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Canada our Neighbor
Monarch 5th grade history Canada Our Northern Neighbor
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Canadian parliamentary system | based on Great Britain's system |
| Treaty of Paris of 1763 | ended French control of New France |
| "breadbasket" of Canada | Interior Plains region |
| Samuel de Champlain | father of New France and founder of Quebec City in 1608 |
| free trade | less government regulation of trade |
| Cordilleran region | a mountainous area |
| Quebec City | first permanent settlement |
| Jacques Cartier | discovered St. Lawrence River |
| Charles III | king of Canada |
| French and English | two legal languages of Canada |
| England was able to claim part of Canada because of the explorer Samuel de Champlain. | FALSE |
| The first explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River was: | Jaques Cartier |
| In size, Canada is the ____ largest nation in the world. | Second |
| The ____ Act of 1774 restored human rights and religious freedom to French Canadians. | Quebec |
| What did the Rush-Bagot Treaty limit? | the number of naval vessels on the Great Lakes |
| The Treaty of Washington of 1871 solved many problems between Great Britain and the United States. | TRUE |
| The leader of the Metis rebellion was: | Louis Riel |
| The most heavily populated province in Canada is: | Ontario |
| What is the capital of the province of Quebec? | Quebec City |
| The ____ tribe became good friends of the French. | Huron |
| The number of geographical regions that make up Canada is: | 7 |
| The capital of Canada is the city of: | Ottawa |
| People who are of mixed French and Native American descent are known as: | Metis |
| The French and Indian War was fought between the: | French and British |
| In Canada the members of the House of ____ are elected by the people. | commons |
| The highest government official in each province is the president. | FALSE |
| The smallest province in Canada is: | Prince Edward Island |
| The Appalachian region is located on the west coast of Canada. | FALSE |
| The explorer whose crew mutinied and cast him adrift was | Hudson. |
| The relations between Canada and the United States greatly improved after the: | British withdrew their army from Canada in 1871 |
| Between 1841 and 1867 Canada was made up of only Ontario and Quebec and was called New France. | Fakse |
| "Klondike fever" in Canada referred to a type of illness in which infected people broke out in a rash. | FALSE |
| In 1867 the Canadian Confederation was formed and Canada became a dominion of Great Britain. | TRUE |
| The settlement of Canada was slow because: | the exploring countries were only interested in wealth |
| A condition in which the soil is permanently frozen is called: | Permafrost |
| The most populated region in Canada is the ____ lowlands area. | St. Lawrence [River] Yukon Territory |
| The Canadian prime minister is selected by the political party which controls the greatest number of seats in the | . House of Lords House of Commons |