Unit 3 US and Canada

In terms of land area, Canada is the second largest nation in the world, while the United States is the third largest. This is the only nation that's larger:

• Russia

• China

• Australia

• Brazil

Located in the Canadian province of Ontario, this city is at the heart of the most populous metropolitan area in Canada:

• Toronto

• Vancouver

• Ottawa

• Montréal

Between 1866 and 1885, tens of thousands of cowboys grazed large herds of cattle along the Chisholm Trail, a major cattle route between this Texas city and Abilene, KS:

• El Paso, TX

• Austin, TX

• Lubbock, TX

• San Antonio, TX

A few decades after this war ended, during the late 1700s, two well-defined cultures began to emerge in Canada: the Protestant English and the Roman-Catholic French:

• American Revolutionary War

• Canadian Revolutionary War

• French and Indian War

• Napoleonic Wars

A joint project between the U.S. and Canada, it was built and completed during the 1950s and features a series of locks that can raise and lower its water levels:

• Erie Canal

• St. Lawrence Seaway

• Hoover Dam

• Ontario Canal

Established in 1565 by the Spanish, this is the name of the first permanent European settlement in the United States:

• New Orleans

• San Antonio

• Jamestown

• St. Augustine

In order to protect the northern Mexican provinces from continued Native American raids and attacks, the Mexican government decided to offer land grants in Texas to agents called this:

• vaquero

• empresario

• voyageur

• conquistador

Between 1617 and 1808, approximately 600,000 _____ were brought to the United States:

• Caribbean immigrants

• Portuguese immigrants

• enslaved Africans

• indentured servants

Unlike Canada, which has two official languages, French and English, the official language of the U.S. is this:

• English

• Spanish

• the U.S. has three official languages (English, Spanish, and German)

• the U.S. has no official language

Manitoba, Alberta, and this other Canadian province are collectively known as the Prairie Provinces:

• Prince Edward Island

• Nunavut

• British Columbia

• Saskatchewan