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Chapter 6 - Canada

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which countries share the longest non-defended border?

a)

Canada and Great Britain

b)

Canada and United States

c)

Canada and Mexico

d)

Canada and Russia

2.

What is a large area of relatively flat land made of ancient, hard rock?

a)

Tundra

b)

Fishery

c)

Shield

d)

Metis

3.

What is it called when someone can speak both French and English?

a)

Bilingual

b)

Metis

c)

Frenlish

d)

Biographical

4.

Which explorer claimed the St. Lawrence River for France?

a)

Justin Beiber

b)

The Vikings

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Jacques Cartier

5.

How many provinces and territories does Canada have?

a)

3 provinces and 10 territories

b)

10 provinces and 0 territories

c)

10 provinces and 3 territories

d)

5 provinces and 2 territories

6.

Quebec is one of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Canada's King and Queen are the same as those in the United Kingdom.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

How large is Canada?

a)

2nd largest country in the world

b)

1st largest country in the world

c)

6th largest country in the world

d)

8th largest country in the world

9.

Which province was created to give the Metis more say in governing themselves?

a)

Quebec

b)

Alberta

c)

Saskatchewan

d)

Manitoba

10.

What major change came to Canada in 1931?

a)

The St. Lawrence Seaway opened allowing easier access to the Great Lakes.

b)

Britain granted almost complete independence to Canada.

c)

Canada finally ended its link to France

d)

Canada was recognized as the leading industrial nation.

11.

How did the Quebec Act of 1774 French settlers?

a)

It kept them from being deported to France.

b)

It allowed them to keep their language, religion, and system of laws.

c)

It built forts to protect them from the First Nations people.

d)

It allowed them free trade with the First Nations peoples.

12.

Besides Canada and the United States, which other country signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in the early 1900s?

a)

Cuba

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Guatemala

d)

Mexico

13.

In which provinces do most Canadians live?

a)

Northern Lands

b)

Atlantic Provinces

c)

Prairie Provinces

d)

Quebec and Ontario

14.

What is the flat, treeless land with frozen ground year-round?

a)

Fishery

b)

Tundra

c)

Shield

d)

Metis

15.

What is the area where fish feed in huge numbers?

a)

Fishery

b)

Bilingual

c)

Shield

d)

Tundra

16.

What name was given to the children of French and native peoples?

a)

Metis

b)

Manitoba

c)

Bilingual

d)

Territory

17.

an administrative unit similar to a state

a)

province

b)

state

c)

territory

d)

union

18.

the land administered by the national government

a)

province

b)

territory

c)

state

d)

union

19.

describing evergreen trees that produce cones to hold seeds and that have needles instead of leaves

a)

elm

b)

birch

c)

deciduous

d)

coniferous

20.

describing trees that shed their leaves in the autumn

a)

deciduous

b)

coniferous

c)

plam

d)

fancy

21.

describing trees that shed their leaves in the autumn

a)

deciduous

b)

coniferous

c)

plam

d)

fancy

22.

a group of islands

a)

peninsula

b)

island

c)

archipelago

d)

isthmus

23.

a flat, treeless plain with permanently frozen ground

a)

arid

b)

tierra templada

c)

Russia

d)

tundra

24.

an area where fish come to feed in huge numbers

a)

fish feeder

b)

fish hospital

c)

granary

d)

fishery

25.

a native people

a)

aboriginal

b)

native

c)

Native Americans

26.

describing something that crosses a continent

a)

transcanadian

b)

transtrains

c)

transcontinental

d)

transnational

27.

an individual who wants to break away from control by a dominant group

a)

colonists

b)

separatists

c)

indigenous

d)

coniferous

28.

Why do most Canadians live in the south near the US border?

a)

the climate is less harsh

b)

there are more resources

c)

there are fewer wild animals

d)

there is less pollution

29.

Which ocean borders Canada's western coast?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Arctic

d)

Indian

30.

Which ocean borders Canada's eastern coast?

a)

Arctic

b)

Atlantic

c)

Pacific

d)

Southern

31.

Which ocean borders Canada's northern coast?

a)

Arctic

b)

Indian

c)

Pacific

d)

Southern

32.

Which Canadian feature allows swift trade passage between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Great Lakes

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Hudson Bay

d)

St. Lawrence River

33.

Which government system best describes Canada?

a)

parliamentary democracy

b)

communist

c)

presidential democracy

d)

constitutional monarchy

34.

Who is the head of Canada's government elected by the majority party in Parliament?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

Governor General

c)

Queen

d)

President

35.
Which two countries had the most impact on Canada's culture?
a)
Germany and Spain
b)
France and England
c)
United States and France
d)
Portugal and England
36.
What river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Ohio River
c)
Hudson River
d)
St. Lawrence River
37.
What is the name of the trade agreement between the U.S, Canada, and Mexico?
a)
E.U.
b)
U.N.
c)
N.A.T.O.
d)
N.A.F.T.A.
38.
Canada's land is divided up into ______________.
a)
states
b)
territories
c)
provinces
d)
both provinces and territories
39.
Canada's capital, Ottawa, is located in 
a)
Northwest territories
b)
Nova Scotia
c)
Ontario
d)
British Columbia
40.
What are the two official languages of Canada?
a)
French and Spanish
b)
Spanish and Japanese
c)
English and French
d)
French and Korean
41.
What is NAFTA an acronym for? 
a)
North Atlantic Trucking Association
b)
North American Free Trade Agreement
c)
North Atlantic Forestry Taxation Agency
d)
North American Fishing Tournament Associaltion
42.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was designed to promote free trade between the United States, ___________.
a)
Canada, and Mexico
b)
the United Kingdom, and Russia
c)
Canada, and the United Kingdom
d)
Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean
43.
Canada's leader is called a 
a)
Prime Minister
b)
President
c)
Mayor
d)
King
44.
What province/territory is #1?
a)
Northwest Territories
b)
Saskatchewan
c)
Yukon Territory
d)
Nunavut
45.
What province/territory is #2?
a)
British Columbia
b)
Alberta
c)
Northwest Territories
d)
Saskatchewan
46.
What province/territory is #3?
a)
Nunavut
b)
Northwest Territories
c)
Manitoba
d)
Alberta
47.
What province/territory is #4?
a)
British Columbia
b)
Quebec
c)
Manitoba
d)
Alberta
48.
What province/territory is #5?
a)
Saskatchewan
b)
Manitoba
c)
Ontario
d)
Quebec
49.
What province/territory is #6?
a)
Ontario
b)
Saskatchewan
c)
Manitoba
d)
Nunavut
50.
What province/territory is #7?
a)
Manitoba
b)
Saskatchewan
c)
Northwest Territories
d)
Nunavut
51.
What province/territory is #9?
a)
Ontario
b)
Nova Scotia
c)
Prince Edward Island
d)
Quebec
52.
What province/territory is #8?
a)
Quebec
b)
Ontario
c)
Newfoundland and Labrador
d)
Nova Scotia
53.
What province/territory is #10?
a)
New Brunswick
b)
Nova Scotia
c)
Newfoundland and Labrador
d)
Quebec
54.
What province/territory is #11?
a)
New Brunswick
b)
Nova Scotia
c)
Prince Edward Island
d)
Newfoundland and Labrador
55.
What province/territory is #12?
a)
Prince Edward Island
b)
Nova Scotia
c)
New Brunswick
d)
Ontario
56.
What province/territory is #13?
a)
New Brunswick
b)
Nova Scotia
c)
Nunavut
d)
Prince Edward Island