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Gr 6 Hist Ch 3
Gr 6 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charlottetown | capital of Prince Edward Island |
| St. John's | capital of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Fredericton | capital of New Brunswick |
| Halifax | capital of Nova Scotia |
| Quebec City | capital of Quebec |
| Toronto | capital of Ontario |
| Winnipeg | capital of Manitoba |
| Regina | capital of Saskatchewan |
| Edmonton | capital of Alberta |
| Victoria | capital of British Columbia |
| Whitehorse | capital of the Yukon Territory |
| Yellowknife | capital of the Northwest Territories |
| Iqaluit | capital of Nunavut |
| Arctic Islands | the island provinces that lie largely within the Arctic Circle; includes Baffin Island, Victoria Island, and Ellesmere Island |
| Hudson Bay | world's largest bay |
| St. Lawrence Seaway | the largest seaway in the world |
| Great Lakes | the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world |
| Niagara Falls | the beautiful waterfalls which are shared by the U.S. and Canada |
| Great Bear Lake | the largest lake entirely within Canada; also the world's seventh largest freshwater lake |
| Great Slave Lake | the source of the Mackenzie River; ninth largest freshwater lake in the world |
| Mackenzie River | Canada's longest river |
| Bay of Fundy | the bay famous for its extremely high tides |
| Mt. Logan | Canada's highest peak |
| Leif Ericson | Viking who discovered the North American continent |
| Christopher Columbus | first modern explorer to discover the New World |
| John Cabot | first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland |
| Jacques Cartier | searched for the Northwest Passage; claimed Canada for France; opened the way for trade between the French and the natives |
| Samuel de Champlain | explored what was called New France; helped build Quebec |
| Henry Hudson | British explorer who discovered the Hudson Bay |
| Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver | two English sea captains who explored and mapped the Pacific coast |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | wrote "Anne of Green Gables" |
| David George | missionary from Virginia to the black community in Nova Scotia |
| Henry Alline | the "apostle of Nova Scotia" |
| James Evans | pioneer missionary to the natives of Ontario and Manitoba |
| James Robertson | served as the superintendent of Presbyterian Missions for Manitoba and the Northwest |
| Frederick Banting and Charles Best | co-discoverers of insulin for diabetes |
| Jonathan Goforth; Isobel Kuhn | two famous Canadian missionaries to China |
| T. T. Shields | fundamentalist pastor known for his defense of the Bible against liberalism |
| Northwest Passage | the imaginary water route through North American to Asia |
| New France | land claimed by France in the New World, including Canada |
| Hudson's Bay Company | Canada's oldest business |
| French and Indian War | war fought between France and England over land rights in North America; England won most of the land |
| Loyalists | colonists who did not join in the American War for Independence; many moved to Canada |
| Acadians | French settlers who would not pledge their loyalty to the British and were driven from their homes |
| CN Tower - Canada National Tower | world's second tallest freestanding structure |
| Klondike Gold Rush | occurred in the Yukon Territory in 1897 after gold was discovered there |
| Dempster Highway | the only public highway above the Arctic Circle that is open year-round |
| Canadarm | robotic arm designed by Canadian scientists for the U.S. space shuttle Challenger in 1981 |
| prime minister | leader of the nation of Canada |
| governor general | the personal representative of the British monarch |
| Mounties | nickname for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| St. John's | city which is the most easternmost point of the Trans-Canada Highway |
| Quebec City | Canada's oldest large city; only walled city in Canada or the U.S. |
| Montreal | Canada's second largest city; one of the world's largest inland ports |
| Ottawa | capital of Canada; hosts the Tulip Festival |
| Toronto | Canada's largest city; location of the CN Tower |
| Winnipeg | city which is Canada's leading grain market; "Gateway to the West" |
| Churchill | "Polar Bear Capital of the World" |
| Calgary | famous for its ten-day rodeo held every July |
| Vancouver | Canada's third largest city; "Canada's Gateway to the Pacific" |
| 2nd largest country in the world | Canada's world rank (in size) |
| English and French | two official languages of Canada |
| constitutional monarchy | Canada's form of government |
| automobiles, fur, food processing, wheat exports, energy, largest producer of nickel and zinc, world leader in manufacturing newspring | major industries |
| water, petroleum, natural gas, uranium, nickel, zinc, lumber, fish | national resources |
| "O Canada" and "God save the Queen (King)" | patriotic songs |
| maple leaf | national symbol |
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