Geography Canada Test

Which of the following landforms runs through both the United States and Canada?

• a. the Interior Lowlands

• b. the Rocky Mountains

• c. the Great Plains

• d. the Canadian Shield

A giant core of rock anchoring North America and centered on Hudson Bay and James Bay is known as the

• a. Interior Lowlands

• b. Pacific Ranges

• c. Canadian Shield

• d. Great Plains

How does Niagara Falls help contribute to Canada’s economy?

• a. by providing a key transportation route

• b. by delivering drinking water to many homes in the region

• c. by depositing coal, iron ore, and other minerals

• d. by providing a source of hydroelectric power

Today, more than one-fourth of Canadians identify themselves as being

• of mixed ethnic origins.

• Quebecois.

• Native American.

• Inuit.

The indigenous people of the Canadian Arctic are known as the

• Métis.

• Inuit.

• Quebecois.

• First Nations.

Due to its large land area, the development of Canada’s ________ has been essential to the country’s economic growth.

• transportation systems

• agricultural sector

• tourism industry

• educational institutions

Scientists believe ________ is directly related to climate change and the rising of Earth’s temperature.

• production of hydroelectricity

• carbon dioxide

• mining activity

• sustainable logging

Emissions in the United States can result in ________ in Canada, threatening timber and water resources.

• acid rain

• global warming

• deforestation

• ozone depletion

To help provide energy production in Canada’s southern provinces, the Canadian government has begun to explore

• synthetic crude oil conversion.

• hydroelectricity.

• natural gas extraction.

• wind and solar power.

Due to heavy natural resource extraction, Canada’s ________ has been shrinking.

• boreal forest

• desert

• tundra

• prairie