Geography Review

Because most Americans know very little about Canada, Canadians feel

• the border between the two countries should be closed

• the relationship between the two countries is uneven

• joint military operations should cease

• all trade between the two countries should be halted

Businesses located on a country’s borders are called customs.

• True

• False

Many of Quebec’s French-speaking citizens are trying to

• assure preservation of the French culture

• become more like the dominant English-speaking culture

• overthrow the Canadian government

• preserve the British culture

The conflicts between the French-speaking and the English-speaking Canadians began with

• Canadian independence in 1931

• the secession of Quebec

• the rivalry between France and Britain over the furt trade and claims to land in North America

• the Canadian government passing a law against speaking French in government buildings

The first people to live in Canada were

• the French and the British

• the Spanish

• the British fur traders

• the Inuit and Native Americans

An example of Canada’s cultural diversity is its

• large populations of Native Americans, Inuit, and Asians

• dominant British culture

• large number of immigrants from the United States

• lack of ethnic tensions

As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Canada

• has developed serious conflict with the United States

• must pay taxes to Great Britain to support the British monarch

• has ties with developing nations and the European Community

• refuses to trade with countries in Asia

Most of the people in British Columbia live in or near the city of Vancouver because

• Vancouver is a city with a rich cultural heritage.

• mountain ranges cover nearly all of the province.

• the rest of the province is covered with oil wells.

• most of the province is a vast tundra.

Seeking to become an independent country

• separatism

• transcontinental

• provincial

• secede

To withdraw

• separatism

• provincial

• Quebecois

• secede