Chapter 8 Self-Graded Quizzes

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. As of 2020, what percentage of the population of Western Canada are Indigenous?

5% correct incorrect

10% correct incorrect

20% correct incorrect

25% correct incorrect

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. How many physiographic regions span the region of Western Canada?

2 correct incorrect

4 correct incorrect

5 correct incorrect

7 correct incorrect

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. What geologic structure houses the majority of the petroleum production in Western Canada?

Athabasca tar sands correct incorrect

Palliser Triangle correct incorrect

Rocky Mountains correct incorrect

Western Sedimentary Basin correct incorrect

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. What are the two main reasons the Western Canada region is so dry?

Generally flat landscape and distance to Pacific Ocean correct incorrect

Orographic uplift and chinooks correct incorrect

Orographic uplift and distance to Pacific Ocean correct incorrect

Predominated western winds and chinooks correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a major environmental challenge in extracting petroleum from the Athabasca tar sands?

A release of greenhouse gases during the upgrading processes correct incorrect

Large amount of water needed from Athabasca River correct incorrect

Open-pit mining creates a scarred landscape correct incorrect

The cost of extracting oil from tar sands is higher than traditional drilling methods correct incorrect

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. There are three types of chernozemic soils found in the Canadian Prairies: black, dark brown, and brown. What is the variable that results in the different colours?

The amount of humus in the soil correct incorrect

The amount of oxygen in the soil correct incorrect

The amount of petroleum in the soil correct incorrect

The local vegetation correct incorrect

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. What UNESCO World Heritage Site sits near Fort Macleod, Alberta?

Dinosaur Provincial Park correct incorrect

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump correct incorrect

SGang Gwaay Llnagaay correct incorrect

Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada correct incorrect

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. Under the Dominion Land Act of 1972, what price were 65 hectares of land when conditions were met?

$10 correct incorrect

$1000 correct incorrect

$100 correct incorrect

$10000 correct incorrect

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. What was the first variety of wheat grown on the Canadian Prairies?

Bishop correct incorrect

Ladoga correct incorrect

Marquis Wheat correct incorrect

Red Fife correct incorrect

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. What is the 'Crow Rate', and how did it impact farmers?

An elimination of tax credit for purchasing farm equipment correct incorrect

Further government regulation into choice of crops grown correct incorrect

The banning of hunting birds on farm land leading to lost crops correct incorrect

The cancellation of government subsidized grain exports correct incorrect