CANADA 



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CANADA 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON CANADA 



Outline 



I. Location and Size 



(1) Latitude 



( 2 ) Longitude 



(3) Position as compared with European 



nations 



( 4 ) Boundaries 



(5) Size 



(a) East and west length, 2,700 miles 



(b) Greatest north and south extent, 



1,600 miles 



(c) Actual area, 3,729,665 square 



miles 



(d) Area compared with that of other 



countries 



(e) Area of separate provinces 



II. The People 



(1) Population 



(a) Percentage of increase 



(2) Proportion of urban and rural pop- 



ulation 



(3) Density 



(4) Origins of the people 



(5) Religion 



(a) Predominance of Roman Catho- 

 lics 



(6) Education 



(a) Provincial control 



(b) "Separate schools" 



(c) How expenses are met 



(d) Adoption of modern theories 



(e) Illiteracy statistics 



III. The Land 



(1) Surface regions 



(a) Eastern Canada 



1. Highlands to the east 



2. Saint Lawrence Valley 



3. Acadian region 



4. Niagara escarpment 

 (b) Interior plains 



1. Prairie region 



2. First escarpment 



3. Missouri Coteau 



(c) The western mountains 



1. Rocky Mountains 



2. Coast ranges 



3. Outstanding peaks 



(2) Drainage 



(a) River systems 



1. Those draining into Hudson 



Bay 



2. Those draining into Arctic 



Ocean 



3. Rivers of Pacific slope 



(b) Lakes 



(3) Climate 



(a) Conditions due to latitude 



(b) Variations due to surface and 



presence of large bodies of 

 water 



(c) Average temperatures 



1. Atlantic coast and Hudson 



Bay region 



2. Maritime provinces 



3. Saint Lawrence section 



4. Prairie provinces 



5. Western coast 



IV. Plant and Animal Life 



(1) Plants 



(a) Dependence on climate 



(b) Plant regions 



(2) Animals 



(a) Game animals 



(b) Birds 



V. Industries 



(1) Agriculture 



(a) Cereals 



1. Wheat 



2. Oats 



3. Barley 



4. Rye 



5. Corn 



(b) Fruits 



1. Apples 



2. Peaches 



3. Grapes 



4. Berries 



(c) Other crops 



1. Alfalfa 



2. Flax 



3. Hay 



4. Potatoes 



(d) Stock-growing 



(e) Dairying and poultry-raising 



(f) Irrigation 



(2) Fisheries 



(a) On the Atlantic coast 



1. Deep-sea fishing 



2. Inshore fishing 



(b) On the Pacific coast 



(c) Fresh -water fisheries 



(d) Value of annual catch 



(3) Mining 



(a) Coal 



(b) Gold 



(c) Silver and lead 



(d) Other minerals 



(e) Effect of war on output 

 ( 4 ) Manufacturing 



(a) Natural location of districts 



(b) Leading products 



