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2. How does Canada’s location near three oceans help it trade with other countries?
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3. What role do the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway play in Canada’s trade?
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4. Why is the United States Canada’s #1 trading partner?
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5. How does the climate of southeastern Canada support farming and trade?
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6. Why do few people live in northern Canada?
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7. Name three crops that Canada produces because of its climate.
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8. List three natural resources found in Canada.
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9. How does hydroelectric power help Canada’s economy and trade?
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10. Why is having good transportation systems important for trade in Canada?
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2. Being on the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic gives Canada direct sea access to Europe, Asia and northern markets, multiple major ports for imports/exports, and shorter shipping routes for some destinations — all of which make international trade easier and cheaper.
3. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway form a deep-water route from the Atlantic into the industrial interior, letting ocean-going ships reach ports in Ontario and Quebec to move bulk goods (grain, ore, manufactured goods) cheaply and efficiently.
4. The United States is Canada’s #1 trading partner because of proximity (long shared border), integrated supply chains, similar consumer markets and standards, extensive road/rail links and trade agreements (NAFTA/USMCA) that lower barriers to cross-border trade.
5. Southeastern Canada has a milder climate and longer growing season than most of the country, plus fertile soils in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence lowlands, so it supports diverse crops and farm surpluses that can be sold domestically and exported.
6. Few people live in northern Canada because of the very cold climate, permafrost and short growing seasons, remoteness, limited infrastructure and high costs of living and doing business there.
7. Three crops Canada produces because of its climate: wheat, canola, and corn.
8. Three natural resources found in Canada: timber (forests), oil and natural gas, and metallic minerals (e.g., nickel, gold).
9. Hydroelectric power provides large amounts of cheap, renewable electricity that supports energy-intensive industries, lowers production costs, and allows provinces (like Quebec and Newfoundland & Labrador) to export power to other regions, boosting the economy and trade balance.
10. Good transportation systems (roads, rail, ports, pipelines) are essential to get products from farms, mines and factories to domestic and overseas markets quickly and cheaply; without them trade would be slower, more expensive and less competitive.
3. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway form a deep-water route from the Atlantic into the industrial interior, letting ocean-going ships reach ports in Ontario and Quebec to move bulk goods (grain, ore, manufactured goods) cheaply and efficiently.
4. The United States is Canada’s #1 trading partner because of proximity (long shared border), integrated supply chains, similar consumer markets and standards, extensive road/rail links and trade agreements (NAFTA/USMCA) that lower barriers to cross-border trade.
5. Southeastern Canada has a milder climate and longer growing season than most of the country, plus fertile soils in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence lowlands, so it supports diverse crops and farm surpluses that can be sold domestically and exported.
6. Few people live in northern Canada because of the very cold climate, permafrost and short growing seasons, remoteness, limited infrastructure and high costs of living and doing business there.
7. Three crops Canada produces because of its climate: wheat, canola, and corn.
8. Three natural resources found in Canada: timber (forests), oil and natural gas, and metallic minerals (e.g., nickel, gold).
9. Hydroelectric power provides large amounts of cheap, renewable electricity that supports energy-intensive industries, lowers production costs, and allows provinces (like Quebec and Newfoundland & Labrador) to export power to other regions, boosting the economy and trade balance.
10. Good transportation systems (roads, rail, ports, pipelines) are essential to get products from farms, mines and factories to domestic and overseas markets quickly and cheaply; without them trade would be slower, more expensive and less competitive.
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