45 points
Geography in Canada
10 Questions

Question 1
Which region contains Newfoundland and Nova Scotia?

Atlantic Provinces

Prairie Provinces

British Columbia

Northern Lands

Question 2
Why do most people in Canada live in southern Ontario and Quebec?
Choose all answers that are correct.

Fertile areas in these provinces allow agriculture.

Trade along the St. Lawrence Seaway creates jobs.

Large metropolitan areas draw people to the area.

The climate is pleasant due to warm air from the Pacific Ocean.

Question 3
Which bodies of water border Canada?
Choose all answers that are correct.

Atlantic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Question 4
Where is Vancouver located?

Ontario

British Columbia

Quebec

Nova Scotia

Question 5
What role does Canada play in the world?

leads the fight against diseases such as malaria

works to reduce foreign debt

provides aid to poor countries

maintains a 'no military' policy in foreign affairs

Question 6
Why did Canada want to increase its population during the mid to late 1900s?

Canada needed people with new ideas.

Canada needed more workers to populate the territories.

Canada needed more workers to increase industry.

Canada needed a more diverse population.

Question 7
Which challenge does Canada face in its effort to reduce the use of fossil fuels?

Manufacturers refuse to stop using fossil fuels.

There is no interest in developing other fuel sources.

Fossil fuels are a large industry in the economy.

The cost of alternate fuel sources is too high.

Question 8
Why did Toronto become a large metropolitan area?

It has natural resources such as gold and oil.

It has access to the Atlantic Ocean.

It is the largest manufacturing area in Canada.

It has the largest amount of fertile farming land.

Question 9
How did the physical environment of the eastern lands affect the First Nations peoples’ way of life?

They had no wood for homes.

They were nomads and followed their prey.

They created sea-going vessels.

They hunted and farmed.

Question 10
Why was the Manitoba province created?

French-speaking Canadians wanted a province of their own.

Gold had been discovered there.

The Métis wanted more say in governing.

The First Nations peoples wanted a province for aboriginals.