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Canada

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. Canada is located in the part of North America.
a. have very short summers and long frozen
winters a. southern
b. western
b. are located in the Arctic territories of the
northwest and Nunavut regions c. northern

c. are deep, flat, and fertile and extend through 2. Canada can be divided into landform regions.
the middle of Canada a. 6
d. covers most of the Yukon Territory and some b. 7
of British Columbia and western Alberta c. 8

e. is made of metamorphic rocks 3. Large areas of the Interior Plains are provided for production.
f. have many hardwood trees that are used a. cotton
in the timber industry b. timber

c. wheat
4. The Canadian Shield covers more than of Canada.

a. 50%
b. 60%

c. 70%
5. The St. Lawrence Lowlands are found in the area of the Canadian
Shield.
a. western

b. southern
c. northern

6. The Innuitian Mountains are long.
a. 1,290 km
b. 1,390 km

c. 1,490 km

7. is the official language in Quebec.
a. German
b. English
c. French

8. It is estimated that there were early settlers in North America.
a. 2 million

b. 4 million
c. 6 million

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