Petra Janoušková
Gymnázium Velké Meziříčí
Registrační číslo projektu:
CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0948
Jazyk:
anglický
Datum vytvoření:
26. 2. 2013
Cílová skupina:
studenti vyššího gymnázia, 16–18 let
Druh učebního materiálu:
studijní materiál + pracovní list
Očekávaný výstup:
student bude znát základní fakta o
Kanadě a Commonwealth
Anotace:
materiál slouží jako příprava k
základní úrovni maturitní zkoušky
CANADA
Capital
Ottawa
Largest city
Toronto
Official
languages
•English
•French
Population
Consists of
35 million
10 provinces and 3
territories
BASIC FACTS
The name Canada comes from the Iroquoian word kanata, meaning "village"
or "settlement„.
Federal parliamentary democracy under
constitutional monarchy
Government
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor General
David Johnston
Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
Legislature
Parliament
Upper house Senate
Lower house
House of Commons
HISTORY and ECONOMY
 The land of today's Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various
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Aboriginal peoples.
British and French colonial expeditions explored and settled the
region's Atlantic coast in the late 15th century.
France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America to Britain in 1763
after the Seven Years' War.
In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through
Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces.
This began a process of increasing autonomy, culminating in the Canada
Act 1982.
Canada is a federal state governed as a parliamentary democracy and a
constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state.
The country is officially bilingual and multicultural.
Canada's advanced economy is one of the largest in the world, relying
chiefly upon its rich natural resources (oil, nickel, zinc, uranium,
gold and lead) and well-developed trade networks, especially with the
United States, with which it has had a long and complex relationship.
The First Nations
 The characteristics of Canadian
Aboriginal societies included
permanent settlements,
agriculture, complex societal
hierarchies, and trading
networks.
 There were upto 2million
aboriginal peoples in the 15th
century. But after the the European
arrival only 25% remained
 Aboriginal peoples in present-day
Canada include the First Nations,
Inuits, and Métis. The Métis are
a mixed-blood people who
originated in the mid-17th century
when First Nations and Inuit people
married European settlers.
GEOGRAPHY
WILDLIFE
Big Cities
Montreal
Quebec
Ottawa
Vancouver
The Commonwealth of Nations
 is an intergovernmental organization of 54 independent member
states. Most are former British colonies.
 The member states share a framework of common values and goals, based
on the Singapore Declaration. These include the promotion of democracy,
human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty,
egalitarianism, and free trade.
 The Commonwealth was first officially formed in 1931 upon the Statute of
Westminster which stated the recognition to the independence of
dominions.
 the first members were the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, the Irish Free State and Dominion of
Newfoundland
 In 1949, the London Declaration was signed and marked the birth of the
modern Commonwealth and the renaming to its present name. The most
recent member is Rwanda, which joined on 29 November 2009.
Citace
Všechny uveřejněné odkazy [cit. 2012-11-01]. Dostupné pod licencí Public Domain na WWW:
Snímek 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg
Snímek 3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
Snímek 10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations
Všechny uveřejněné odkazy [cit. 2012-11-03]. Dostupné pod licencí Creative Commons , BY na WWW:
Snímek 4
Baranski, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_Ottawa_Panorama.jpg
Snímek 6
Prof.Buell.O.B., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poundmaker.gif
Themightyquill, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ovide_Mercredi.JPG
Ansgar Walk, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inuit-Kleidung_1.jpg
Snímek 7
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/ca.htm#.Ubh6a5xqN8E
Snímek 8
Alan Wilson, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_Bear_-_Alaska.jpg
Alan Wilson , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bis%C3%B3_de_bosc.jpg
Brocken, Inaglory, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_mother_and_a_cub_bears.JPG
Rama, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alopex_lagopus_IMG_9019.JPG
Steve, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_Beaver.jpg
USDA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moose_superior.jpg
Snímek 9
S.Lacasse, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VuedeMontreal.jpg
Baranski, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_Ottawa_Panorama.jpg
Orbitale,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Quebec_City_Montage.png
117Avenue, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vancouver_photo_montage.jpg