Canadian Geography - Making Connections - Outline Questions Chapter 11 – Landforms Of Canada
Define the following
Terms.
1) topography
2) highlands
3) lowlands
4) differential erosion
5) escarpment
6) rift valley
7) plateaus
8) intrusion
9) fiord
10) drainage
11) ice ages
12) ice sheets
13) glacier
14) advance
15) retreat
16) alpine glacier
17) U-shaped valley
18) continental
glacier
19) zone of
accumulation
20) till
21) striation
22) spillway
23) misfit stream
24) till plain
25) moraine
26) drumlin
27) erratic
28) esker
29) lake plain
Multiple Choice
30) What is the St.
Lawrence Lowland?
A) swampy lowland
B) V-shaped valley
C) fiord
D) U-shaped valley
E) rift valley
swampy plain
31) The statement
that best describes
the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Lowlands
region.
A) a broad flat plateau
B) a region with a
rolling landscape with
flat plains and glacial
hills
C) a region of
escarpments and
plateaus
D) lava plateaus that
have been deeply cut
by major rivers that
have created deep
valleys
E) a low-lying, flat,
32) the location of the
highest elevations in
North America
A) Innuitians
B) Canadian Shield
C) Interior Plains
D) Western Cordillera
E) Appalachians
33) the largest
landform region of
those listed below
A) Appalachians
B) Interior Plains
C) Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Lowlands
D) Hudson Bay
Lowlands
E) Canadian Shield
34) Which one of the
following best
describes the
Canadian Shield?
A) many lakes, rocky,
glaciated, forested
B) coastal plain, low
elevation, swamps
and bogs
C) fertile soils,
grasslands, flat
D) glaciated, ice
covered, flat lowlands
E) hilly, few lakes,
forested, fertile soils
35) In which province
is no portion of the
Canadian Shield
found?
A) Alberta
B) Manitoba
C) Saskatchewan
D) New Brunswick
E) Quebec
36) Why is there so
little farming in the
Canadian Shield?
A) too many trees
B) too many black
flies and mosquitoes
C) lack of soil
D) too far from
populated areas
E) climate is too cold
for most crops to grow
37) Oil and natural
gas are found in the
Interior Plains of
Canada because
A) this is one of the
oldest landforms in
Canada.
B) igneous intrusions
produced oil and gas
formations in the
sedimentary rock.
C) the glaciers
removed much of the
oil- and gas-bearing
soil from the Shield
and deposited it here.
D) they are
associated with
igneous and
metamorphic rocks.
E) they are
associated with
certain kinds of
sedimentary rock
found here.
38) "This region was
formed by lava flows
and other volcanism.
It is composed of
igneous and
metamorphic rocks
that have been deeply
cut by rivers." This
description best
describes the
A) Interior Plains.
B) Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Lowlands.
C) Appalachian
Mountains.
D) Arctic Lowland.
E) Interior Plateaus of
the Western
Cordillera.
39) Part of Ontario is
found in the
A) Great Lakes
Lowland.
B) Hudson Bay
Lowlands.
C) Canadian Shield.
D) St. Lawrence
Lowland.
E) all of the above
40) Coal and salt are
examples of
A) important
economic minerals.
B) minerals found in
the Appalachians.
C) Canada's natural
resources.
D) minerals found in
sedimentary rocks.
E) all of the above
41) The effects of
what caused the
present shape and
size of the Great
Lakes?
A) river erosion
B) faulting
C) lake erosion
D) glaciation
E) folding
42) The landform that
is found immediately
east of the Interior
Plains on the profile of
southern Canada.
A) Great Lakes
Lowland
B) Hudson Bay
Lowland
C) Canadian Shield
D) Arctic Lowland
E) Western Cordillera
43) When the
glaciers melted, the
meltwater formed a
large lake over much
of what is now
southern Manitoba
and Saskatchewan.
Today, where do
portions of this
ancient lake remain?
A) Cedar Lake
B) Lake Winnipegosis
C) Lake Manitoba
D) Lake Winnipeg
E) all of the above
Canadian Geography - Making Connections - Outline Questions Chapter 11 – Landforms Of Canada
44) If the rate of
melting is the same
as the rate of
accumulation, a
glacier
A) retreats.
B) advances.
C) remains stationary.
D) forms a zone of
accumulation.
E) creates post-glacial
lakes.
50) Because the
bedrock of the Shield
is __________, water
does not pass through
it.
45) How many times
during the last two
million years have ice
sheets covered most
of Canada?
A) 2 B) 1 C) 3 D) 5
E) 4
52) The landform
region in which
approximately 50% of
Canada's population
lives is the
__________.
46) Which one of the
following is a
depositional glacial
feature?
A) U-shaped valley
B) erratic
C) striation
D) spillway
E) misfit stream
47) Which one of the
following is an
erosional glacial
feature?
A) moraine B) lake
plain C) drumlin D)
till plain E) striation
48) If the rate of
melting is less than
the rate of
accumulation, a
glacier
A) retreats.
B) remains stationary.
C) creates postglacial lakes.
D) advances.
E) forms a zone of
accumulation.
SHORT ANSWER
49) Because of its
scenic rivers,
waterfalls, lakes, rock
outcrops, and vast
forests, the Canadian
Shield is ideal for
__________.
51) The centre of the
Shield is much
__________ than its
outer portion, giving it
the appearance of a
saucer.
53) The lowland
region that is a very
flat, low area covered
by swampy forest is
the __________.
54) The layers of
sedimentary rock of
the Appalachian
Mountains are rich in
deposits of
__________ such as
coal.
55) The Innuitian
Mountains resemble
the __________ in
composition and the
types of minerals they
contain.
56) The great height
and rugged
appearance of the
mountain ranges of
the Western
Cordillera indicate
that their geological
age is __________.
57) The mountain
ranges and valleys of
the Western
Cordillera generally
run in a __________
direction.
58) The continuing
movement, between 2
cm and 10 cm per
year, of the North
American and the
Pacific plates makes
the Coast Mountains
the most active
_________ region in
the country.
59) A glacier will
begin to form when
the rate of
__________ is
greater than the rate
of melting.
60) During ice ages,
the water level of the
oceans __________.
61) Alpine glaciers
move from high
elevations to low
elevations under the
force of __________.
62) The last ice age
occurred in the
_________ era.
63) The largest area
of ice in Canada
south of the Arctic is
the __________.
64) __________ are
grooves in bedrock
that run in the same
direction as the
movement of the ice
sheet, and allow
geographers to
determine the ice
sheet's path.
65) Huge volumes of
meltwater from a
melting glacier carve
out deep, wide valleys
called __________.