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Canada

Canada. Canada. Human Geography. Political Parliamentary Democracy Legislature and Executive are combined in a Parliament Prime minister is head of government Symbolic head of state remains British monarch. Economic Manufacturing employs 17% of Canadians

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Canada

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  1. Canada

  2. Canada

  3. Human Geography • Political • Parliamentary Democracy • Legislature and Executive are combined in a Parliament • Prime minister is head of government • Symbolic head of state remains British monarch • Economic • Manufacturing employs 17% of Canadians • Farming, logging, mining and fishing • Only 5% of land suitable for farming • Service industry drives economy • 70% of Canada’s GDP • Population • 3 diverse cultures • First Nations • English and French • Metis • Bilingual country • Approx 34 million people • Urban • A little larger than USA • 80% of citizens live in cities and suburbs

  4. * Canada explained

  5. Regions of Canada • Atlantic Provinces • Core Provinces • Prairie Provinces • Pacific Provinces and Territories

  6. ATLANTIC PROVINCES • 8% of Canada’s population • Most live in coastal cities • Halifax and St. John • Logging and fishing based economy Prince Edward Island New Brunswick forests cover 90% of land Nova Scotia rocky hills and poor soil cover 85% of land Newfoundland fierce storms regularly hit the coast

  7. CORE PROVINCES • Heartland of Canada • 3/5 Canadians live there • most settlements along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River • Center of economy • 35% of agriculture • 45% of mineral output • 70% of manufacturing Quebec French-speaking Canadians largest land area Montreal is heart of French culture Ontario English-speaking Canadians most populated province Ottawa is national capital Toronto is most populous city

  8. PRAIRIE PROVINCES • Breadbasket of Canada • Part of the Great Plains of North America • 50% of agriculture production • Diverse group of peoples • Scots-Irish, German, Scandinavian, Ukrainian • Home of Metis people • People of mixed First People and European ancestry Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta

  9. PACIFIC PROVINCES & TERRITORIES • British Columbia • Within the Rocky Mountains • Densely forested • 1/3rd covered in tundra, snowfields and glaciers • Territories • 41% of Canada’s land mass • Approx 100,000 people • Too sparsely populated to be provinces British Columbia Vancouver and Victoria Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut Home to Inuit people

  10. * Brokaw explains Canada

  11. Your ASSIGNMENT • Answer the following questions from the graphics in the textbook • Write the questions • Write your answers in complete sentences and explain clearly • Staple your assignment to your notes • Natural Resources of US and Canada, pg 120, 1-2 • The Mississippi River, pg 121, 1-2 • The St. Lawrence Seaway, pg 129, 1-2 • Ag and Industry of US, pg 141, 1-2 • Colorado River Basin, pg 149, 1-2 • Territorial Growth of Colorado, pg 157, 1-2 • Ag and Industry of Canada, pg 160, 1-2 • Subregions of Canada, pg 166, 1-2

  12. Canadian Idiot -- HIMYM

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