Worksheet CANADA
Link: http://www.cornelsen.de/wu_canadian_games/1.c.2546428.de
Task 1: Canadian provinces and territories quiz
Canada has ten provinces and three territories. How well do you know them?
1.
What is the capital city of Alberta?
Edmonton
2.
How many people lived in British Columbia in 2004?
4.168.123
3.
In which year did Manitoba join Canada?
In 1870
4.
Name the three aboriginal nations of New Brunswick.
Mi'kmaq, Maliseet and Passamaquoddy
5.
In which year did “Yellowknife” become the capital city of Northwest Territories?
In 1967
6.
What is the English term for Nova Scotia?
New Scotland
7.
Which province has the biggest land area?
Nunavut
8.
Is the capital city of Ontario also the capital city of Canada?
No, Toronto from Ontario and Ottawa from canada
9.
Which province has the smallest land area?
Nova Scotia
10.
What is the official language of Quebec?
French
Task 2: Drop the province
When you have finished level 2, why not try level 3?
Task 4: The greatest Canadians
Follow the link and find out who they were ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Canadian
1. Tommy Douglas
Father of Medicare, Premier of Saskatchewan
2.Terry Fox
Athlete, activist, humanitarian
3. Pierre Trudeau
Fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada
4. Sir Frederick Banting
Medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin,
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
5. David Suzuki
Geneticist, environmentalist, broadcaster, activist
6. Lester B. Pearson
Fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada,
United Nations General Assembly President,
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
7. Don Cherry
hockey coach and commentator
8. Sir John A. Macdonald
First Prime Minister of Canada
9. Alexander Graham Bell
Scientist, inventor,
founder of the Bell Telephone Company
10. Wayne Gretzky
Hockey player, holder of numerous records