Social Studies

 

 

Can you name the 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada?

 

Canada Vocabulary

 

 

1. parliament – lawmaking body in Canada; Senate & House of Commons

2. prime minister – elected leader of Canada’s government

3. federal system – type of government in which provinces or states and nation share power

4. province – political region in Canada, much like a state

5. monarch – king or queen

6. Quebecois – French people of Quebec, Canada

7. Inuit – people of Canadian North; Eskimo

8. ethnic group – people who share same culture, language, customs

9. dominion – self governing nation in Commonwealth of Nations that accept British Monarch as chief of stat

10. region – an area of land with features that makes it different from other areas

 

 

 

Canada Sites For Kids

 

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/canada/

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/fun-facts/default.asp

 http://countries.pppst.com/canada.html

 http://www.pocanticohills.org/canada/factcards.htm

 http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/provinces.htm