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CANADA
GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY
- east: Atlantic Ocean
- west: Pacific Ocean
- south / north-west: USA
- north: Arctic Ocean
- 9.984.670 square kilometers —> almost as big as Europe
- largest coastline in the world
- six time zones
GENERAL FACTS
- many climates (from temperate climate to polar climate)
- most of Canada is determined by a boreal climate (long, very cold winters and short, very hot summers)
- it´s getting colder in the north
- southern regions are the warmest places -> that´s where most people live (Ontario is a Canadian California)
CLIMATE
NATURE
NATURE
FLORA AND FAUNA
FLORA AND FAUNA
- 70% of Canada are large, natural areas
- more than a half of all forests are primeval forests
- animals: whales, walruses, seals, polar bears, polar wolves, musk oxen
- protected areas for birds
- Canada has a very unique flora and fauna, which is protected by 44 national parks
LANDSCAPES
LANDSCAPES
- Appalachians: well-known mountain range
- Canadian Shield: consists of rocks, some of them are a couple billions years old
- Canadian prairie: extensive plain of sediments
- western mountain range
- Canadian Arctic: mainly icy surfaces and tundra
Appalachians
HISTORY
HISTORY
16th century: many fishermen from Europe arrived in Canada and settled there
15.000 years ago: first settlements
10th century: Norwegian sailors settled
EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT
1000: Vikings settled Newfoundland
1497: Italian (Caboto) came to Newfoundland (behalf of the English king)
1535: arean near Saint-Lawrence River became the colony of New France
WARS
- there was a lot of tension between Englishmen and Frenchmen (fighting for areas)
- after the seven years´war: Quebec became English territory
- 1784: borders between Canada and the United States were established
- Canadian legislative was introduced
- 1840: country became the province of Canada with a parliamentary government (capital: Ottawa)
- 1867: Dominion of Canada (Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick)
- the Constitution Act was the first constitution of Canada
- for a long time: Canada was still part of the British Commonwealth of Nations
- completely independent in 1982
BIRTH OF CANADA
POPULATION AND LANGUAGE
POPULATION AND LANGUAGE
- low population relative to the country —>37 Million
- official languages: English and French
- 85% of the French-speakers live in Quebec
- First Nations -> different groups —> different languages
- Canada is a country of immigrants
- 44%: Catholic, 29% Protestants, remaining percent are Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus and atheists
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE US
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE US
- share the longest demilitarized border
- didn´t always agree on problems
- have learned how to get along
- world´s largest trading relationship
- relations have tightened since Donald Trump is president
SOURCES
LIST OF SOURCES
PICTURES
- http://annakarte.com/kanada/kanada-karte.jpg
- https://img.ev.mu/images/attractions/6645/960x384/432723.jpg
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/220px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg
INFORMATION
- https://www.google.de/amp/s/amp.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/nach-g7-gipfel-gefaehrliches-tief-in-den-kanadisch-amerikanischen-beziehungen/22672492.html
- https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/handelsstreit-zwischen-usa-und-kanada-eskaliert-a-1215906-amp.html
- https://www.kanada-rundreisen.com/sprachen-und-bevolkerungsgruppen-in-kanada/
- https://www.alllake.org/de/beziehungen-zwischen-usa-und-kanada.html
- https://auswandern-info.com/kanada/menschen.html
- https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographie_Kanadas
- https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.faszination-kanada.com/kanada-entdecken/wildlife-natur/flora-fauna-in-kanada/
- https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.planet-wissen.de/kultur/nordamerika/kanadas_natur/pwwbkanada100.amp
- https://www.iten-online.ch/klima/amerika/kanada/kanada.htm
- https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.planet-wissen.de/kultur/nordamerika/kanadas_natur/pwwbkanada100.amp
- https://www.lernhelfer.de/schuelerlexikon/englisch/artikel/kanada-geschichte
- https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanada
(LAST UPDATE 6/5/2019)