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Social Studies Ch.6
Questions | Answer |
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Immigrants to Canada that remained loyal to the british government and fled to canada after the american revolution | Loyalist |
Quebecs people are mostly made of what desents | French |
Today, where does most of the Canadian population live among? | U.S Canada Border |
What is canadas largest city? | Toronto |
When Europeans arrived in what now is Canada, about how many native peoples were already living there | 200,000 |
In 1670, territorial rivalry over what is now Canada began between France and ___________ | Great Brittain |
In 1774, the _______ gave french settlers the right to maintain their own language, religion and laws | quebectact |
Self governing, but with close ties to Great Britain, Canada was created a what? | dominion |
In 1885, British immigration fueled French ______ in Quebec | nationalism |
Canada became a military and industrial power as a result of _________________ | World War II |
FTA and NAFTA have eliminated trade what between Canada and the United States | barriers |
Today, many french-speaking canadians support what to create independent countries | separatism |
What are Canadas 2 official languages | English and French |
The largest religious group in canada ______ | christian |
What is the literacy rate for canada? | 97% |
Toronto is the 3rd largest what english speaking world | production center?? |
With its high standard of living canada is one of the ______ countries in the world | wealthiest |
Transforming old or abandoned factories for new uses, as is being done in Pittsburgh | retooling |
75% of ppl in the US and canada are employed in what jobs | service |
The freedom to own, operate, and profit from ones own business is the for a what economic systems | free market |
The united states has how much land used for agicultures | 1 billion acres |
The prairie Provinces of canada and the great plains of the united states is a region called what? | Wheat Belt |
Since 1950s the number of farmers in the US and canada have what | decreased |
today, crops can grow in nontraditional growing areas because of advances in agiculture __________ | technology |
In both US and canada, manufacturing makes up aboout what percent of economic activity | 20% |
the regions largest manufacturing export is what machinery and equipment | transportation |
A post industrial industrial economy is one in which technology and what are employed in a large number of ppl | service |
the implementation of what created one of the worlds largest trading blocs | NAFTA |
In the US and canada the most popular form of trandportation is what | automobile |
heavy use of the automobile in the region has contributed greatly to _______which harms most urban areas | air pollution |
1The US government monitors rates and services of broadcasting and telephone services to make sure what doesnt exist | monopoly |
because the us and canada produce a what of goods, they have plenty of goods to trade with the rest of the world | surplus |
the US has a large what because it imports many more goods than it exports | trade deficit |
After the terrorist attacks of 2001, the US and canada created the what to enhance border security | smart border action |