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1
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Label the 10 provinces and 3 territories and their capital cities

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See map

2
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What is the driest part of Canada?

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The arctic

3
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What is the largest freshwater lake in the world?

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Lake superior

4
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How many earthquakes occur in Canada and how many can be felt?

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3500, 50

5
Q

What is Canada’s population

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34 million

6
Q

The world largest producer of maple syrup

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Quebec

7
Q

Canada’s largest city

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Toronto

8
Q

Most populated provice

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Ontario

9
Q

Only province that borders more than two other provinces

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Quebec

10
Q

Mt. Logan is where?

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Yukon

11
Q

Longest bridge in Canada connects

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PEI and New Brunswick

12
Q

Canada’s biggest forestru province

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British Columbia

13
Q

Ontario borders

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Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Quebec, Manitoba

14
Q

Warmest winters are in the

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West

15
Q

Most expensive natural disaster was an

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ice storm

16
Q

Most NHL players per capita

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Saskatchewan

17
Q

Prarie province that touches the sea

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Manitoba

18
Q

Canada’s largest export

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Wood

19
Q

Most important crop

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Wheat

20
Q

Most recent province

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Newfoundland

21
Q

Current prime minister

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Stephan Harper

22
Q

Most Canadians would like to move to

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British Columbia

23
Q

Most Canadian’s live

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south

24
Q

Which city is closest to the center of Canada?

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Winnipeg

25
Q

Predominant winds in Canada come the

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west

26
Q

New immigrants flock to what three cities?

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Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal

27
Q

Largest producer of automobiles

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Oshuwa

28
Q

In 1900 A map would be missing what provinces>

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Alberta, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan

29
Q

What province would still be missing in 1948

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Newfoundland

30
Q

Canada’s longest river

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Mackenzie river

31
Q

Define map

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A 2D drawing that represents the earth’s features. An example is a thematic map, which shows only one type of feature, such as vegetation

32
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What are the components a map should have?>

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Title, legend, scale, date of publication, direction, borders

33
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On maps, what points towards you?

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South

34
Q

How many degrees in a circle

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360

35
Q

Draw and label a compass rose

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See drawing

36
Q

Define small scale map

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A small scale map is a ma[ that shows a small amount of detail in a large area, for example a scale of 1:250 000

37
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Define large scale map

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A map that shows a large amount of detail in a small area, For example a scale of 1:50 000

38
Q

List three types of map scales and provide an example for each

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Direct statement- one cm represents 5 km
Line scale:
Representative fraction: 1:50 000

39
Q

How many cm in km

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100 000

40
Q

Define latitude

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Lines of latitude are parallel lines that run horizontally. The begin at the equator (0) and measure angular distance north and south of it, diminishing in size until they reach the North and South Poles (90N and 90S respectively) For example, the tropic of Cancer lies at 23.5 N

41
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What is longitude?

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Lines of longitude run from pole to pole around the earth