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Chapter 3 CANADA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| second largest country in the world | Canada |
| Arctic Islands, Baffin Island, Victoria Island, Ellesmere Island | Arctic Islands |
| Hudson Bay, World's largest Bay | Hudson Bay |
| Largest inland seaway in the world | St. Lawrence Seaway |
| Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior | Great Lakes |
| One of the world's most beautiful waterfalls more water flows over this fall per second that any other waterfall in the world | Niagara Falls |
| Largest freshwater lake in the world | Lake Superior |
| Canada's longest river | Mackenzie River |
| first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland | John Cabot |
| England and France were sure this was a waterway through North America to reach Asia ( this is what they called the route) | Northwest Passage |
| Your social studies teacher | Mrs. Smith |
| His explorations gave France claim to Canada and opened up fur trade between the French and Indians | Jacques Cartier |
| helped build the first important French settlement in the New World in 1608 : Quebec | Samuel de Champlain |
| Canada's oldest business | Hudson Bay Company |
| conflicts between France and England overland rights in North America | French and Indian War |
| similar to a state with its own capital | provience |