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CANADA & LATIN AMERICA
Chapter One
Lesson 1
1. ________Canada_______ is the second-largest country in the world.
2. Canada is larger than ___the United States______ but it has the population of the
state of ____California______________.
3. Canada’s climate is influenced by ___its high latitude or distance from the____
_ equator ___________________________.
4. Canada has seven different ____land regions_____________.
5. In the Canadian Shield many years ago glaciers wore down mountains, and carved out
___________lakes____________, _____________rivers__________, and
____________valleys______________.
6. North of the ____timberline_________ the climate is too cold for trees to grow.
7. Where is Canada’s richest farmland located? __________St. Lawrence Lowlands
Region __________________________
8. The St. Lawrence River connects the _______Atlantic Ocean_________ and the
_________Great Lakes_____________________.
9. Canada’s longest river is the ________Mackenzie River___________________.
10. Two mountain ranges in Western Canada are the ____Rocky Mountains______
_________________________ and the ________Coast Mountains___________.
11. What are Canada’s main natural resources? _________________________________
______timber, oil, natural gas, coal, minerals, animals (fish) ____________________
_______________________________________________________________________
12. Name the seven regions of Canada. _______________________________________
________Appalachian, St. Lawrnece Lowlands, Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay
Lowlands, Interior Plains, Western Cordilleras, and the Arctic Islands
Regions._______
_______________________________________________________________________
Lesson 2
1. Latin America stretches from the northern edge of ____Mexico ________ in North
America to the southern tip of ____South America_____.
2. Latin America includes:
____Mexico _______________________________________
____Central America ________________________________
____the Caribbean Islands_____________________________
____South America _________________________________
3. Latin America is so large that its geography ______________________________
____varies from one part of the region to another _______________________
4. What causes the warm tropical climate in Latin America? ___________________
______The sun shines directly overhead in the tropics. __________________
MEXICO
5. The ______Rio Grande River____________ forms most of the border between
Mexico and the United States.
6. Where do most of Mexico’s people live? ________________________________
_______Plateau of Mexico___________________________________________
7. _______Mexico City____________________ is the capital of Mexico.
8. The two mountain ranges in Mexico are the ______________________________
_______Sierra Madre Occidental___________________________________
_______Sierra Madre Oriental _____________________________________.
9. The Plateau of Mexico has many _____earthquakes ________________ which
destroy homes and injure or kill people.
10. What two peninsulas are part of Mexico? _______________________________
_____Baja California Peninsula and the Yucatan Peninsula _______
CENTRAL AMERICA
11. How many countries are in Central America? _____seven_______________
12. Why was the Panama Canal built? ____to allow ships to travel _____________
_________between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans_____________________
13. What do the Volcanoes of Central America do to the land in the area? ________
_______it keeps the soil very fertile______________________________
THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
14. The three groups of islands in the Caribbean islands are:
_____Greater Antilles____________________________
_____Lesser Antilles_____________________________
_____Bahamas__________________________________
SOUTH AMERICA
15. South America is home to the world’s largest ___rainforest________.
16. _____The Amazon____________ is the second longest river in the world.
17. The ______Atacama ____________________________Desert and the
____Andes___________ Mountains are part of South America.
18. Where does Venezuela get most of its wealth? __the oil industry_______
Lesson 3
1. Scientists believe most of the native peoples in the Americas migrated from
_____Asia_____________________.
2. Name two ways early people may have migrated to South America.
____by foot from the North or by boat______________________________
3. What did early Americans depend on to survive? ________________________
_______hunting and gathering in search of food__________________________
4. What did agriculture allow people to do? ________________________________
__________to settle in one place and build permanent villages______________
EARLY CANADIANS
5. There were _____six________ different regions of Canada’s early people.
A. Eastern Woodland Culture
Food: _____corn, beans, squash_______________________
Homes: ____longhouse and wigwams from timber_________
B. Arctic Culture
Food: ____used kayaks & dogsleds to find food___________________
Homes: __temporary igloos of ice, permanent sod and stone_________
C. Subarctic Culture
Food: ___hunting animals for food______________________________
Homes: ____wigwams______________________________________
D. Northwest Coast Culture
Food: ______fished for salmon and whales________________________
Homes: ____large rectangular houses____________________________
E. Plains Culture
Food: ______hunted buffalo_______________________________
Homes: ____teepees of buffalo skins______________________________
F. Plateau Culture
Food: ____deer and salmon_____________________________
Homes: ____round earthen houses________________________________
EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
Civilization
Known for:
6. Olmec
Pyramids, temple, plazas, and a calendar
7. Mayan
Writing system, cities, flat-topped pyramids
8. Aztec Empire
Earliest Empire in the Americas
9. Inca Empire
Two major road systems