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Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands - Quiz
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  • 1. What percentage of Canada's population lives in Southern Ontario and Quebec?
A) About 25 percent
B) About 50 percent
C) About 10 percent
D) About 75 percent
  • 2. Which river valley attracted European immigrants and United Empire Loyalists?
A) The lower Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Valley
B) The Fraser River Valley
C) The Hudson Bay River Valley
D) The Yukon River Valley
  • 3. What significant political event took place in the region in 1867?
A) Independence from Britain
B) Creation of Lower Canada
C) Establishment of Upper Canada
D) Formation of the Canadian Confederation
  • 4. What is Southern Ontario's Golden Horseshoe known for?
A) A major agricultural region
B) Canada's largest forest area
C) Canada's industrial and manufacturing heartland
D) The site of the first Canadian Parliament
  • 5. How long is the densely populated urban ribbon in the Lowlands?
A) About 500 km
B) About 1500 km
C) About 2000 km
D) About 1000 km
  • 6. What percentage of North America's freshwater is held by the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region?
A) 30 percent
B) Over 80 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 10 percent
  • 7. What was the economy of the Lowlands valued at in 2014?
A) $CDN 3.5 trillion
B) $CDN 10 trillion
C) $CDN 7.2 trillion
D) $CDN 5.8 trillion
  • 8. What percentage of Canada's agricultural capacity is accounted for by the Lowlands?
A) About 50 percent
B) About 75 percent
C) About 10 percent
D) About 25 percent
  • 9. How many jobs do industries in the Lowlands provide?
A) About 70 million jobs
B) About 20 million jobs
C) About 100 million jobs
D) About 50 million jobs
  • 10. What is the area covered by the Utica shale in the St. Lawrence Lowlands?
A) About 16,000 square kilometres
B) About 24,000 square kilometres
C) About 8,000 square kilometres
D) About 32,000 square kilometres
  • 11. Which administrative regions include the Central Lowlands subregion?
A) Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
B) Alberta, British Columbia and Newfoundland
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 10,000 species
B) About 3,500 species
C) About 1,500 species
D) About 5,000 species
  • 13. Which bird is not characteristic wildlife in the Lowlands?
A) Waterfowl
B) Hawks
C) Eagles
D) Penguins
  • 14. Name a major city located in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands.
A) Calgary
B) Vancouver
C) Montreal
D) Edmonton
  • 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 Prairies
B) The Rocky Mountains
C) The Arctic Circle
D) The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
  • 17. Which confederacy does the Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk belong to?
A) Cree Confederacy
B) Salish Confederacy
C) Haudenosaunee Confederacy
D) Anishinaabe Confederacy
  • 18. Which ecozone is described as the smallest of Canada's fifteen terrestrial ecozones?
A) Canadian Shield
B) Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
C) Boreal forest
D) Mixedwood Plains Ecozone
  • 19. Which ecozone overlaps with both the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone and the Canadian Shield?
A) Mixedwood Plains Ecozone
B) Canadian Shield
C) Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
D) Boreal forest terrestrial ecozone
  • 20. What type of bedrock outcrops are found in the St. Lawrence Lowlands?
A) Basalt
B) Sandstone
C) Paleozoic limestone
D) Granite
  • 21. Which physiographic region is bordered by the Eastern Quebec Uplands to the south?
A) The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
B) The Central Lowland
C) The Canadian Shield
D) The East Lowland
  • 22. What geological feature extends from Niagara Falls to Manitoulin Island?
A) The Niagara Escarpment
B) The Appalachian Uplands
C) The Frontenac Axis
D) The Laurentian Highlands
  • 23. Which axis is an exposure of Canadian shield rocks extending to the St. Lawrence River near Kingston?
A) The Appalachian Uplands
B) The Frontenac Axis
C) The Laurentian Highlands
D) The Niagara Escarpment
  • 24. Which island is separated from Newfoundland by stretches of open saltwater?
A) Manitoulin Island
B) Prince Edward Island
C) Cape Breton Island
D) Anticosti Island
  • 25. What contributed to the formation of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence basin about 7,000 years ago?
A) Volcanic activity
B) The emergence from glacial sheets
C) Tectonic plate movements
D) Desertification
  • 26. Which ancient sea contributed to the formation of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence region?
