2. Read the following questions, then watch the video and answer them:

2. Read the following questions, then watch the video and answer them:

1. Has Western Canada an astonishing range of scenery? How much does it vary? S ubarctic tundra, rich farmlands, majestic mountain picks, coastal forests

2. Why do Polar bears gather at Churchill every November? Hudson Bay freezes into two solid ice (что-то на тему того, что раз замерзает, то можно пройти в город по льдам, чем медведи и пользуются, но я не дорасслышал, так что примерно так)

What is Churchill equipped with? What for? It’s equipped with Polar Bear siren that sounds whenever a polar bear spotted ambling down the streets or pine through the town garbage.

What sort of animal is the Polar bear? It’s the largest arctic animal, intelligent, inquisitive and highly individual.

3. What animals trail Polar bears onto the winter ice and scavenge their seal kills? Arctic foxes.

4. Most Arctic animals ‘wear camouflage’, aren’t they? What does it mean? They change coats from white to brown to match the snow in winter and the tundra in summer.

5. What province is one of the greatest wheat corn regions in the world? Prairie of Saskatchewan

Whose farms are among the most productive in the land? Hutterites

6. What’s the origin of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? How did they begin? They began as North Mounted Police

Did the Mounties use force of arms or negotiations to enforce the law on the West Frontier during the first years of their existence? They used the negotiations

What can visitors to the RCMP Training Centre at Regina watch there? ‘the Music Ride’ - the exhibitions of horsemanship

7. How many national parks form the largest mountain parkland in the world? 4

What are they? Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park

How many different ecosystems exist within these parks? 3 – from arctic to forests to prairie

8. What quintessential western city is situated at the point where the long prairies meet the tall mountains? Calgary

What was the North-West Mounted Police founded for? To put moonshiners out of business

What brought prosperity to the growing city? Cattle ranging and oil fields

Why does the Calgary’s Stampede attract people from all over the world? Outdoor rodeo

What is the Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology famous for? More than 50 complete dinosaur skeleton have been reconstructed there

9. Why did the French explorer Cartier call Canada “The Land God Gave to Cain”? Cain having killed his Brother Abel is condemned to till land that is barren.

Is it true for British Columbia? No,people who lived here called it God’s Country.

10. What enabled Canada to expand its borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean? British Columbia accepted to join Confederation, which promised rail service within ten years.

Who did William Van Horne, President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, suggest importing into Canada? Tourists

11. What does Vancouver, one of the most exciting cities in Canada, symbolize? Of fun and temptation of its night life.

What’s the climate in Vancouver like? Mildest in all Canada

What is it influenced by? Japanese warm current

Is Vancouver the largest city in Canada? Climate, setting (forests, mountains in a blackground)

How long does it take to get from Vancouver downtown to Grouse Mountain to ski? Only 15 minutes

12. What is special about Stanley Park? How can people spend their time there? Largest park in Vancouver, you can watch here seals, ducks or Great Blue Heron. Vancouver aquarium (with beluga and killing whales).

13. What does the bounty, the Granville Market overflows with, come from? Rich soil and beneficial climate

14. What is the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia noted for? It houses on of the finest collections of Northwest Coast First Nations art.

What stood outside the post-and-beam homes of aboriginal people telling the family’s history? Tall totem poles

What clans does Lyle Wilson, the well-known Haisla artist, belong to? He was born into the Beaver Clan, but was formally adopted into his father’s Eagle Clan

15. What kind of atmosphere is there in Vancouver? Multicultural

What attracted the Chinese to this area in 1858? Gold Rush

16. How can one get from the city of Vancouver to Vancouver Island? Ferry ride

17. What’s a challenging sea kayak trip north to the Queen Charlotte Islands like? It’s like taking a journey back in time

What is special about the collection of totem poles in the Haida village of Tanu? There are in their original location

18. Who was the Yukon Territory opened up by? By the Gold seekers from Klondike Gold Rush

When did it occur? 19^th century

19. Do the Northwest Territories constitute ⅓ or ¼ of the landmass of Canada? ⅓

What’s the capital of the Northwest Territories? Yellowknife

How many cities are there in the Northwest Territories? Only 1

In which way do the native people of the Northwest Territories live? In close touch with nature and their tribal traditions

20. Baffin Island is rightly called the barren ground and considered a wasteland, isn’t it? No, It’s not. In fact, it’s rich with wild life.

21. What does the native word Yu-kun-ah, from which the name of the Yukon River is derived, mean? Great River

What was the role of the river’s valley in populating the North American continent by peoples from Asia? The Great highway that lad the first people from Asia to the young and unknown lands of the North American continent

22. Why did more than 100,000 people swarm into the Yukon in the 1890s? There in river was found gold

Who were they? Gold miners with bad case of Klondike Fever

23. What’s the capital of the Yukon Territory? Whitehorse

24. For what purpose was the Alaska Highway built? To stave up the Japanese invasion on the west coast

What did the Japanese thank the road-builders for? For open up the way for Japanese troops

25. Have the Yukon natives managed to settle their land claims with the Federal Government? They were awarded 160 000 square miles of land and 252 million dollars for the land they give up.

Why are such settlements important to the first peoples of Canada? What do they assure? It assures that first people of Canada is a strong voice in the uses of land, a powerful hope for their own future.

26. The following song catches the essence of what Canada means to its people, doesn’t it?

“My country is my cathedral,

The Northern sky its dome,

They all call it Canada,

But I call it home.”

Who sings it in the film? Girl Guides

3. You know that Canada is a Constitutional Republic consisting of 10 provinces and 2 territories.

a) Match the regions on the left to the provinces on the right:

(_C_) 1. Atlantic Canada

(_B_) 2. Eastern Canada

(_A_) 3. Western Canada

A. Quebec, Ontario

B. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British

Columbia

C. New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,

Prince Edward Island

b) What are the two Territories? Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory

4. Explain how all these places, names and things are connected with each other:

1. Polar bears – jai: if Polar bear keep staying at the city it would be took to special jail

2. the Canadian Confederation – rail service – British Columbia: British Columbia accepted to join Confederation, which promised rail service within ten years.

3. the Rocky Mountaineer – Banff and Vancouver: a luxury train travelling from Vancouver to Banff

4. Klondike fever – Chichacos – sourdoughs: After the busting up of Klondike fever in Canada, there is in Yukon Territory the people who lived there before it and after that.

5. Alaska Highway – Pearl Harbor: Alaska Highway was built to stave up the Japanese invasion on the west coast, which very feared of after bombing Pearl Harbor.

5. Match the places and events on the left (1-10) to the descriptions on the right (a-j):

(_d_) 1. Polar bear

(_f_) 2. Saskatchewan

(_f_) 3. Banff National Park

(_a_) 4. Canada

(_e_) 5. British Columbia

(_i_) 6. Vancouver Island

(_j_) 7. Yellowknife

(_c_) 8. Baffin Island

(_g_) 9. Auyuittuq National Park

(_b_) 10. Alaska Highway

a. “The Land God Gave to Cain”

b. a prodigy of engineering

c. the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest

in the world

d. a symbol of the Arctic Region, the very

embodiment of life, the Arctic incarnate

e. “God’s Country”

f. the bread-basket of Canada

g. the first and the only national park in Canada

north of the Arctic Circle

h. one of Alberta’s natural jewels, Canada’s first

national park

i. a microcosm of all of Canada

j. the only city in the Northwest Territorie

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