Canada - Ms. Preissler

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Oooohh Canada!
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Canadian Basics

• The Capital of Canada is Ottawa which is located
  in Ontario
• Toronto is the largest city within Canada
• The Current Prime Minister is Stephen Harper

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Canadas Physical Geography

• Located between the two provinces British
  Columbia and Alberta are the Canadian Rockies

Second Largest Country in the World
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Canadas Physical Geography

• The Grand Banks are known for being the richest
  fishing grounds in the world

• The largest lake within Canada is lake Winnipeg

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Bell Work

• Without using your map/notes try to label as
  many Canadian provinces and their capitals as you
  can

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Reminders!

• Test Corrections
• See me after class to set up a time in the
  Student Assistance Center
• This week I am available
• Before school (6.30am)
• After School Tuesday Friday
• Term Paper Re-Dos are Due Thursday!
• Start studying for your finals!

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T.A.P.E.

• Target To be able to identify and understand
  important physical features of Canada
• Agenda
• Map Monday
• Motivational Monday
• Canada Notes
• How to study for Finals
• Purpose To better our studying strategies
• Evaluation Canada Quiz Semester Final

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Canadas Physical Geography

• Athabasca Oil Sands
• Located in Alberta
• Largest known crude bitumen in the world
• Canada's total proven oil reserves are the second
  largest in the world, after Saudi Arabia
• Canada is the leading importer of oil to the U.S.

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Canadas Physical Geography
The Province of Saskatchewan is noted for its
production of wheat
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The People of Canada

• Bitter cold and rugged terrain make much of
  Canada inhospitable
• 90 of population live along the U.S.- Canadian
  Border
• Most live in Urban Areas
• Toronto
• Montreal
• Vancouver

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The People of Canada

• Immigrants went to Canada for much of the same
  reasons as Immigrants to the U.S.
• Political Religious Freedom
• Educational Opportunities
• Refuge from Wars
• Mix of Ethnic origins vary from Province to
  Province
• 1/4th of Canadian's identify as mixed ethnic
  origins

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The People of Canada

• Quebec Province

• Nunavut Territory

• The People of Quebec are mostly of French dissent
  
• Quebec Act of 1774
• French and English are the official languages of
  Canada

• Inuit Arctic native people of North America,
  mixed European and Native American ancestry
• More than 1 million people identify themselves as
  Inuit

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History and Government

• Canada was first created as a Dominion.
• Dominion a partially self-governing country
  with close ties to Great Britain
• Passage of the Constitution Act in 1982 finally
  cut the Legislative link to Great Britain
• Today Canada is a Constitutional Monarchy