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Chapter 5 - Canadian Social Studies Topics Quiz (Expert Level)
Chapter 5 - Canadian Social Studies Topics Quiz (Expert Level)
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Chapter 5 - Canadian Topics Quiz (Expert Level)
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1
When people catch fish faster than natural processes can replace them:
Pollution
Epidemic
Overfishing
Bio-invasion
2
What is special about the Eastern Canadian region?
It has unique weather, and rolling plain of grain.
It has frozen mountain ranges as far as the eye could see.
It has a snowy, frozen landscape.
It holds the Atlantic coast, where the British fished cod.
3
What is the purpose of lighthouses along the Atlantic coast?
They act as a source of light for night time beach-goers.
They attract tourists and commercial workers.
They help fishermen locate fish.
They guide ships at sea during the night.
4
Why did many colonists feel that the laws British leaders had passed were unfair?
The British had taken their land unfairly.
The colonists had already declared independence.
The colonists had not been allowed to live by French law.
The British leaders were protesting against the colonists.
5
How were some Native American groups able to keep settlers from Europe off of their lands?
By making peace with the English settlers.
By teaching the settlers their way of life.
By forming local governments to stand up against them.
By hunting, fishing, and growing corn.
6
A document that gives someone the right to make and sell an invention:
Credit
Copyright
Patent
Entitlement
7
What is a common industry in the Prairie and Northern Region?
Farming and technlogy development.
Farming and fishing.
Fishing and hunting.
Oil and farming.
8
British Columbia is by the _____________ ocean.
Atlantic
Southern
Indian
Pacific
9
Which way is longitude?
90 degrees
East to West
Up to Down
Side to Side
10
In what way can the heavy snows in Canada NOT be considered a resource?
traffic
skiing
water
tourism
11
Where was Africville, and what was it like for its residents?
Halifax, it was a lower-class community.
Charlottetown, it was a lower-class community.
Halifax, it was a middle-class community.
Charlottetown, it was a middle-class community.
12
Which term means, "the right to vote"?
Equality
Suffrage
Participation
Currency
13
What is the best thing about social?
It teaches you about history.
It teaches you about people.
It teaches you about the world.
It teaches you about society.
14
Which of the Great Lakes is furthest to the north?
Lake Ontario
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
15
Why is coal traditionally such an important natural resource in the Eastern region?
It can enrich soil to produce better crops.
It is used to make well-known landmarks.
It can be used to build homes and fences.
It can be used as a fuel.
16
What is Canada's capital city?
Toronto
Ottawa
Edmonton
Montreal
17
What is one way that an urban area is different from a rural area?
Urban areas are more likely to use public transportation.
Urban areas are more likely to drive farther distances.
There are more people in rural areas than in urban areas.
There are more farms in urban areas.
18
How is much of the electricity used in the state of New York provided?
by burning coal
by a hydroelectric plant on the Niagara River
by wind farms in Pennsylvania
by solar panels in New York City
19
Which is NOT a reason for the formation of British colonies in North America?
Want for new farmland.
Assimilation.
Deportation.
Want for increased world domination.
20
How has industry changed in Nova Scotia since the early 2000s?
No more coal mining.
No more fishing of any kind.
No more weather tracking.
No more local business.
