Geography of Canada Station 1 1. What 2 hemispheres is Canada located in? • ________________________________ • ________________________________ 2. What 3 oceans is Canada surrounded by? • ________________________________ • ________________________________ • ________________________________ 3. What country is located to the South of Canada? • ________________________________ 4. What 2 factors make trade & travel easy for Canadians? • ________________________________ • ________________________________ 5. Locate & Label Canada, the United States, the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, & the Arctic Ocean. Station 2 1. What type of climate does the southeastern part of Canada have? • ________________________________ 2. Humid Continental Climate has ______________ to ________________ summers & ________________winters. 3. Why does Canada have a low population compared to the size of the country? • _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 4. Shade in the area with a Polar Tundra Climate in dark blue. 5. Shade in the area with COLD & SNOWY climate in light blue Station 3 1. How many lakes make up the Great Lakes? 2. Complete the HOMES Acronym. • H________________________ • O ________________________ • M ________________________ • E ________________________ • S ________________________ 3. Why is this area known as the «industrial heartland» of the North American continent? 4. Most of Canada’s ____________________ lives in this region. 5. Locate & LABEL the ALL of the Great Lakes. 6. Color them in Light Blue. Station 4 1. What year was the St. Lawrence Seaway completed in?_______________________________________ 2. What is a canal? ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 3. What two features does the St. Lawrence Seaway connect? • ________________________________ • ________________________________ 4. What ocean does the seaway flow into?_____________ 5. The seaway is a major source of overseas and US/Canada ____________________& __________________. 6. Why is the seaway closed from November to April? 7. Circle the great Lakes & Draw a route to the Atlantic ocean in RED. Station 5 1. What 2 things is the St. Lawrence River a major source of? • ________________________________ • ________________________________ 2. The St. Lawrence River is a shortcut that connects the Great Lakes to the _____________________ Ocean. 3. The St. Lawrence River is a huge producer of ___________________________________. 4. What is hydroelectricity? 5. Draw the St. Lawrence River in DARK blue and Label it. Station 6 1. The Hudson Bay is a HUGE ___________________ sea in east __________________________ Canada. 2. What ocean does the Hudson Bay connect to? • ________________________________ 3. Why is the Hudson Bay important for Canadians today? • ________________________________ 4. Label the Hudson Bay. 5. Color it in LIGHT blue. Station 7 1. The Canadian Shield is a “Horseshoe Region” around the __________________ __________________. 2. What type of soil does the Canadian Shield have? 3. The Canadian Shield is a major source of _____________________ resources: timber, _____________________, & water. 4. How populated is the Canadian Shield? 5. What 2 things do the bodies of water in the Canadian Shield provide? • ________________________________ • ________________________________ 6. Draw a Horseshoe shaped area to represent the Shield 7. Label & Color the Canadian Shield in Yellow. Station 8 1. Where are the Rocky Mountains located in? 2. What is the largest industry in the region? 3. What is the second largest industry in the region? 4. What minerals are mined in the region? 5. How populated is this region? 6. Draw triangles that represent the Rocky Mountains. 7. Label and Color the Rocky Mountain in Red. Station 9 1. The Atlantic Ocean is the ________ largest of the earth’s ______ oceans. 2. The Atlantic Ocean is the most heavily ________________ ocean. 3. Where is the Atlantic Ocean locatedin relation to Canada? 4. The Atlantic Ocean is a major shipping route to _______________________ & ________________________. 5. Label and Color the Atlantic Ocean in LIGHT Blue. Station 10 1. The Pacific Ocean is the ________________ & ________________________of the earth’s ______ oceans. 2. Where is the Pacific Ocean locatedin relation to Canada? 3. The Pacific Ocean is a major shipping route to _______________________. 4. Label and Color the Pacific Ocean in LIGHT Blue. Station 11 1. The Arctic Ocean is the ________________ of the earth’s ______ oceans. 2. Where is the Arctic Ocean located in relation to Canada? 3. What 2 Oceans is the Arctic connected to? 4. Label and Color the Arctic Ocean in LIGHT Blue..