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Unit
Date
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The United States and Canada
Outline Maps with Activities
Canada: Physical and Political
A. Use the maps located in the Unit Atlas on pages 103–107 and throughout Unit 2 to
label the following physical features and political units of Canada. Its main subregions
consist of the Atlantic Provinces, the Core Provinces, the Prairie Provinces, and the
Pacific Coast. Use colored pencils to lightly shade in each of these subregions and
create a map key to identify them. Complete your map by labeling them.
Bodies of Water
Islands
Provinces and Territories
Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean,
Baffin Bay, Beaufort Sea,
Denmark Strait, Davis Strait,
Greenland Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence,
Hudson Bay, James Bay,
Labrador Sea, Pacific Ocean
Baffin Island, Ellesmere,
Greenland, Newfoundland,
Queen Charlotte Islands,
Queen Elizabeth Islands,
Vancouver Island, Victoria Island
Alberta, British Columbia,
Manitoba, New Brunswick,
Newfoundland, Northwest Territories,
Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario,
Prince Edward Island, Quebec,
Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory
Rivers
Lakes
Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake,
Lake Athabasca, Lake Erie,
Lake Huron, Lake Michigan,
Lake Ontario, Lake Superior,
Lake Winnipeg
Mackenzie River, St. Lawrence River
Cities
Other Landforms
Calgary, Edmonton,
Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto,
Vancouver, Winnipeg
Canadian Shield, Coast Mountains,
Great Plains, Laurentian Highlands,
Mackenzie Mountains
B. After labeling your map, use it to answer the following questions.
1. The Mackenzie River system flows through the Canada’s Northwest Territory into
what bodies of water?
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2. Where are Canada’s Territories located? What is Nunavut?
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3. Canada’s Core Provinces of Quebec and Ontario are located along what bodies of
water? What are their most important cities?
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4. Which Canadian province consists of a section of the mainland along the coast of
the Labrador Sea and an island?
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5. Which three provinces are located within the Great Plains region of Canada and
supply most of its agricultural production?
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