Ch. 4 Social Studies ReviewCanada

What’s on the test?

Which region of Canada has more people and industries than any

other?

A) Arctic Islands

B) St. Lawrence Lowlands

C) British Columbia

D) Canadian Shield

These provinces are known as Canada’s “heartland’

A) Nunavut & Yukon Territory

B) Alberta & Manitoba

C) Ontario & Quebec

D) Nova Scotia & Newfoundland

People who remained loyal to the British during the American

Revolution

A) Native Canadians

B) Europeans

C) French

D) Loyalists

The main economic activity of the Atlantic Provinces

A) farming

B) forestry

C) mining

D) fishing

Canada used protectionism

A. To protect Canada’s resources

B. To import more foreign goods

C. To control Canada’s industries

D. To protect Canada’s businesses

This is not a characteristic of Canada’s three territories

A) Fertile soil is good for farming

B) Low population

C) No large cities

D) Mining is a major economic activity

As a result of the French and Indian War

A) The British gained control of New France

B) Native Canadians gained more rights

C) The French gained control of more land

D) New France (Canada) became independent

Political subdivisions of Canada, like US states

A) Provinces

B) Territories

C) Dominions

D) Islands

Canada’s chief executive

A) Monarch

B) Parliament

C) Loyalist

D) Prime Minister

The Quebec Act…

A) Required the French to pay taxes to Britain

B) Permitted the French colonists to keep their own laws, language, and religion

C) Gave French settlers free land

D) Forbid the speaking of French

What is a territory?A) A division of Canada that doesn’t have

the same governing rights as a province

B) An area of land where the people only farm for a living

C) An area of land where the people speak French

D) Part of another country

Canada is self-governing because it is a

A) Province

B) Territory

C) Dominion

D) Prime Minister

This group of people did not migrate to Canada

A) Asians

B) French

C) Spanish

D) Inuit

Canada became dominion in 1867, but the British

A) Ruled over foreign matters

B) Settled disputes between the provinces

C) Made sure its elections were fair

D) Controlled Canada’s resources

Canada’s government is a

A) Monarchy

B) Constitutional republic

C) Oligarchy

D) Parliamentary democracy

The prime minister of Canada is elected by

A) Parliament

B) The British monarch

C) The citizens of Canada

D) The Supreme Court

This is not a feature of the Canadian shield

A) rocky, poor soilB) Cold climateC) Rich land for farmingD) Large horseshoe shaped region

The head of Canada’s government in name only

A. The Prime Minister

B. Parliament

C. The British monarch

D. The Supreme Court

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