Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands - Quiz

1. What percentage of Canada's population lives in Southern Ontario and Quebec?

A) About 75 percent
B) About 50 percent
C) About 10 percent
D) About 25 percent

2. Which river valley attracted European immigrants and United Empire Loyalists?

A) The Hudson Bay River Valley
B) The Yukon River Valley
C) The Fraser River Valley
D) The lower Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Valley

3. What significant political event took place in the region in 1867?

A) Formation of the Canadian Confederation
B) Creation of Lower Canada
C) Independence from Britain
D) Establishment of Upper Canada

4. What is Southern Ontario's Golden Horseshoe known for?

A) A major agricultural region
B) Canada's largest forest area
C) The site of the first Canadian Parliament
D) Canada's industrial and manufacturing heartland

5. How long is the densely populated urban ribbon in the Lowlands?

A) About 500 km
B) About 1000 km
C) About 1500 km
D) About 2000 km

6. What percentage of North America's freshwater is held by the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region?

A) 10 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 30 percent
D) Over 80 percent

7. What was the economy of the Lowlands valued at in 2014?

A) $CDN 5.8 trillion
B) $CDN 7.2 trillion
C) $CDN 10 trillion
D) $CDN 3.5 trillion

8. What percentage of Canada's agricultural capacity is accounted for by the Lowlands?

A) About 10 percent
B) About 25 percent
C) About 75 percent
D) About 50 percent

9. How many jobs do industries in the Lowlands provide?

A) About 70 million jobs
B) About 100 million jobs
C) About 20 million jobs
D) About 50 million jobs

10. What is the area covered by the Utica shale in the St. Lawrence Lowlands?

A) About 24,000 square kilometres
B) About 32,000 square kilometres
C) About 8,000 square kilometres
D) About 16,000 square kilometres

11. Which administrative regions include the Central Lowlands subregion?

A) Alberta, British Columbia and Newfoundland
B) Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
C) Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
D) Montérégie, Centre-du-Québec and Chaudière-Appalaches

12. How many species of animals and plants are there in the Lowlands?

A) About 3,500 species
B) About 5,000 species
C) About 10,000 species
D) About 1,500 species

13. Which bird is not characteristic wildlife in the Lowlands?

A) Hawks
B) Penguins
C) Eagles
D) Waterfowl

14. Name a major city located in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands.

A) Montreal
B) Vancouver
C) Edmonton
D) Calgary

15. Which First Nations group is one of the largest in North America?

A) The Inuit
B) The Haida
C) The Mi'kmaq
D) The Cree

16. What was the traditional land of the Mohawk tribe?

A) The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
B) The Prairies
C) The Arctic Circle
D) The Rocky Mountains

17. Which confederacy does the Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk belong to?

A) Cree Confederacy
B) Salish Confederacy
C) Anishinaabe Confederacy
D) Haudenosaunee Confederacy

18. Which ecozone is described as the smallest of Canada's fifteen terrestrial ecozones?

A) Boreal forest
B) Canadian Shield
C) Mixedwood Plains Ecozone
D) Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands

19. Which ecozone overlaps with both the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone and the Canadian Shield?

A) Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
B) Mixedwood Plains Ecozone
C) Canadian Shield
D) Boreal forest terrestrial ecozone

20. What type of bedrock outcrops are found in the St. Lawrence Lowlands?

A) Basalt
B) Sandstone
C) Granite
D) Paleozoic limestone

21. Which physiographic region is bordered by the Eastern Quebec Uplands to the south?

A) The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
B) The Canadian Shield
C) The Central Lowland
D) The East Lowland

22. What geological feature extends from Niagara Falls to Manitoulin Island?

A) The Laurentian Highlands
B) The Frontenac Axis
C) The Appalachian Uplands
D) The Niagara Escarpment

23. Which axis is an exposure of Canadian shield rocks extending to the St. Lawrence River near Kingston?

A) The Appalachian Uplands
B) The Niagara Escarpment
C) The Laurentian Highlands
D) The Frontenac Axis

24. Which island is separated from Newfoundland by stretches of open saltwater?

A) Cape Breton Island
B) Anticosti Island
C) Manitoulin Island
D) Prince Edward Island

25. What contributed to the formation of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence basin about 7,000 years ago?

A) Tectonic plate movements
B) Volcanic activity
C) Desertification
D) The emergence from glacial sheets

26. Which ancient sea contributed to the formation of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence region?

A) The Caspian Sea
B) The Black Sea
C) Lake Agassiz
D) The Mediterranean Sea

27. What type of soils have accreted along the lower St. Lawrence Estuary?

A) Desert soils
B) Peat soils
C) Alluvial soils
D) Volcanic soils

28. Which physiographic region in Eastern Canada does the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands belong to?

