Geography of Canada Test Review

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

• Fish.
• Minerals.
• Cotton.
• Timber.

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