Practice Sheet .
( Geography)
Section (A)
-. Complete the sentences with the correct words:
(granary _ Métis _ provinces -territories- Toronto _ independence – a bilingual - transcontinental
- fishery -shield_ Vancouver )
1-………… provinces ………….. are administrative units similar to states.
2…………… Métis ……………… are the children of French and native peoples.
3- …… territories ……………..are lands administered by the national government.
4 Canadians built a ………… transcontinental ……………, or continent-crossing, railroad that united the eastern
and western parts of their nation.
5-A ……… granary ………………. is a building used to store harvested grain.
6. In 1931, Britain granted almost complete …………… independence ……………. to Canada.
7- A …………… shield …………… is a large area of relatively flat land comprised of ancient, hard rock.
8-- ……………… Toronto ………., is Canada’s largest metropolitan area.
9- Canada is a …………… bilingual …………. nation, meaning it has two official languages.
10- Canada’s third-largest metropolitan area is …………………… Vancouver …………
11-. A ……… fishery …………. is an area where fish come to feed in huge numbers.
Section (B)
. Put √ or X:
1-Canada shares four of the five Great Lakes with the United States. ( true )
2- Canada is larger than every nation in the world except Russia. ( true )
3-The peoples of the eastern woodlands in Canada lived by farming, hunting, and fishing. ( true )
4. Provinces are administrative units similar to states. ( true )
5. Canada also has three territories ( true )
6-The first Europeans to reach what is now Canada were Vikings. ( true )
7. The territories are lands administered by the national government. ( true )
8-The next Europeans to explore Canada were the French. ( true )
9- Canada’s provinces and territories can be grouped into five regions. ( true )
10. The provinces of Quebec and Ontario reach from the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes to northern
Canada ( true )
11-Life in rural Canada varies from place to place. ( true )
12- An archipelago is a group of rivers. ( false )
13- A tundra is a flat, treeless plain with permanently frozen ground ( true )
14- Peoples who lived in North America before Europeans are called the first people. ( false )
15. France was a powerful nation in the 1600s and 1700s. ( true ) )
Section ( c )
-Choose the correct answers:
……………………………. is sending trained members of the military to crisis spots to maintain peace and order.
football team – peacekeeping - teachers
2-. ……………………….. is produced when chemicals from air pollution combine with precipitation.
Cabon dioxide – oxygen – acid rain
3-Three …………………………. border Canada.
rivers - oceans – islands
4-The first people to arrive in Canada came from ……………………….
Asia – Africa – Europe
5- ……………………. merchants formed a company called the Hudson’s Bay Company.
British – French – American
6- Canada has ……………………… territories.
ten - five – three