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Canada 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 6hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name given to the descendants of the combination of French and First Nations peoples?

a)

Metis

b)

First Nations

c)

Inuit

d)

Eskimo

2.

The first Europeans to arrive in Canada around A.D. 1000 were the _______.

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Vikings

d)

Germans

3.

Similar to the U.S. states, Canada calls their states _______.

a)

territories

b)

states

c)

provinces

d)

sections

4.

_________ are lands administered by the national government.

a)

States

b)

Provinces

c)

Plains

d)

Territories

5.

The _______ is/are a large area of relatively flat land comprised of ancient, hard rock or bedrock.

a)

Canadian Shield

b)

Canadian Rockies

c)

Yukon

d)

Northwest Territory

6.

________ are evergreen trees produce cones that hold seeds, and they have needles instead of leaves

a)

Deciduous trees

b)

Coniferous

c)

Hardwood trees

d)

Aspen trees

7.

_________ trees shed their leaves in the autumn.

a)

Deciduous

b)

Coniferous

c)

Hardwood

d)

Aspen

8.

The islands of the far North (Nunavut) are a/an _________.

a)

mountain range

b)

vast plain

c)

shield

d)

archipelago

9.

A flat, treeless plain with permanently frozen ground is called _________.

a)

iceberg

b)

steppe

c)

tundra

d)

permafrost

10.

The Grand Banks, off the coast of the Atlantic Provinces, is known worldwide as a popular _______.

a)

fishery

b)

hatchery

c)

iceberg field

d)

skiing destination

11.

In Canada, the _________ peoples are known as the First Nations.

a)

original

b)

French

c)

aboriginal

d)

African

12.

A trip from the West coast of British Columbia to the East coast of Nova Scotia is considered a ________ trip.

a)

long

b)

treacherous

c)

transcontinental

d)

trans Siberian

13.

Many of the early settlers in Canada __________ from France.

a)

escaped

b)

migrated

c)

transferred

d)

swam

14.

________ is defined as a person that is able to use two languages.

a)

bilateral

b)

Metis

c)

Aborigine

d)

bilingual

15.

_______ are those who want to break away from control by a dominant group.

a)

Individualists

b)

Federalists

c)

Separatists

d)

Bilinguals

16.

To have self-governing capabilities is to have _________.

a)

Automation

b)

Autonomy

c)

Transformance

d)

Divergence

17.

A metropolitan area includes the __________ along with the city.

a)

restaurant district

b)

slums

c)

airport

d)

suburbs

18.

The North West Mounted Police, or Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), were created to ________.

a)

find and capture criminals

b)

keep order in the First Nations communities

c)

keep order during the gold rush

d)

maintain control of 3 territories

19.

_________ is very important for Canada's economy since they trade so much with the United States.

a)

NAFTA

b)

UN

c)

NATO

d)

EU

20.

Which of the following is NOT a territory in Canada?

a)

Nunavut

b)

Yukon

c)

Saskatchewan

d)

Northwest Territories

21.

Canada is bordered by ______ oceans.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta make up the ________ provinces.

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Southern

d)

Prairie

23.

The busy shipping route from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean is Called the ________.

a)

Ms. Gates

b)

St. Lawrence Seaway

c)

Gulf of St. Lawrence

d)

Great Lakes Shipping Lanes

24.

The _______ River flows through the mountains in British Columbia

a)

Fraser

b)

Spring

c)

Monmouth

d)

Orinoco