GCU 322 Reading Quiz 5 - Questions and Answers

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 5 - Questions and Answers Montreal was a _____ and lumber-trading for the French, but its principal business and industrial growth occurred under the British. It was the largest city in Canada throughout most of its history, being surpassed by Toronto only relatively recently. Fur Throughout the region, more than half the cultivated acreage is in _____, with oats the other principal crop. Hay "New France" was to be an agricultural colony, but throughout the early decades, it was _____ that attracted the most interest and enthusiasm and pulled French explorers ever deeper into the interior of the continent. fur trading In the 1970s a strict language law in the province of Quebec curtailed the use of _____ in government, business, and education, and made Quebec essentially a unilingual province. English Every river junction on the left bank (north side) of the St. Lawrence has a _____ nearby. sawmill, pulp mill, or both Early on, Quebec was divided into Lower Canada, which was _____, and Upper Canada, which was _____. French and Catholic/ English and Protestant The sub-regional center of the Eastern Townships is: Sherbrooke The French Canada region includes most of the southern settled parts of Quebec, from the lower Ottawa River valley in the west, down the St. Lawrence Valley to include the Gaspe Peninsula, _____ Island, and the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the east, as well as the relatively densely settled portion of the Canadian Shield that encompasses the Lake St. John lowland and the Saguenay River Valley. Anticosti A whopping _____ percent of all of Canada's low-income population lives in Montreal. 30+ It is in the _____ portion of Quebec City that has a large older section of narrow streets and European charm (but it doesn't have the famous Citadel). Lower Town Most of the industrial prosperity and growth will continue to occur in the already establish centers, especially Montreal, but also Quebec City, Trois-Rivieres, Hull, and: Shawinigan Most of Canada's aluminum manufacturing is in the region, with the largest single plant in the _____ Valley. Saguenay The "dead" navigation season on the St. Lawrence, occasioned by the winter freeze, may sometimes last, according to the book, from: December to April The _____ signed a treaty with the French at Montreal in 1688, and for some decades continued to serve as a buffer between the settlements in Quebec and those in the American colonies to the southeast. Iroquois Montreal is about _____ francophone (French speaking) and is called the second largest French-speaking city in the world. two-thirds The narrow rectangular farming fields in French Canada usually contain a long linear centerpiece of _____ that were gathered and stacked by the farmer over many years. Stones Largely due to the imposition of French culture on local business by the provincial government, some _____ significant business firms have shifted their operations from Montreal to other provinces, mostly Ontario. 300 Elevations of more than 4,000 feet are reached in the rocky fastness of the Shickshock Mountains of the: Gaspe Peninsula In 2011, Canada's two remaining _____ mines, both in Quebec, stopped operations. Asbestos