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Canada Remediation
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What body of water is located north of the Great Lakes? | Hudson Bay |
| Which ocean is to the west of Canada? | Pacific |
| What was built to connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean? | St. Lawrence Seaway |
| What is the name of the mountain range in Canada? | Rockies |
| Where does Canada's mining take place? | Canadian Shield |
| Where do most people in Canada live? | Near the US border |
| Which group of people live in Nunavut? | Inuit |
| Who is Canada's largest trading parnter? | US |
| Which country share the same environmental concern that faces Canada's Great Lakes region? | Germany (acid rain) |
| What type of government does Canada have? | Federal Parliamentary Democracy |
| Which country in Europe has the same head of state as Canada? | UK |
| What are the 2 official languages of Canada? | English and French |
| How did Canada gain independence from the UK? | Through a series of treaties |
| Which province is French and wants independence from Canada? | Quebec |
| What type of source gives information, but the author was NOT at the event? | secondary |
| What century is 1497 in? | 15th |
| What economic system do communist countries have? | command |
| What is a charactersic of a market economy? | competition |
| What is a mixed economy? | Combination of private and government control |
| What is a tariff? | A tax on an imported good |
| What do the governments of UK, Germany, and Russia all have in common? | All democracies |
| What title in government do Russia and Uk both have? | Prime Minister |
| What type of government does the UK have? | Parliamentary |
| France does 2/3 of its trade with coutnries in the EU? What does this mean? | It does a MAJORITY of its trade with countries that use the Euro. |
| Why is it unusual for countries to have a command economy? | The Soviet Union's failure proves command systems don't work well. |