1. How does Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources affect trade?
2. How does Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources affect where people live?
3. Where do most people live in Canada and why? (cities, farms, etc)
4. List the major environmental concerns in Canada.
5. How have those environmental concerns affected the people, wildlife, and the environment?
6. Why do Canada and the United States work together to solve some of the environmental problems?
7. Which two European countries had a major influence on Canada’s development and culture? (two countries that fought over Canada)
8. Canada is a bilingual country. What are the two official languages of Canada?
9. How did Canada become an independent nation?
10. What is the structure of Canada’s government?
11. What are some similarities/connections between England’s government and Canada’s government?
12. Why does Quebec want to become a sovereign (independent) state?
13. Why does Canada not want to lose Quebec?
14. Has Quebec won their independence?
15. What is the Canadian Shield?
16. Why is the Canadian Shield important to Canada?
17. What is the role of citizens in the Canadian government? How do you know?
(hint-Look at the type of government and think about what those words mean.)
18. What is the leader of Parliament called?
19. What are the bodies of water that you labeled on your Canada physical map?
20. What is the literacy rate in Canada?
21. How does the literacy rate affect Canada’s GDP?
22. What kind of economy does Canada have?
23. How does Canada’s economy rank in the Economic Continuum Scale?
24. What is one reason that businesses from different countries have to exchange currencies?