Mrs. Slovinsky EAL Geography What is Canada?

Name: _________________________________ Period: _______Date: _______________________ Mark: ____________/35

An Introduction to Canada
Use the Internet, the atlases, or your own knowledge to answer these questions.
1. What are the names of the seven continents of the world? (3.5 marks)
a. ___________________________________ e. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________ f. ___________________________________
c. ___________________________________ g. ___________________________________
d. ___________________________________

2. What are the names of the three major North American countries? (1.5 marks)
a. ___________________________________ c. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________

3. If all the countries were put in order of size (by area), what position would Canada be in? Which
country or countries are larger than Canada? (1 mark)
a. Rank – ___________________ b. Larger country - ________________________

4. What are the official languages of Canada? (1 mark)

a. ___________________________________ b. ___________________________________

5. What is Canada’s population? What is the world’s population? What percentage of the world’s
population is Canadian? (1.5 marks)
a. Canada’s population: ___________________________________
b. World population: ___________________________________
c. Percentage of Canadians: ___________________________________

6. Who is Canada’s Prime Minister? (.5 mark) ___________________________________________________________

7. Who is Canada’s head of state? (The head of state may not be the same as the head of the government.)
(.5 mark) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Who is the premier of Manitoba? (.5 mark) _____________________________________________________________________

9. Name the five Great Lakes. (2.5 marks)

a. ___________________________________ d. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________ e. ___________________________________
c. ___________________________________

10. Name four Canadian capital cities that are on islands? (2 marks)
a. ___________________________________ c. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________ d. ___________________________________

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11. What are the names of Canada’s three territories? (1.5 marks)
a. ___________________________________ c. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________

12. Name the four Western Provinces from east to west. (2 marks)
a. ___________________________________ c. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________ d. ___________________________________

13. What four provinces make up the Maritimes? (2 marks)

a. ___________________________________ c. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________ d. ___________________________________

14. Which three oceans are on Canada’s borders? (1.5 marks)

a. ___________________________________ c. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________

15. What is the name of the mountain range along Canada’s west coast? (.5 mark) ___________________

16. Use the maps on page 24 of the atlas to help you find out which natural disasters are possible in each of
the following Canadian cities. Use the word bank on the right to help you. (6 marks)
a. Vancouver
i. _____________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________
b. Calgary
i. _____________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________ WORD BANK
iii. _____________________________________________ Flooding
c. Winnipeg Landslides/Avalanches
i. _____________________________________________ Hail
ii. _____________________________________________
Freezing Rain
iii. _____________________________________________
d. Toronto Fog
i. _____________________________________________ Earthquakes
ii. _____________________________________________ Tornadoes
iii. _____________________________________________
e. Montreal
i. _____________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________
iii. _____________________________________________
iv. _____________________________________________
f. Halifax
i. _____________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________

17. Where is the highest place in Canada? (.5 mark)

a. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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18. Name the three biggest lakes in Manitoba. (1.5 marks)
a. ___________________________________ c. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________

19. Name Canada’s most economically important river. (.5 mark) ________________________________________________

20. Which two rivers meet in Winnipeg to create “The Forks”? (1 mark)
a. ___________________________________ b. ___________________________________

21. Name three important symbols of Canada (things that people from other countries would recognize as
Canadian)? (1.5 marks)
a. ___________________________________ c. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________

22. What is Canada known for in the rest of the world? (1 mark)
a. ___________________________________ b. ___________________________________

23. What things does Canada have a lot of? (1 mark)

a. ___________________________________ b. ___________________________________