Knowing Canada on the Map! KEY

GEO20Name:______

Answer the following questions by using your map and an atlas. Where possible, put more than needed as that can only help with understanding later on.

Knowing your water:

  1. Where do most rivers in Canada flow (a larger body of water)?
  2. Arctic Ocean
  3. What is a term used to describe the above? (hint: another word for bowl)
  4. Basin (Arctic Basin)
  5. What is a strait? Provide a name for 3 straits in Canada. For each, list its geographic location and/or which land bodies it separates.
  6. Strait- a narrow body of water separating 2 larger bodies of water
  7. Hudson Strait (Baffin Island, Quebec)
  8. Davis Strait (Baffin Island, Greenland)
  9. What is a gulf? Provide a name for 3 gulfs in Canada. For each, list its geographic location as well.
  10. large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea
  11. Gulf of St. Lawrence
  12. Amundsen Gulf
  13. Gulf of Boothia
  14. What similarities are there between all points where rivers end?
  15. Larger bodies of water
  16. Which rivers flow into/through capital cities? Which rivers and which cities (know where they are as well)?
  17. Red, Assiniboine (Winnipeg)
  18. Ottawa (Ottawa)
  19. St. Lawrence (Quebec)
  20. Yukon (Whitehorse)
  21. N Saskatewan (Edmonton)
  22. Which capital cities of Canada are along the coast? Which city and which body of water?
  23. St. John’s (Atlantic Ocean)
  24. Charlottetown (Gulf of St. Lawrence)
  25. Halifax (Atlantic)
  26. Victoria (Pacific)
  27. Which river flows into Vancouver?
  28. Fraser
  29. Which river in separates Ontario and Quebec?
  30. Ottawa
  31. Name an archipelago of Canada. Where is it/are they located?
  32. chain or cluster of islands
  33. Arctic archipelago
  34. Which rivers either flow into or out of the USA? Where do they begin and end?
  35. Red (Minnesota, North Dakota Lake Winnipeg)
  36. Columbia (Alberta Pacific Ocean)
  37. Yukon (AlaskaBering Sea)
  38. Name 3 big lakes that are in between 50 and 60 degrees latitude. Which and where (province/territory, and latitude)?
  39. Lake Winnipeg
  40. Lake Manitoba
  41. Lake Athabasca
  42. Which lakes are on either side of Niagara Falls?
  43. Lake Ontario
  44. Lake Erie
  45. The Gulf of St Lawrence is surrounded by which provinces? (provide direction please…ex: to the North…)
  46. ND and Lab. (North)
  47. PEI (south)
  48. NS (east)
  49. NB (south west)
  50. Quebec (west)
  51. The tough ones! Which bay is the bay with the biggest tide in the world?
  52. Bay of Fundy
  53. You could potentially get from Edmonton, Alta to Hudson’s Bay. Which bodies of water would one need to follow?
  54. N Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Cedar Lake, Lake Winnipeg, Nelson River, Hudson Bay
  55. One could put themselves in a canoe and begin their journey at the Forks in Winnipeg and end their journey in the Gulf of Mexico. Is this true? What would be the route to travel?
  56. Red River, Minnesota River, Mississippi River, Intracoastal Waterway, Gulf of Mexico,Carribean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Amazon (the Stark family did this!!!)
  57. Count all the lakes in Canada. Just kidding. But which Province or Territory has the most amounts of lakes/ or fresh water (you decide) in your opinion? Why do you think that is?

Quebec

Knowing your Land:

  1. Which cities are found beneath 50 degrees latitude? Name and provinces or territories.
  2. Vancouver, BC
  3. Winnipeg, MB
  4. Toronto, ON
  5. Montreal, QC
  6. Quebec, QC
  7. Ottawa, ON
  8. Fredericton, St. John, NB
  9. Halifax, NS
  10. Charlottetown, PEI
  11. St Johns ND
  12. Which are the 3 northern capitals? Which territories?
  13. Whitehorse, YT
  14. Yellowknife, NT
  15. Iqaluit, NU
  16. ***Which 4 countries are the closest geographically to Canada? (look closely…)
  17. USA, Russia, Greenland, Iceland (Technically France)
  18. List 3 mountain ranges that are found in BC? Provide direction as well (N,E,S,W)
  19. Rockies, Columbia, Coast Range
  20. Where else in Canada is there greater elevation than 1000m? Provinces and territories with direction.
  21. Yukon, AB, SK, Nunavut, Quebec, ND+ Labrador
  22. What is the largest island in Canada? Which province or territory does is belong?
  23. Baffin Island, NU
  24. Our smallest province isPEI?
  25. What are the names of 4 islands in the Gulf of St Lawrence? Names and owners (P or T?)
  26. PEI, PEI
  27. Anticosti Island, QC
  28. Cape Breton Island, NS
  29. ND, ND
  30. What city is the furthest south in Canada? What is across the river from that city?
  31. Windsor
  32. Detroit, Michigan, USA
  33. What is likely the largest peninsula in Canada? What bodies of water does it stick into?
  34. Gaspe Peninsula, Gulf of St Lawrence
  35. NS, Bay of Fundy, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of St. Lawrence
  36. Where is the center of Canada? (Geographically, and provide the P or T, and Long and Lat)
  37. Baker Lake, NU, Arctic 65°N95°W
  38. Name the capital cities from East to West.
  39. St John’s, Halifax, Charlottetown, Fredericton, Iqaluit, Quebec City, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Yellowknife, Victoria, Whitehorse
  40. Name the other cities that I had asked you to map from West to East.
  41. What is the most northern settlement in the World (found in Canada)? (check map at front of room)
  42. Alert, Elsemere Island, NU, 82°28' N
  43. How many people does Saskatoon have? How do you know from simply looking at your atlases?
  44. 239,000
  45. Which city has more people: Hamilton or Saskatoon? How do you know?
  46. What is the highest mountain in Canada? Which range is it in?
  47. Mt. Logan, St Elias Mountains
  48. What is the range of elevation of NWT (lowest to highest)?
  49. Mount Nirvana (2,773m)
  50. Great Slave Lake (156 m and 614m deep or 458m below sea level)
  51. So, the range is 2,773m + 458m = 3231m
  52. Which P or T has the most amounts of islands in Canada?
  53. Nunavut
  54. What the four largest cities (population) in Canada from biggest to smallest? Which P or T are they found in?
  55. Toronto, ON
  56. Montreal QC
  57. Calgary, AB
  58. Ottawa, ON
  59. Which province or territory has no lakes?PEI