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WorksheetsCanada Unit
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of environmental issues does Southern Canada face?
a)
Smog
b)
Nuclear waste disposal
c)
Acid Rain
d)
Polluted drinking water
2.
Where does most of the pollution come from?
a)
U.S.
b)
Below Hudson Bay
c)
Great Lakes
d)
Canadian Shield
3.
What is the cause of Canada’s environmental issue?
a)
Not filtering water.
b)
Illegal logging of trees.
c)
Hydroelectric dams.
d)
Factories, power plants, and automobiles.
4.
What laws have Canadian officials put in place to help lessen the pollution?
a)
Citizens are required to wear protective mask when pollution levels are high.
b)
Canadian government has passed laws calling for stronger regulation of factory and vehicle exhaust emissions
c)
Made it illegal to drive trucks that get poor gas mileage.
d)
Made stricter laws against cutting down trees in the forest.
5.
What makes Canada’s environmental issue worse?
a)
There is no cure for acid rain
b)
The U.S. is the cause of most of the pollution making the Canadian pollution laws pointless unless the U.S. lessens its pollution also.
c)
If the environmental issue is fixed, it will cause thousands of workers their jobs due to government regulations.
d)
It will hurt Canada’s GDP because it will lessen the amount of natural resources extracted from the ground.
6.
What is the second type of environmental issue Canada faces?
a)
Nuclear disposal and recycling.
b)
Polluted drinking water and sulfur dioxide in the ground.
c)
Mining and logging
d)
Smog and acid rain.
7.
Which of these statements is correct in reference to Canada’s environmental issue?
a)
The government cannot afford to filter their cities drinking water.
b)
The city is located in the valley of an extinct volcano making the air pollution stay in the atmosphere above the city.
c)
Sulfur dioxide from mining equipment reduces air quality and chemical runoff from the mining process contaminates water supplies.
d)
Hydroelectric power releases carbon dioxide into the air causing acid rain and reduces air quality for its citizens.
8.
Canada has the world’s highest deforestation rate.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
It is illegal to cut down trees in Canada.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Majority of Canada’s minerals are found in the Canadian Shield.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The U.S. is Canada’s number one cause of air pollution.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Acid rain damages forest but not statues and buildings.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Hydroelectric power plants produce clean and renewable energy.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Mining for minerals has no effect on the environment.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Smog is Canada’s main problem with air quality.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Which two countries battles for Canadian territory?
a)
Germany & U.S.
b)
Mexico & U.S
c)
U.K. & France
d)
France & U.S.
17.
What was the name of the war for Canadian territory?
a)
World War I
b)
French and Indian War
c)
Spanish War
d)
World War II
18.
What did the Quebec Act of 1774 accomplish?
a)
It permitted the citizens of Quebec to retain their French language and Catholic faith.
b)
It gave Europe access to valuable beaver pelts on the St. Lawrence River.
c)
It gave up all territory west of the Hudson Bay.
d)
It granted amnesty to all Canadian citizens who fought in the French and Indian War
19.
What is the name for French speaking Canadians?
a)
Aborigines
b)
Slaviks
c)
Conquistadors
d)
Francophones
20.
What did citizens from Canada want from its new ruler?
a)
Canadian citizens wanted to keep their French culture.
b)
Canadian citizens wanted to assimilate into European culture.
c)
Canadian citizens wanted fewer taxes.
d)
Canadian citizens wanted better protection from the Indigenous population.
21.
What province in Canada speaks primarily French and is mostly Roman Catholic?
a)
Alberta
b)
British Columbia
c)
Quebec
d)
Ontario
22.
What was the primary focus on the 1967 political movement in Quebec about?
a)
Citizens wanted referendums over the primary language of the country.
b)
Citizens wanted to join the United States.
c)
Citizens wanted tax reforms.
d)
Citizens wanted political independence from its mother country.
23.
What does autonomy mean?
a)
Religious freedom
b)
To speak French
c)
Political independence
d)
To have many cultures
24.
Canada is know for its vast ________, which they use as a natural resource for timber.
a)
mountains
b)
forest
c)
hydroelectric power
d)
minerals
25.
Land that is suitable for farming is _________?
a)
rural
b)
barren
c)
urban
d)
arable
26.
The largest country in North America is __________.
a)
Mexico
b)
Texas
c)
Canada
d)
Brazil
27.
How was the Canadian Shield created?
a)
a retracting glacier
b)
a volcano
c)
a plate tectonics
d)
an asteroid fell from the sky
28.
90% of Canadians live within ____miles of the U.S border.
a)
100
b)
500
c)
250
d)
300
29.
The climate of Northern Canada is _____?
a)
Temperate
b)
Mild
c)
Tropical
d)
Arctic
30.
Southeastern Canada is warmer than the rest of Canada because the water from the ____________ make the climate warm and humid
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Hudson Bay
d)
Arctic Ocean
31.
________ is one of Canada's BIGGEST natural resources.
a)
wheat
b)
peanuts
c)
oil
d)
soybeans
32.
Canada is known for its clean and renewable hydroelectric power. This is ________ power.
a)
solar
b)
water
c)
wind
d)
sun
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