Chapter 10 Self-Graded Quizzes

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. Which Atlantic Canada province is not considered part of the Maritimes?

New Brunswick correct incorrect

Newfoundland and Labrador correct incorrect

Nova Scotia correct incorrect

Prince Edward Island correct incorrect

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. What is the main predictor of Newfoundland and Labrador being considered a "have" or "have-not" province?

Cost of lobster correct incorrect

Forest industry correct incorrect

Immigration levels correct incorrect

Oil prices correct incorrect

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. Which Atlantic province has the lowest percentage of French-speaking citizens?

New Brunswick correct incorrect

Newfoundland and Labrador correct incorrect

Nova Scotia correct incorrect

Prince Edward Island correct incorrect

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. In which era were the Appalachian Mountains formed?

The Cenozoic era correct incorrect

The Holocene correct incorrect

The Mesozoic era correct incorrect

The Palaeozoic era correct incorrect

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. Of the following options, which accounts for much of the abundant precipitation throughout Atlantic Canada.

Hurricanes correct incorrect

Nor'easters correct incorrect

Polar Vortex correct incorrect

Tornadoes correct incorrect

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. Why did Labrador Indigenous activists demand the removal of soil before the first phase of reservoir flooding for the Muskrat Falls hydro project could begin?

To preserve the topsoil for use elsewhere correct incorrect

The water would become too cloudy for wildlife correct incorrect

Fish would absorb methylmercury correct incorrect

Animals would be drowned correct incorrect

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. The demise of the northern cod stocks represents a classic example of this phenomenon.

Exploitation correct incorrect

Overregulation correct incorrect

Poor international relations correct incorrect

Tragedy of the commons correct incorrect

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. What year did Newfoundland add "and Labrador" officially to its name?

1864 correct incorrect

1948 correct incorrect

2001 correct incorrect

2012 correct incorrect

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. Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax received a federal contract to build 21 combat ships. What is the danger of relying on federal support for a shipbuilding industry?

A lack of shipbuilding expertise correct incorrect

Not room for the product correct incorrect

The government continually underestimates costs correct incorrect

The reliability in the funding correct incorrect

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. Which Atlantic Canada urban centre saw their population decrease the most from 2001-2016?

Campbellton, NB correct incorrect

Corner Brook, NL correct incorrect

Summerside, PE correct incorrect

Gander, NL correct incorrect