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Interactive Answers below.. scroll down...

1. What general direction (N, S, E, W) are you going in if you go

from Ottawa to:

Toronto_SW_, Montreal_E__, Cornwall_S_or SE_, Iqaluit_N_____

2. What compass direction does the front of the school face ? _N__

3 . There are 10___(#)provinces and __3___(#) territories in Canada?

4. Name a mountain range on Canada’s: West Coast East Coast North Coast

____Rockies_________ _Appalachian___ __Innuitian__________

5. What is the current population of: The World? __7.6 BILLION______________________

Canada: 37 MILLION_ USA: ___326 MILLION_, China:___1.4 BILLION_ India: _1.3 BILLION_

Ottawa CMA- 1.3 MILLION Toronto: GTA 6.3 MILLION_ Vancouver: 2.5 MILLION_ Montreal: __4.1 MILLION_

CMA means Census Metropolitan Area- several cities combined...

WORLD POP CLOCK

OTTAWA BY SUBURB

6. What line of latitude forms the border between Canada and the USA in the Prairies? 49^TH DEGREE

7. Each of these rivers is a tributary of what larger water body?

1. Jock River (near here) empties into RIDEAU R. 3. Ottawa River empties into:_ST. LAWRENCE R.

2. Rideau River empties into: _OTTAW RIVER____ 4. St. Lawrence River empty into? _ATLANTIC O._

8. Which province had over 1350 fires burn more than 13000Km² of forests this summer? __B.C.___

9. Who is the Prime Minister of Canada? _JUSTIN TRUDEAU____ . POTUS: _DONALD TRUMP_____

- What Political Party does the Prime Minister lead? __LIBERAL PARTY_____________

10. Who is the leader of the Official Opposition? ANDREW SHEER - What Political Party CONSERVATIVE

11. Who is Premier of Ontario?_Doug Ford HE is the leader of what political Party? CONSERVATIVE

12. What does USMCA mean? UNITED STATES, MEXIC), CANADA Agreement

It replaced NAFTA - NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT_

What countries are part of this agreement? _CANADA USA MEXICO

13. What is EU- EConomic Union (European EConomic Union)

Who is part of it Name any 2 countries? France, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Portugal.. etc…

What is Brexit?_British Exit from the Economic Union (they voted to leave it last year)

14. What Ocean is found: North Coast_ARCTIC O., West Coast_PACIFIC O., East Coast ATLANTIC O.

15. What are the Capital cities for the following regions?

Canada:_OTTAWA_, United States: WASHINGTON DC, Ontario:TORONTO , B .C.: VICTORIA_

16. Name the 5 Great Lakes: HOMES

LAKE HURON, LAKE ONTARIO, LAKE MICHIGAN, LAKE ERIE, LAKE SUPERIOR

17. What was the hottest temperature (with humidex) in Ottawa recorded on July 1 ? _47˚C__

18. In 2016 Ottawa had -30 temperatures for 32 days in a row. This extreme cold

weather event was caused by a POLAR VORTEX__

19. In what country, and what city with a population of .5 million, will run out of water?

Cape Town in South Africa

20 - Barrhaven is part of the Suburb (really the old city) Called ___NEPEAN___ in the city of _____OTTAWA_____

20. WHEN DID CANADA BECOME A COUNTRY? 1867 Age: 151 YEARS OLD!!