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Outline and Questions on Canada Continued 



VI. Transportation and Commerce 



(1) Navigable rivers 



(2) Canals 



(3) Railroads 



(a) Intercolonial Railway 



(b) Canadian Pacific 



1. Part in development of the 

 country 



(c) Canadian Northern 



(d) Grand Trunk Pacific 



(4) Foreign commerce 



(a) With what countries 



(b) Value of imports and exports 



VII. Government 



( 1 ) General character 



(a) Resemblances to that of Great 



Britain 



(b) Resemblances to that of United 



States 



( 2 ) Departments 



(a) Executive 



1. Governor-General 



2. The Ministry 



(b) Legislative 

 1. Senate 



a. Membership 



b. Powers 



2. House of Commons 



a. Membership 



b. Powers 



3. Officers of Parliament 

 (c) Judicial 



1. Supreme Court 



2. Exchequer Court 

 3.. Admiralty Court 



(3) Provincial governments 



(4) Military system 



VIII. History 



(1) Discovery and exploration 



( 2 ) Colonization 



(3) Struggle between France and Eng- 



land for control . 



(4) Opening of the West 



(5) Struggle for responsible government 



(6) Act of Union 



( 7 ) Confederation 



(8) Period of expansion 



(a) New provinces established 



(9) National problems 



(10) Recent development 



(11) Foreign relations 



(12) Canada and the War of the Nations 



Questions 



What remarkable percentage of increase in population did one Alberta town 

 have between 1901 and 1911? 



How many men did Canada send to the aid of England during the first two 

 years of the War of the Nations? 



Would the shooting season for wild. fowl be earlier or later in Western Canada 

 than in Texas? Why? 



What is the most valuable mineral product of the Dominion? Has it always 

 been so? Which province furnishes most of it? 



How does the constitution of the Dominion resemble that of the United States? 

 How does it differ from it? 



Who was "the Father of New France"? What did he do to win the title? 



Has the largest, province the largest population? In which province are there 

 the most people to the square mile? 



How do the great interior plains of Canada differ from those of the United 

 States? 



What animal has been made the national emblem of Canada? 



Where are the mineral-bearing regions located? What relation do those of the 

 United States bear to them? 



How are the public schools supported? 



What was the first resource of this vast land which attracted the Frenchmen? 

 The second? 



What are Metis? What part did they play in the Red River Rebellion? 



Show by statistics that the increase in population was not an even, steady 

 growth. 



