Canada

Canada's geography allows it to be the world's fifth-largest producer of which natural resource?

• Cattle

• Fruit

• Oil

• Cotton

Because of its geography, Canada would be MOST likely to be affected by

• Perfect Weather

• Tornados

• Hurricanes

• Sand Storms

What is the main environmental concern in the Canadian Shield?

• Nuclear disaster

• Oil Spills

• Over-extraction of minerals and timber

• Slash and burn

Nearly 90% of Canada's population lives

• In the province of Quebec

• Beside the St. Lawrence waterway

• Along the west coast of British Columbia

• Within 100 miles of the border of the United States

Canada loses over 500,000 acres of forests each year due to

• Pine Beetles

• Suburban Sprawl

• Clear-Cutting for consumer products

• The expansion of the cattle industry

How does specialization encourage trade between countries?

• Citizens are better educated

• Countries who specialize have more money

• Citizens who specialize are happier than those who don’t

• Countries can trade for those items they don’t produce themselves

What is NOT an effect of clear cutting in the Canadian forests?

• Loss of animal habitats

• heavy machinery compacts the soil

• erosion of soil

• better air quality

To open the Great Lakes to shipping in the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and United States built

• Niagara Falls

• St. Lawrence Seaway

• The Inland Passage

• St. Lawrence River

Why is the Canadian Shield important to the economy of Canada?

• It contains large, valuable mineral deposits.

• There are many farms here because of the fertile soil.

• It is close to many of the large metropolitan areas of Canada.

• There are many ways that the environment can be damaged by mining.

Canada is the largest trading partner for the United States because

• The U.S. cannot get goods from other places

• Canada has better farming areas than U.S.

• The U.S. and Canada are unified by trade agreements that promote free trade

• Canada doesn’t have many natural resources and relies on the U.S.