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| What is the 2nd largest country in the world? | Canada
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| How is Canada politically divided? | 10 provinces
3 territories
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| How was Northern Canada formed? | glaciers
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| Far north Canada is what landform | tundra
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| Describe tundra | rolling, treeless plains
permafrost
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| Where is the Canadian Shield? | around Hudson Bay
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| The Appalachian Mts are located where | eastern Southern Canada
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| The Laurentain Highlands are located where | eastern Southern Canada
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| St Lawrence River flows to the | Atlantic Ocean
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| Most of the population lives here | St Lawrence River Valley
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| Largest City | Toronto
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| What is the St Lawrence Seaway | collection of rivers, canals, locks that connect the Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean
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| Where are the Great Plains | from US into Central CA
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| Describe the Great Plains | huge prairie(rolling inland, grassy area, fertile soil
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| What Mts are in Western Canada | Rocky and Coast
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| What is largest Mt in CA | Mt Logan
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| population of CA | 33.2 million
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| area of CA | 1 million square miles
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| languages of CA | English and French
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| life expectancy | male: 78 woman: 84
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| Gross dollars per capita | $38,400
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| climate of Rocky/Coast mt area | wet, mild winter
mild summer
like WA, OR
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| Economy | how people make their money
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| free market | people start their own businesses
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| more gov't control in CA than in USA | free health care, controlled medicine prices
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| Economic provinces | Eastern CA, Quebec and Ontario, Prairie Provinces and British Columbia
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| Eastern CA | Atlantic coast; fishing was important until over fished; manufacturing, mining, tourism
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| Quebec | largest province; settled by French; 1/4 population; manufacturing; service industries; agriculture; fishing
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| Montreal | 2nd largest city in Quebec
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| SI | proving services to people
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| Ontario | 2nd largest province; largest population; most wealth; produces 1/2+ manufactured goods; farming in the South
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| Ottawa | in Ontario and is national capitol
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| Prairie Provinces | Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
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| Prairie Provinces | farming (wheat); agriculture; oil and natural gas
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| British Columbia | large forest and mts; timber and mining; fishing; tourism
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| Vancouver | in BC; main Pacific Port
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| "Canada" | means "village" in native American
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| Vikings arrived in | year 1000
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| French came | 1500
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| Great Britain wins CA in war | 1700s
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| Dominion of CA | 1867, CA gets some freedom
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| Independence | 1931, K & Q of Britain have no power
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| Parliamentary Democracy | citizens elect people to parliament
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| Prime Minister | leader chosen by members of parliament
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| Canadian people | most have European backgrounds, nation of immigrants, has many religions (Catholic, Protestant)
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| Quebec wants to | separate; proud of French culture
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| Nanuvut | newest territory; run by Inuits; few jobs available
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