Using your textbook and course notes, answer the following questions on Canada's ecozones.

  1. What ecozone is the furthest north? _____________________________

  2. What ecozone is the furthest east? _____________________________

  3. What ecozone is the furthest west? _____________________________

  4. What ecozone is the furthest south? _____________________________

  5. Identify what ecozone the following capitals are located in by completing the following organizer:
    Capital Province/Territory Ecozone
    Iqaluit


    Manitoba

    British Columbia
    St. John's


    Prince Edward Island

    Yukon Territory
    Yellowknife


    Saskatchewan
    Fredericton

  6. Name each province or territory that is found in the following ecozones:
    1. Pacific Maritime _______________________________

    2. Boreal Plain ___________________________________

    3. Mixed Wood Plains ______________________________

    4. Taiga Cordillera _______________________________

  7. Find the ecozone(s) that best match the following description:
    1. Most populated (2) _____________________ __________________________

    2. Least populated (1) __________________________

    3. Mining is an important activity (3) _____________________________

      _________________________________ _____________________________

    4. Hunting and trapping is an important activity (6) _________________

      _______________________ ________________________ ___________________
      _______________________ ________________________

    5. Contain mountains (5) ________________________ _______________________

      _____________________ ________________________ _______________________

    6. Largest in area (1) __________________________

    7. Smallest in area (1) _________________________

    8. Lowest GDP (1) _______________________________

      Why do you think this ecozone has the lowest GDP of all ecozones?

    9. How many ecozones contain permafrost? ____________________

    10. How many ecozones contain plains? ________________________

  8. For each of the following ecozones, identify its major cities:

    Ecozone Major Cities
    Hudson Plains
    Montane Cordillera
    Prairie
    Southern Arctic
    Atlantic Maritime

  9. Which lightly populated ecozone would you like to a) live in and b) visit? In paragraph form, give reasons for each choice.