Study Guide for Canada Unit test



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Study Guide for Canada Unit test

This is a guide to use for studying for the unit test. Not all of these questions will be on the test nor are they worded exactly as they would be on the test. These are concepts that you need to know and understand.

SS6G5a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.

1. Hudson Bay connects to which ocean?

2. The ___________ forms part of the border with the United States and Canada.

3. Which mountains stretch over 3,000 miles, from British Columbia in Canada to New

Mexico in the United States.

4. Which area is known for its rolling, rocky land covering eastern and central Canada?

SS6G6a. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.

5. What country is the second largest in the world in land area?

6. Where do most people in Canada live?

7. What climate feature keeps most Canadian living in the southern part of their country?

8. Which part of Canada has sub-arctic and arctic climates?

9. Name some important natural resources of Canada.

10. What type of communities are found in areas where mining and farming are

important?

11. Why is it good for Canada that it has enough oil and natural gas to sell?

SS6G6b. Describe how Canada’s location, climate and natural resources impact trade.

12. What conditions makes it easy for Canada to trade with the United States?

13. What geophysical area is most important to help businesses in central Canada move

goods to countries in Europe?

14. How are Canadians able to produce enough food for their own use and still have food

to sell to other countries when only 5% of the land is arable?

SS6G7a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Canada regarding acid rain and pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources.

15. What substances does rain mix with to become acidic?

16. Name some sources of chemicals in acid rain.

17. Why does Canada have to work with the United States to solve the problem of acid

rain? What have they done to clean up the Great Lakes?

18. Where in Canada are the most valuable minerals found?

19. Why is the Canadian Shield important to the economy of Canada?

20. What is a problem related to clear-cutting?

SS6CG3a. Describe the structure of the Canadian government as a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary democracy, and a federation, distinguishing the role of the citizens in terms of voting and personal freedoms.

21. What type government exists in Canada?

22. What term describes how political power is distributed in Canada?

SS6H4a. Describe the influence of the French and the English on the language and religion of Canada.

23. What are the official languages in Canada?

24. What European countries contributed most to the languages of Canada?

25. What is the most common religion in Quebec?

26. What was allowed for Canada by the British North America Act of 1867?

SS6H5a. Describe Quebec’s independence movement.

27. What is the term for a person who wants Quebec to become an independent country?

28. What is the goal of the independence movement of Quebec?

Answers to study guide and study guide to Benchmark II test below

Name __________________________

Date _________________

Study Guide for Canada Unit test

This is a guide to use for studying for the unit test. Not all of these questions will be on the test nor are they worded exactly as they would be on the test. These are concepts that you need to know and understand.

SS6G5a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.

1. Hudson Bay connects to which ocean? Atlantic Ocean

2. The ___________ forms part of the border with the United States and Canada.

Great Lakes

3. Which mountains stretch over 3,000 miles, from British Columbia in Canada to New

Mexico in the United States? Rocky Mountains

4. Which area is known for its rolling, rocky land covering eastern and central Canada?

Canadian Shield

SS6G6a. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.

5. What country is the second largest in the world in land area? Canada

6. Where do most people in Canada live? Southern part of Canada within 100 miles of

U.S.

7. What climate feature keeps most Canadian living in the southern part of their country?

Temperate/Mild or Humid – continental

8. Which part of Canada has sub-arctic and arctic climates? North

9. Name some important natural resources of Canada. Oil, Natural Gas, Water, Timber

10. What type of communities are found in areas where mining and farming are

important? Rural, small communities

11. Why is it good for Canada that it has enough oil and natural gas to sell? Canadians

use the extra to earn money buy things that they don’t produce. Or Canadians make

money on what they sell to other countries

SS6G6b. Describe how Canada’s location, climate and natural resources impact trade.

12. What conditions makes it easy for Canada to trade with the United States? Canada

and U.S. share 3,000 miles border

13. What geophysical area is most important to help businesses in central Canada move

goods to countries in Europe? The St. Lawrence Seaway

14. How are Canadians able to produce enough food for their own use and still have food

to sell to other countries when only 5% of the land is arable? Canada is so large that

5% is still a lot of land

SS6G7a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Canada regarding acid rain and pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources.

15. What substances does rain mix with to become acidic? Sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide

and nitrogen

16. Name some sources of chemicals in acid rain. Factories, coal burning power plants,

cars etc.

17. Why does Canada have to work with the United States to solve the problem of acid

rain? What have they done to clean up the Great Lakes? The U.S. is the main source

of the acid rain. Canada and the U.S. signed an agreement to clean up the lakes

because both countries share four of the five lakes.

18. Where in Canada are the most valuable minerals found? Canadian Shield

19. Why is the Canadian Shield important to the economy of Canada? Most valuable

minerals found there

20. What is a problem related to clear-cutting? Erodes the soil, destroys animal habitats,

pollutes the water

SS6CG3a. Describe the structure of the Canadian government as a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary democracy, and a federation, distinguishing the role of the citizens in terms of voting and personal freedoms.

21. What type government exists in Canada? Constitutional Monarchy

22. What term describes how political power is distributed in Canada? Federal

government between the central government (parliament) and the ten provinces

SS6H4a. Describe the influence of the French and the English on the language and religion of Canada.

23. What are the official languages in Canada? French and English

24. What European countries contributed most to the languages of Canada? France and

Great Britain

25. What is the most common religion in Quebec? Roman Catholic

26. What was allowed for Canada by the British North America Act of 1867?

Canadians could now have a new constitution, their own parliament and prime

minister

SS6H5a. Describe Quebec’s independence movement.

27. What is the term for a person who wants Quebec to become an independent country?

separatists

28. What is the goal of the independence movement of Quebec? To become an

independent country

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Study these things for Benchmark Test II

Political and Economic Systems of Europe & Canada

1. How is the Canadian Parliament similar to that of the British?

How is it different?

2. What are capital goods? Why is it important to invest in capital goods?

3. Which physical features do both the United States and Canada share?

4. What is human capital?

5. What are natural resources why is it important to have them?

6. Canada has two official languages why?

7. What is the difference between a monarchy, oligarchy, and a democracy?

8. Why are entrepreneurs important?

9. How is Russia different from other European countries?

10. Explain why over 90% of Canadians live within 100 of the United

States.

11. What is the major benefit of the euro?

12. What does having a high literacy rate say about how a country invests in

human capital?

13. How did Canada gain their independence from Britain? How was this

different from the United States?

14. What is the purpose of the EU?

15. Why have both the United States and Canada worked to eliminate the

effects of acid rain?

16. How is the British democracy different from that of the Unites States?

17. How is the House of Commons different from the House of Lords?

18. Explain why some people in Quebec what to be independent?

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