ESW Canada II

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• Studiejaar 2

Canada's climate & geography

What do you know about the climate in Canada?

Next:  The Climate Report

AIM

* Listen closely to find the answers to the questions during the video.

* Practise your listening skills

00:22

Canada is one of the coldest countries on earth because of:

1. The wind, the snow, the sun and the rain
2. The connection to the USA which is also a very cold country
3. Latitude and continentality and the position of the mountain ranges
4. I don't remember

01:06

Why is there frequent fog along the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador?

1. Because the Labrador Current meets the Gulf Stream there
2. Because of the Rocky Mountains
3. Because of the Great Lakes
4. Because of the Alaska Current

02:01

The Pacific Maritime region lies along....

1. Alberta
2. The Prairie provinces
3. British Columbia's west coast
4. Saskatchewan

02:46

The continental climate is experienced throughout most parts of Southern Canada from the Rocky Mountains to Atlantic Canada.
What's the weather like over there?

1. Very cold winters, hot summers, and severe wind chills.
2. Mild winters with little snow, cool summers
3. Hold on, I will check the weather report!
4. Very warm winters, lot's of rain and cool summers

03:30

The Arctic climate has....

1. four seasons like the Netherlands
2. three seasons: long winter, long fall and short summer
3. one seasons: winter 365 days
4. two seasons: long winter and short summer

Prairie province Manitoba

 First sentence HMFDLMP: "Ruins of Kirk of the Forest"...p 75

When the rains came, she (Hazel) stayed in the library,

reading history. She read about all the old monasteries

that were here in Selkirk County once... p85

Prairie provinces

Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba

Connection to the story HMFDLMP

“MY HUSBAND, JACK CURTIS, WAS IN THE AIR FORCE, AND HE USED TO VISIT YOU (miss Dobie) DURING THE WAR”     P93

Newspaper article from: The Hamilton Spectator, 1939

Canada's firstbomber.group came into being with the start of the new year,

it was an-nounced today .Into it went a group of R.C.A.F.squad-rons which have been bomb-ing Germany, Italy and,enemy-occupied territory for many months as part of vari-ous other bombergroups.

Geography

in class assignment

* Break out rooms:

Work in groups on a placemap of Canada

* You can 'write' on the map online or print it later and use it to study Canada's geography

* Answer all the questions on the next slide &

see you in about 7 minutes!

Answer: 1,2,3

1 Name: all Canada's provinces and territories on the map

2 Pinpoint: Capital of Canada ,Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal

3 Locate: Rocky Mountains, Saint Lawrence River & Niagara Falls

After this: a quizzzz!

The capital of Canada?

1. Toronto
2. Ottawa
3. Yellowknife
4. Quebec

Picture of the Parliament Buildings

The St. Lawrence River, was a key factor in the city’s settlement and development for

transport of resources such as furs, timber, and minerals from the region.

The Niagara falls are located
on the border with .....

1. The Niagara falls lie on the border between Ontario, Canada, and New York state, U.S
2. The Niagara falls lie on the border between Quebec, Canada, and New York state, U.S
3. The Niagara falls lie on the border between Nunavut, Canada, and New York state, U.S
4. None of the answers are correct

The Canadian side of the Niagara Falls is called : Horseshoe falls and very popular with honeymooners

turn ligths on at night and you can even make a request for a organisation if you want to.

In which two provinces
are the Rocky Mountains located?

1. Alberta and Saskatchewan
2. British Columbia and Saskatchewan
3. Alberta and British Columbia
4. British Columbia and Montana

The Canadian Rockies

Largest city in Canada?

1. Toronto
2. Ottowa
3. Regina
4. Vancouver

largest and most populated city

nickname Toronto: the 6,

the 6 is because Toronto is devided into 6  areas

The St Lawrence River
is the international border
between New York, USA and ……

1. Toronto, Canada
2. Ontario, Canada
3. Quebec, Canada
4. I don't know

Beluga, what can I say, my favorite

It has been very imprtant for trading and transportation route  throughout history.

almost 1200 km long and has From a subarctic to a more temperate southern zone because of its size

Languages
in Montreal ?

1. English and French
2. English, French and German
3. Only French
4. Only English

also on Montreal’s location on the St. Lawrence

Montreal is a city with considerable French colonial history dating back to the 16th century

many speak English but in some parts mainly French is spoken

This is also true of parts of New Brunswick, the province to the east of Quebec.

1. Yukon, NW Territories, Alaska
2. Yukon, NW Territories, Nunavut
3. NW Territories, BC, Nunavut
4. Oh man......

Yukon has been known since the famous Klondike gold rush of the later 1890s

Half the population is indigenous and The Northwest Territories boasts 11 official languages.

Nunavut, stretches across most of the Canadian Arctic .the traditional lands of the Inuit, the indigenous peoples of Arctic Canada