Geography 2010 Final Exam
Which province has always been known as the "economic engine" of Canada? - ✔✔Ontario
What was the first year in which Ontario received equalization payments? - ✔✔2009
What percentage of Ontar
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Geography 2010 Final Exam
Which province has always been known as the "economic engine" of Canada? - ✔✔Ontario
What was the first year in which Ontario received equalization payments? - ✔✔2009
What percentage of Ontario residents live in northern Ontario? - ✔✔Only 7%
Which area contains the most variable topography in southern Ontario? - ✔✔The Niagara
Escarpment
What physically forms the Niagara Escarpment? - ✔✔Resistant rock
How much of the highest-quality (Class 1) agricultural land is found in southern Ontario? -
✔✔Over half
True or false? Summers in Ontario are continental. - ✔✔True
What was the first settlement in Ontario and who settled it? - ✔✔Petite Cote (present-day
Windsor), settled by the French
When was Petite Cote (present-day Windsor) settled? - ✔✔1749
When did British Loyalists from the U.S. begin settling throughout southern Ontario? - ✔✔In the
late 1700s
What was the War of 1812 caused by? - ✔✔Tension between Britain and the United States
What event ended the influx of U.S. settlers to Ontario? - ✔✔The War of 1812
What is Ontario's Iroquoian meaning? - ✔✔"Beautiful water"
What is Detroit named after? - ✔✔"D'etroit" a french word meaning "the strait" (which is a
narrow body of water connecting two lakes)
What was the key objective of the U.S. in the War of 1812? - ✔✔To annex the Ontario region
True or false? There were several battles that took place in the War of 1812. - ✔✔True
Who joined the British to fight against the U.S. in the War of 1812? - ✔✔Indigenous people led
by Chief Tecumseh
What major figure was killed in the War of 1812? - ✔✔Chief Tecumseh
Which ice sheet formed the Great Lakes when it melted? - ✔✔The Laurentide ice sheet
How long ago did the Laurentide ice sheet cover most of Canada? - ✔✔18,000 years ago?
Which Great Lake is the largest? - ✔✔Lake Superi
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