Name: _________________________
Date: __________________________
Period: ________________________
Canada Study Guide
Vocabulary
Match the definition with the correct word, write the answer on the line.
1. __________ federation
A
break away from a country to form another
country
2. __________ referendum
B
electricity generated by falling water
3. __________ sovereignty
C
the action of taking out something
4. __________ secede
D
a government free from another government’s
control
5. __________ extraction
E
a form of government where power is divided
between a central government and numerous
political subdivisions
6. __________ hydroelectricity
F
a public vote
Multiple choice: Select the best answer and write it on the line.
7. __________ The mountain chain in western Canada is:
(a) Appalachian Mountains
(b) Columbian Mountains
(c) Canadian Shield
(d) Rocky Mountains
8. __________ What two bodies of water does the St. Lawrence Seaway connect?
(a) Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
(b) Hudson Bay and Atlantic Ocean
(c) Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean
(d) Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
9. _________ Where do 75 percent of Canadians live?
(a) southern Canada
(b) northern Canada
(c) eastern Canadian
(d) western Canadian
10. _________ Who is Canada’s major trading partner?
(a) Mexico
(b) United States
(c) China
(d) England
11. __________ What is a serious environmental concern in Canada?
(a) pollution of the Great Lakes
(b) acid rain
(c) waste from mining
(d) all of the above
12. __________ What are the rivers in the Canadian Shield important for?
(a) tourists boats
(b) swimming
(c) irrigation
(d) hydroelectric power
13. _________ Who is Canada’s head of government?
(a) Queen
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Parliament
(d) Governor-General
14. _________ What type of government does Canada have?
(a) constitutional monarchy
(b) federation
(c) parliamentary democracy
(d) all of the above
15. __________ What two areas does the Canadian government control in its mixed
market economy?
(a) grocery stores and the postal service
(b) trucking and the postal service
(c) health care and the postal service
(d) grocery stores and malls
16. _________ Which two European countries fought over Canada?
(a) Spain and Portugal
(b) France and Italy
(c) Spain and England
(d) England and France
17. _________ Who was the first European explorer to discover Canada?
(a) Amerigo Vespucci
(b) John Cabot
(c) Samuel de Champlain
(d) Christopher Columbus
18. __________ Who lived mostly in “Upper Canada”?
(a) French Canadians
(b) Eskimos
(c) Rich Canadians
(d) British Canadians
19. _________ Which province started an independence movement to secede from
Canada?
(a) Newfoundland
(b) Ontario
(c) British Colombia
(d) Quebec
20. _________ Canada recognizes which of the following as official languages?
(a) English and German
(b) French and Portuguese
(c) English and French
(d) German and Arabic
21. __________ Who established the settlement of Quebec?
(a) Samuel de Champlain
(b) Fidel Castro
(c) Simon Bolivar
(d) Miguel Hidalgo
22. __________ What is the official language of Quebec?
(a) English
(b) German
(c) Spanish
(d) French
23. _________ Why did the Canadian government want Quebec to remain part of its
country?
(a) thriving high-tech industries (b) abundant natural resources
(c) major shipping channel
(d) all of the above
24. _________ What are French speaking Quebecers called?
(a) Francophone
(b) Telephones
(c) Anglophones
(d) Spanophones
25. __________ Canada consists of how many provinces?
(a) 13
(b) 50
(c) 10
(d) 5
Essay
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
26. Why did the British government give Canada some independence in 1837 when
colonists began to rebel against British rule?
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27. Why was Canada such a valuable property, causing Britain and France to fight over it?
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28. Why do Quebecers want Quebec to become an independent nation?
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