and Canada are unified by trade agreements

• the US and Canada are located close to each other

The primary difference between presidential and parliamentary government systems is that in a parliamentary system the chief executive is chosen by whom?

• courts

• president

• people

• legislature

The term free trade refers to

• stores giving away items at no cost

• the removal of trade barriers

• people trading items without the use of money

• geographic features that slow down transportation

Where is Canada's population density the highest (where the most people live)?

• in the cities in Northern Canada

• in the cities of central Canada

• in the cities along the US border

• in the rural area (countryside)

Which type of government allows citizen participation through voting?

• autocratic

• democratic

• oligarchic

• theocratic