Canada Physical Features Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Ellesmere, Victoria, and Baffin islands are all part of which major Canadian physical feature?
The Canadian Arctic Archipelago
The Thousand Islands
The Queen Charlotte Islands
The Gulf Islands
2. A river begins in the Rocky Mountains, curves through central British Columbia, and reaches the Strait of Georgia near Vancouver. Which river is it?
The Columbia River
The Peace River
The Fraser River
The Skeena River
3. Low, old mountain ranges extend through parts of eastern Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. To which mountain system do they belong?
The Laurentian Mountains
The Mackenzie Mountains
The Coast Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains
4. A farmer travels across a broad region of relatively level land covering much of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, immediately east of the Rockies. Which region is this?
The Hudson Bay Lowlands
The St. Lawrence Lowlands
The Arctic Lowlands
The Interior Plains
5. A vast region of ancient exposed rock curves around Hudson Bay and contains countless lakes. Which physical region is it?
The Canadian Shield
The Interior Plains
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands
The Western Cordillera
6. Which connected group of freshwater lakes forms significant portions of the Canada–United States boundary south of Ontario?
The Finger Lakes
The Muskoka Lakes
The Great Lakes
The Kawartha Lakes
7. Water flowing out of Great Slave Lake travels north and eventually reaches the Beaufort Sea. Which river carries it?
The Yukon River
The Mackenzie River
The Churchill River
The Nelson River
8. The St. Lawrence River widens into which feature before its waters reach the open Atlantic Ocean?
James Bay
The Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Bay of Fundy
Ungava Bay
9. Niagara Falls occurs where the Niagara River crosses a long bedrock ridge running through southern Ontario. What is this ridge called?
The Niagara Escarpment
The Frontenac Axis
The Oak Ridges Moraine
The Laurentian Plateau
10. Which large body of salt water lies near the centre of northern Canada, bordered by Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec?
The Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Beaufort Sea
Baffin Bay
Hudson Bay
11. Which large peninsula lies east of Hudson Bay and includes most of Quebec along with the mainland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador?
The Gaspé Peninsula
The Labrador Peninsula
The Ungava Peninsula
The Avalon Peninsula
12. Along much of the Alberta–British Columbia boundary, a major watershed boundary follows the Rocky Mountain crest. What is this boundary called?
The Niagara Escarpment
The Continental Divide
The Frontenac Axis
The Laurentian Divide
13. A traveller drives east from British Columbia into Alberta through high, rugged peaks along the provincial boundary. Which mountain system are they crossing?
The Canadian Rockies
The Coast Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains
The Laurentian Mountains
14. Which narrow body of water separates most of New Brunswick from Nova Scotia?
Northumberland Strait
Cabot Strait
The Bay of Fundy
The Strait of Belle Isle
15. A researcher in the Northwest Territories is studying the large lake located north of Great Slave Lake. Which lake is it?
Lake Athabasca
Reindeer Lake
Great Bear Lake
Lake Winnipeg
16. A ship leaves Lake Ontario and travels northeast past Montréal and Québec City before reaching the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Which river does it follow?
The Ottawa River
The Nelson River
The Saguenay River
The St. Lawrence River