Canada

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Canada
CHAPTER 9

• Section 1 History and Culture
• Section 2 Canada Today
• Section 3 Geographic Issues

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Europes role in Canadas early history
Section 1 History and Culture

• France
• arrived in 1530s
• __________________________________________________
  ____________________________________________
• founded colony in _____________
• Great Britain
• colonized Nova Scotia in 1713
• ______________________________
• organized Canada into ____________
• established self-governing dominion

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SECTION 1
History and Culture
European Arrivals in Canada
Vikings A.D. 1000
French 1530s
British 1713
Eastern shoresno permanent settlers
Nova ScotiaFrench/British conflictincreased
settlement during American Revolutionset
up provinces
Jacques CartierSt. Lawrence Rivernorthwest
passage to Asiafishing and fursCatholicism
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Key features of Canadian culture
Section 1 History and Culture

• ____________________________________________
• many immigrants in recent years
• ____________________________________________
• British culture in Ontario and further west
• influences in north from southern migrants,
  ________, and Canadian Indians

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Foundations of Canadas economy
Section 2 Canada Today

• shift away from farming to manufacturing and
  services
• ________________________________________________
• Atlantic Provinces _______________________________
  __________________
• Quebec and Ontario ______________________________
  _
• Prairie Provincescommercial farming, mining and
  oil drilling, tourism
• British Columbia ________________________________
  __
• Northmining, construction, tourism

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SECTION 2
Canada Today
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Factors in the growth of Canadas cities
Section 2 Canada Today

• __________________________________________________
  ____________________________________
• Montrealcultural capital, good transportation
• Victoria and ______________west-coast centers
  based on fishing, tourism, trade
• __________________________________________________
  ____________________________________

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Canadas government
Section 2 Canada Today

• maintains British ties and British monarch
• __________________________________________________
  ____________________________________
• ___________________________________________
• three northern territories with some control over
  local issues

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American influence in Canada
Section 3 Geographic Issues

• Influence based on cultural, historic, and
  economic connections.
• __________________________________________________
  ____________________________________
• Canadian and U.S. cities are linked across the
  border.
• American media and _________________ pours into
  Canada.

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SECTION 3
Geographic Issues
U.S. Influence on Canadas Culture
Economy
Population
Culture
Cities
economies closely tied together many American
companies there
U.S. population is much larger most Canadians
live near U.S. border
American mass media heard and seen in Canada
nearly every day
Canadian and U.S. cities linked increases
cultural exchange
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Effects of geography on Canadian unity
Section 3 Geographic Issues

• __________________________________________
• Physical barriers and distance contribute to
  separation.
• Differences between French and British culture
  promote ___________________________________.