| A | B |
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| parliamentary democracy | Canada's government is based on the British-style p__________ d__________ in which voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body called Parliament. |
| prime minister | leader of the largest political party in Parliament; heads the government |
| bilingual | having two official languages |
| Group of Seven | artists who painted scenes of the northern Canadian wilderness |
| British and French | What two countries explored and colonized Canada? |
| 1867 | The British united Canada into one nation known as the Dominion of Canada in what year? |
| United States and United Kingdom | Many features of Canada's government came from the governments of what two countries? |
| high birth rate and heavy immigration | What two influences have caused Canada's population to increase rapidly since World War II? |
| Inuit | Canada's first settlers migrated from Asia and went on to become Native Americans and what other group of people? |
| Jacques Cartier | explorer who claimed the St. Lawrence River for France |
| John Cabot | Italian explorer sailing for Great Britain who landed near Newfoundland in 1497 |
| colony | For about 100 years Great Britain held Canada as a _______; an overseas territory with ties to the parent country. |
| dominion | As a __________ Canada had its own government to run local affairs, while Great Britain still controlled Canada's relations with other countries |
| Nunavut | This new territory created in 1999; its name means "our land". |
| constitution | In 1982, Canadians finally won the right to change their ____________________ without British approval. |
| 100 | Most Canadians live within _____ miles of the United States. |
| ice hockey | Two tremendous spectator sports in Canada are football and _____ _______. |
| Vikings | In 1000 AD the very first explorers of Canada from Europe were the __________. |
| secede | Some French-Canadians want Quebec to _______ from Canada and form their own country. |
| our land | Nunavut means "___ _____". |
