1. Social Studies 6th Grade Second 9 weeks
Canada Geography
Social Studies 6th Grade Second 9 weeks

2. Where is Canada located relative to US?
Tell which continent Canada is located on and which countries are its neighbors.
Insert a map of your country.

3. Geographic Features of CANADA
Name & locate:
Hudson Bay
St. Lawrence River
Quebec City
Montreal
Toronto
Ottawa
Vancouver
Fraser River
bodies of water
mountain ranges
Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

7. Major bodies of water
Major bodies of water in Canada include: Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and Frasier River.

8. Major Mountain Rage in Canada:
The Rocky Mountains is a major mountain range in Canada.

9. What two major geographic features are shared between Canada and the United States?

10. Canadian Tundra
Tundra= also called barren land
Large region of the Northern Hemisphere
Lacks vegetation
Southern boundary extends from the Mackenzie Delta to southern Hudson Bay and northeast to Labrador.
Many climate variables combine to determine the position of this boundary. dry earth; cold, wet, saline earth.
Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country.
Arctic tundra in the Yukon Territory, Canada

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Canadian Permafrost
Permafrost is ground remaining at or below 0°C continuously for at least 2 years.
It may consist of cold, dry earth; cold, wet, saline earth; icy lenses and masses; or ice-cemented earth or rock.
A polar bear wanders along the Hudson Bay. New research suggests that permafrost soils in Canada's Arctic are melting at a rate that will significantly speed up global warming
Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country.

12. Canadian Tundra Temperatures stay below 0°C most of the year.
The precipitation is gentle, mainly falling as snow. The winds can be very strong.
Summers may have many hours of continuous daylight. Winters are long, dark periods.
The climatic conditions mean that the landscape is quite bare, with little vegetation

13. PRAIRIE
A Prairie is a dry treeless plateau that is east of the Rocky Mountains. It is usually fertile for farming and herding.

14. Geography Vocabulary Canada
Parks Canada
Geography Vocabulary Canada
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Backed by the Vancouver Island Range and facing the open Pacific Ocean
Presents the rich natural and cultural heritage of Canada's west coast.
Its cool and wet maritime climate produces an abundance of life in the water and on land.
126,500 acres of land; covers much of Vancouver Island; lots of vegetation and a region dedicated to protecting wild life.
Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country.

15. Geography Vocabulary Canada
Canadian Shield
one of the world’s largest geologic continental shields
centered on Hudson Bay
Extends 3 million square miles over much of Canada. It is a hilly region of lakes and swamps that stretches across Northern Canada and has some of the oldest rocks on earth.
Alternate titles: Canadian continental shield; Canadian-Greenland Shield; Laurentian Shield; Precambrian Shield
Precambrian bedrock of the Canadian Shield rising out of Reindeer Lake, on the border between northeastern Saskatchewan and northwestern Manitoba.
© Richard Alexander Cooke III
Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country.

16. Geography Vocabulary Canada
Fraser River 1370 km long, with a drainage basin of km2, rises in Fraser Pass on the western slopes of the rocky mountains in the southeast corner of Mount Robson Provincial Park.

17. Geography Vocabulary Canada
St. Lawrence Lowland
St. Lawrence Lowland is a plain along the St. Lawrence River between Québec City in the east and Brockville, Ontario, in the west, including the Ottawa River valley west to Renfrew, Ontario

18. Climate of Canada
Tell about the typical weather patterns in Canada throughout the calendar year.
Insert a picture illustrating a season in your country.