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Canada Honors Cultural Geography Test Study Guide

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Maritime Provinces are similar to which American region?

a)

Midwest

b)

New England

c)

South

d)

West

2.

Many descendants of British Loyalists live in which province?

a)

Alberta

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

Quebec

e)

Ontario

3.

The world's highest tides occur at . . .

a)

Baffin Island

b)

The Bay of Fundy

c)

The Grand Banks

d)

The Hudson Bay

4.

What province has the highest population density?

a)

Alberta

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

Quebec

e)

Ontario

5.

What province has a strong Scottish heritage?

a)

Alberta

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

Quebec

e)

Ontario

6.

The area of hard rock and poor soil that surrounds the Hudson Bay is . . .

a)

The Canadian Shield

b)

A Cordillera

c)

The Grand Banks

d)

Ribbon Development

7.

Which of the following is an important industry in the Canadian Shield?

a)

Automotive Production

b)

Farming

c)

Mining

d)

Tertiary

8.

Which country won the Seven Years War?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Scotland

e)

United States

9.

In which of the following provinces is French the official language?

a)

Alberta

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

Quebec

e)

Ontario

10.

What enabled large ships to travel the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Great Lakes?

a)

Archipelagos

b)

Dams

c)

Ribbon Development

d)

Locks

11.

Each Canadian province has a governor called a . . .

a)

Head of Council

b)

Head of State

c)

Premier

d)

Prime Minister

12.

Who holds the power in Canada's political system?

a)

The Premier

b)

The Prime Minister

c)

The President

d)

The King

13.

Winnipeg is the capital of . . .

a)

Saskatchewan

b)

Manitoba

c)

British Columbia

d)

Alberta

e)

Nunavut

14.

What province is known for it's uranium

a)

Saskatchewan

b)

Manitoba

c)

British Columbia

d)

Alberta

e)

Nunavut

15.

Which city is famous for its rodeo?

a)

Calgary

b)

Yellowknife

c)

Edmonton

d)

Halifax

e)

Saskatoon

16.

What chain of mountains stretches from Alaska to South America?

a)

Western Cordillera

b)

Insular Mountains

c)

Coastal Mountains

d)

Rockies

17.

The biggest industry of British Columbia is . . .

a)

Fishing

b)

Mining

c)

Logging

d)

Tourism

18.

An Archipelago is a . . .

a)

Coniferous Forest

b)

Group of Islands

c)

Land route used by traders

d)

River system

19.

What territory was previously part of the Northwest Territories?

a)

Nunavut

b)

Yukon Territory

c)

Inuit

d)

Yellowknife Territory

20.

Nunavut is a territory set aside for . . .

a)

Indians

b)

Inuit

c)

Metis

d)

Quebecois

21.

___________ is the largest city in Quebec.

a)

Calgary

b)

Montreal

c)

Toronto

d)

Quebec City

e)

Saskatoon

22.

___________ is the capital of Ontario.

a)

Calgary

b)

Montreal

c)

Toronto

d)

Quebec City

e)

Saskatoon

23.

Canada's Capital, ___________ is not in the Great Lakes Plain.

a)

Calgary

b)

Montreal

c)

Toronto

d)

Quebec City

e)

Ottawa

24.

British Columbia's Capital, ___________ has carefully maintained British traditions.

a)

Calgary

b)

Montreal

c)

Toronto

d)

Victoria

e)

Ottawa

25.

The ___________ River in the Northwest Territories is one of the longest river systems in North America.

a)

St. Lawerence

b)

Mackenzie

c)

Saskatchewan

d)

Yukon

e)

Columbia

26.

___________ means "bordering the sea".

a)

Coastal

b)

Maritime

c)

Inland

d)

Inuit

27.

What region of the Maritime Provinces was settled by the French?

a)

Acadia

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

Quebec

e)

Ontario

28.

What province was the setting of L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables?

a)

Alberta

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

Quebec

e)

Ontario

29.

What is the largest metropolitan area in Canada?

a)

Calgary

b)

Montreal

c)

Toronto

d)

Quebec City

e)

Saskatoon

30.

What word means to remove forts and soldiers from a common border?

a)

Cease Fire

b)

Peace Treaty

c)

Demilitarize

d)

Parlay

31.

What city is considered the gateway to the Canadian Rockies?

a)

Calgary

b)

Montreal

c)

Toronto

d)

Quebec City

e)

Saskatoon

32.

What is the capital of Alberta?

a)

Calgary

b)

Montreal

c)

Toronto

d)

Edmonton

e)

Saskatoon

33.

__________ Island is the largest island in the Canadian Archipelago and the fifth-largest island in the world.

a)

Baffin

b)

Fundy

c)

Grand Banks

d)

Hudson

34.

Where the world-famous fishing ground where the cod-fishing industry reigned for almost five hundred years?

a)

Baffin Island

b)

The Bay of Fundy

c)

The Grand Banks

d)

The Hudson Bay

35.

The chain of islands off the west coast of British Columbia is called the _______________, because it was formed when the ocean flooded the mountains.

a)

Western Cordillera

b)

Insular Mountains

c)

Coastal Mountains

d)

Rockies

36.

What transportation system links the east and the west portions of Canada?

a)

Alcan Highway

b)

St. Lawrence River

c)

Trans-Canada Highway

d)

Trans-Atlantic Highway

37.

The French named the three southernmost Maritime Provinces _____________.

a)

Acadia

b)

Grand Banks

c)

Nova Scotia

d)

Cordillera

e)

St. Lawrence

38.

____________'s name means "New Scotland."

a)

Ontario

b)

Newfoundland & Labrador

c)

Nova Scotia

d)

New Brunswick

e)

Nunavut

39.

_______________ is the capital of Ontario.

a)

Calgary

b)

Montreal

c)

Toronto

d)

Quebec City

e)

Ottawa

40.

Location of Grand Banks

a)

Newfoundland

b)

Labrador

c)

New Brunswick

d)

Prince Edward Island

e)

Nova Scotia

41.

Capital is Halifax

a)

Nova Scotia

b)

Newfoundland & Labrador

c)

New Brunswick

d)

Alberta

42.

Nicknamed "Spud Island"

a)

Vancouver Island

b)

Ellesmere Island

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

Cape Breton Island

e)

Baffin Island

43.

Canada's largest province

a)

Alberta

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

Quebec

e)

Ontario

44.

Also known as "shinning waters"

a)

Alberta

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

Quebec

e)

Ontario

45.

What province is known for its wilderness and uranium?

a)

Saskatchewan

b)

Manitoba

c)

British Columbia

d)

Alberta

e)

Nunavut

46.

Location of Calgary, which is the gateway to the Canadian Rockies.

a)

Saskatchewan

b)

Manitoba

c)

British Columbia

d)

Alberta

e)

Nunavut

47.

Only province on the Pacific Ocean

a)

Saskatchewan

b)

Manitoba

c)

British Columbia

d)

Alberta

e)

Nunavut

48.

Site of Diamond Rush

a)

Saskatchewan

b)

Manitoba

c)

Northwest Territory

d)

Alberta

e)

Nunavut

49.

Inuit for "Our Land"

a)

Saskatchewan

b)

Manitoba

c)

Northwest Territory

d)

Alberta

e)

Nunavut

50.

Leads Canada in lead production

a)

Saskatchewan

b)

Manitoba

c)

Northwest Territory

d)

Alberta

e)

Yukon Territory

51.

Migration destination for caribou

a)

Newfoundland

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Nova Scotia

d)

Prince Edward Island

e)

Labrador