A) Lake Agassiz
B) The Mediterranean Sea
C) The Caspian Sea
D) The Black Sea
  • 27. What type of soils have accreted along the lower St. Lawrence Estuary?
A) Alluvial soils
B) Volcanic soils
C) Desert soils
D) Peat soils
  • 28. Which physiographic region in Eastern Canada does the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands belong to?
A) Eastern Canada
B) Southern Canada
C) Western Canada
D) Northern Canada
  • 29. Which of these urban areas is NOT a major city in the St. Lawrence Lowlands?
A) Toronto
B) Vancouver
C) Ottawa-Gatineau
D) Montreal
  • 30. What type of deposits cover the St. Lawrence Lowlands after the Pleistocene glaciations?
A) Surficial deposits
B) Lava flows
C) Sedimentary rock layers
D) Volcanic ash
  • 31. Which of these is a sub-region of the West Lowland?
A) Laurentian Highlands
B) Eastern Quebec Uplands
C) Bruce Peninsula
D) Frontenac Axis
  • 32. Which physiographic region is NOT one of Canada's seven regions?
A) The Rocky Mountains
B) The Cordillera
C) The Canadian Shield
D) The Interior Plains
  • 33. Which of the following is NOT a type of soil found in the area east of the Niagara Escarpment?
A) Clay
B) Lava rock
C) Muck
D) Peat
  • 34. Which physiographic region is located to the north of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands?
A) The Hudson Bay Lowland
B) The Canadian Shield
C) The Laurentian Highlands
D) The Cordillera
  • 35. Which sea contributed to the formation of the region along with Lake Agassiz?
A) The Champlain Sea
B) The Beaufort Sea
C) The Hudson Bay
D) The Labrador Sea
  • 36. Which provinces' premiers and Great Lakes governors signed the 2005 water agreement?
A) Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories
B) Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
C) Quebec, Ontario, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
D) Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • 37. What type of shale is found in the Central Lowlands subregion?
A) Marcellus shale
B) Utica shale
C) Berea sandstone
D) Devonian 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) Flamingo
C) Penguin
D) Parrot
  • 40. Which major urban area is located in the St. Lawrence Lowlands?
A) Calgary
B) Vancouver
C) Toronto
D) Edmonton
  • 41. What type of glacial feature is not found in the West Lowland?
A) Lakes
B) Volcanic craters
C) Drumlins
D) Eskers
  • 42. What type of soil is not found in the West Lowland?
A) Basalt
B) Clay
C) Peat
D) Silt
  • 43. Which physiographic region is not one of Canada's seven?
A) Interior Plains
B) Canadian Shield
C) Appalachian Uplands
D) Hudson Bay Lowlands
  • 44. Which major city is located in the Central Lowland?
A) Trois-Rivières
B) Toronto
C) Ottawa
D) Montreal
  • 45. Which of the following is not a characteristic wildlife species in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands?
A) Kangaroo
B) Beaver
C) Black bear
D) Grey wolf
  • 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) Ojibwe
C) Mohawk
D) Blackfoot
  • 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) 1800
B) 1867
C) 1957
D) 1901
  • 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) Montreal
C) Toronto
D) Calgary
  • 51. Where does the Frontenac Axis extend to near the St. Lawrence River?
A) Montreal
B) Québec City
C) Toronto
D) Kingston
  • 52. What is the approximate area in square kilometers of the St. Lawrence Lowlands ecoregion?
A) 60,000 km2
B) 41,770 km2
C) 30,000 km2
D) 50,000 km2
  • 53. Which city is not listed as part of the St. Lawrence Lowlands ecoregion?
A) Ottawa–Gatineau
B) Québec
C) Montréal
D) Windsor
  • 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) Beaver
B) Lion
C) Black bear
D) Grey wolf
  • 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) Plateau
C) High relief
D) Mountainous
  • 58. Which major urban area is located in both Ontario and Quebec within the St. Lawrence Lowlands?
A) Montreal
B) Ottawa-Gatineau
C) Quebec City
D) Toronto
  • 59. Which aquifers provide drinking water for Trois-Rivières and most other municipalities in the region?
A) St. Maurice Delta Complex
B) Great Lakes Aquifer System
C) Mixedwood Plains Aquifers
D) Canadian Shield Water Reservoirs
  • 60. Name a bird species found in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands.
A) Eagles
B) Kangaroos
C) Llamas
D) Penguins
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