A) Eastern Canada
B) Northern Canada
C) Southern Canada
D) Western Canada

29. Which of these urban areas is NOT a major city in the St. Lawrence Lowlands?

A) Ottawa-Gatineau
B) Toronto
C) Montreal
D) Vancouver

30. What type of deposits cover the St. Lawrence Lowlands after the Pleistocene glaciations?

A) Surficial deposits
B) Sedimentary rock layers
C) Volcanic ash
D) Lava flows

31. Which of these is a sub-region of the West Lowland?

A) Bruce Peninsula
B) Eastern Quebec Uplands
C) Laurentian Highlands
D) Frontenac Axis

32. Which physiographic region is NOT one of Canada's seven regions?

A) The Canadian Shield
B) The Rocky Mountains
C) The Interior Plains
D) The Cordillera

33. Which of the following is NOT a type of soil found in the area east of the Niagara Escarpment?

A) Muck
B) Lava rock
C) Peat
D) Clay

34. Which physiographic region is located to the north of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands?

A) The Cordillera
B) The Laurentian Highlands
C) The Canadian Shield
D) The Hudson Bay Lowland

35. Which sea contributed to the formation of the region along with Lake Agassiz?

A) The Labrador Sea
B) The Beaufort Sea
C) The Hudson Bay
D) The Champlain Sea

36. Which provinces' premiers and Great Lakes governors signed the 2005 water agreement?

A) Quebec, Ontario, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
B) Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
C) Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador
D) Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories

37. What type of shale is found in the Central Lowlands subregion?

A) Berea sandstone
B) Utica shale
C) Devonian shale
D) Marcellus shale

38. Which of these animals is characteristic wildlife in the Lowlands?

A) Giraffe
B) Polar bear
C) Kangaroo
D) Black bear

39. Name a bird species found in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands.

A) Eagle
B) Parrot
C) Penguin
D) Flamingo

40. Which major urban area is located in the St. Lawrence Lowlands?

A) Calgary
B) Toronto
C) Vancouver
D) Edmonton

41. What type of glacial feature is not found in the West Lowland?

A) Volcanic craters
B) Drumlins
C) Lakes
D) Eskers

42. What type of soil is not found in the West Lowland?

A) Peat
B) Basalt
C) Silt
D) Clay

43. Which physiographic region is not one of Canada's seven?

A) Canadian Shield
B) Interior Plains
C) Appalachian Uplands
D) Hudson Bay Lowlands

44. Which major city is located in the Central Lowland?

A) Ottawa
B) Toronto
C) Trois-Rivières
D) Montreal

45. Which of the following is not a characteristic wildlife species in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands?

A) Grey wolf
B) Black bear
C) Beaver
D) Kangaroo

46. Which Indigenous group was traditionally the most easterly tribe of the Iroquoian-speaking Haudenosaunee Confederacy in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands?

A) Inuit
B) Mohawk
C) Blackfoot
D) Ojibwe

47. What attracted European immigrants and United Empire Loyalists to the lower Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Valley region?

A) Its gold mines
B) Its diversified resource base
C) Its desert climate
D) Its mountainous terrain

48. In what year did the political consolidation of Upper Canada and Lower Canada form the core of the Canadian Confederation?

A) 1957
B) 1901
C) 1800
D) 1867

49. Which of these is a characteristic soil type found in the West Lowland?

A) Marl
B) Basalt
C) Limestone
D) Granite

50. Which major urban area is not located in the St. Lawrence Lowlands?

A) Ottawa-Gatineau
B) Calgary
C) Toronto
D) Montreal

51. Where does the Frontenac Axis extend to near the St. Lawrence River?

A) Toronto
B) Montreal
C) Québec City
D) Kingston

52. What is the approximate area in square kilometers of the St. Lawrence Lowlands ecoregion?

A) 50,000 km2
B) 41,770 km2
C) 60,000 km2
D) 30,000 km2

53. Which city is not listed as part of the St. Lawrence Lowlands ecoregion?

A) Ottawa–Gatineau
B) Windsor
C) Québec
D) Montréal

54. Which year did the Great Lakes–Saint Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement come into force?

A) 2015
B) 2005
C) 2010
D) 2020

55. Which of these animals is not characteristic wildlife in the Lowlands?

A) Grey wolf
B) Black bear
C) Lion
D) Beaver

56. The Cree are one of the largest groups among which group in North America?

A) Asian immigrants
B) African communities
C) First Nations
D) European settlers

57. What type of relief characterizes the area east of the Niagara Escarpment?

A) Low relief
B) High relief
C) Mountainous
D) Plateau

58. Which major urban area is located in both Ontario and Quebec within the St. Lawrence Lowlands?

A) Toronto
B) Montreal
C) Ottawa-Gatineau
D) Quebec City

59. Which aquifers provide drinking water for Trois-Rivières and most other municipalities in the region?

A) Great Lakes Aquifer System
B) Canadian Shield Water Reservoirs
C) Mixedwood Plains Aquifers
D) St. Maurice Delta Complex

60. Name a bird species found in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands.

A) Penguins
B) Llamas
C) Eagles
D) Kangaroos

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