Question

1. What continent is Canada located on?
2. Where does Canada lie in relation to the U.S.?
3. Which is the second largest country in the world?
4. Which is the largest country in the world?
5. How many provinces do Canada have?
6. What are Canada’s provinces similar to?
7. What is Canada’s capital?
8. What is Canada’s largest province?
9. Who settled in Quebec in the 1600’s?
10.What is one of Canada’s most influential physical features?
11.What is Canada surrounded by?
12.Other than oceans, what else does Canada have many of?
13. What body of water forms Canda’s western coast?
14.What body of water forms Canada’s eastern coast?
15.Which waterway consists of 5 large freshwater lakes?
16.Which body of water dominates central – eastern Canada?
17.Which major river connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean?
18. What major landform covers most of eastern and southern Canada?
19.What body of water does the Canadian Shield wrap around?
20.What mountain range runs from New Mexico to western Canada?
21.What natural resources are found in the Canadian Shield and Rocky Mountains?

Answer 1

1. North America
2. It lies north of the United States (shares a long border with the U.S.)
3. Canada
4. Russia
5. 10 provinces (plus 3 territories)
6. Similar to U.S. states
7. Ottawa
8. Quebec (largest province by area)
9. French settlers (French colonists)
10. The Canadian Shield
11. Oceans — the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic
12. Lakes (and many rivers)
13. Pacific Ocean
14. Atlantic Ocean
15. The Great Lakes
16. Hudson Bay
17. The St. Lawrence River
18. The Canadian Shield
19. Hudson Bay
20. The Rocky Mountains (the Rockies)
21. Mineral resources (iron, nickel, copper, gold, etc.) and other resources such as coal and oil (and extensive timber in some areas)