Canadian Geography Challenge 2016: Level 2

Question 1

In which national park will you observe a polar bear migration?

Accepted Answer

Wapusk National Park

Question 2

Which ocean is the world's smallest?

Accepted Answer

Arctic

Question 3

In Jan 2016, BC announced that 85% of the Great Bear Rainforest would be protected from what?

Accepted Answer

logging

Question 4

Which park is famous for the animals shown in the photograph?

Accepted Answer

Sable Island National Park

Question 5

What weather pattern describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean?

Accepted Answer

El Niño

Question 6

What percentage of the Earth is covered by oceans?

Accepted Answer

71%

Question 7

What river feature is shown in the photograph?

Accepted Answer

Oxbow

Question 8

Which Indigenous group most likely lived in structures similar to the one in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Iroquois

Question 9

In which biome is agriculture a dominant human activity?

Accepted Answer

grassland

Question 10

What coastal feature is shown in the photograph?

Accepted Answer

Stack

Question 11

Which Indigenous group is most likely responsible for building these features?

Accepted Answer

Inuit

Question 12

Which two biomes have similar amounts of rainfall?

Accepted Answer

tundra and desert

Question 13

Which biome has the most biodiversity?

Accepted Answer

tropical rainforest

Question 14

What is the longest river in the world?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 15

Which of the following devices is used for measuring the depths of water bodies?

Accepted Answer

Bathometer

Question 16

Allowing small groups controlled access to view wildlife is referred to as what?

Accepted Answer

eco-tourism

Question 17

What is the largest animal in the oceans?

Accepted Answer

blue whale

Question 18

Where is the deepest point in the world?

Accepted Answer

Mariana Trench

Question 19

What is the name of the traditional food made from bison meat, fat and berries?

Accepted Answer

pemmican

Question 20

Which country hosted the original Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Greece

Question 21

Which Canadian cities have hosted the Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal

Question 22

Which ocean holds almost 50% of Earth's total water surface?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 23

Which of the following crops was not part of the "Three Sisters"?

Accepted Answer

tobacco

Question 24

Which biome is dominated by pine and spruce trees?

Accepted Answer

boreal forest

Question 25

Which Indigenous group most likely lived in structures similar to the ones shown?

Accepted Answer

Blackfoot

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a major biome in Canada?

Accepted Answer

desert

Question 27

What traditional Eastern Canadian activity is being shown in the photograph?

Accepted Answer

collecting maple sap

Question 28

Which mountain range is shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

Rockies

Question 29

What type of tree was used to carve these totem poles?

Accepted Answer

red cedar

Question 30

Which ocean is located between Australia and Africa?

Accepted Answer

Indian

Question 31

Which city is the most southerly location to have hosted the summer Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Sydney

Question 32

The Salish Sea is located in which province or territory?

Accepted Answer

British Columbia

Question 33

The Khutzeymateen is Canada's first and only sanctuary of which animal.

Accepted Answer

grizzly bear

Canadian Geography Challenge 2016: Level 2

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Canadian Geography Challenge 2016: Level 2

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