CANADA CANADA – location and borders, – location and borders, climate, geography climate, geography , , people and people and languages languages Autor: Autor: Ing. Vladimír Havlík Autor je výhradním tvůrcem materiálu. Datum vytvoření: Datum vytvoření: 20. 07. 2013 Klíčová slova Klíčová slova : CANADA – location and borders, geography, people and languages Anotace: Anotace: prezentace je určena na získání základních znalostí o geografii, klimatu, poloze a obyvatelstvu Kanady. Ve zpracovaném materiálu jsou také cvičení k
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CANADACANADA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography, , people and languagespeople and languages
Autor:Autor: Ing. Vladimír Havlík
Autor je výhradním tvůrcem materiálu.
Datum vytvoření:Datum vytvoření: 20. 07. 2013
Klíčová slovaKlíčová slova: CANADA – location and borders, geography, people and languages
Anotace:Anotace: prezentace je určena na získání základních znalostí o geografii, klimatu, poloze a obyvatelstvu Kanady. Ve zpracovaném materiálu jsou také cvičení k procvičení.
Způsob využití:Způsob využití: určeno pro výklad a procvičení základních znalostí o geografii, klimatu, poloze a obyvatelstvu Kanady. Tyto znalosti je možno využít u maturity z anglického jazyka na středních školách.
Číslo šablonyČíslo šablony: VY_32_INOVACE_ANJ_13
CANADACANADA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography, , people and languagespeople and languages
LOCATION AND BORDERSLOCATION AND BORDERS
Canada is surrounded by(or borders on) the USAthe USA in the southsouth, the Pacific Ocean and Alaskathe Pacific Ocean and Alaska (USA) in the weswest, the Arctic the Arctic OceanOcean (Severní ledový oceán) in the northnorth and Atlantic OceanAtlantic Ocean in the easteast..
CLIMATECLIMATE In Canada the climate is mostly continentalmostly continental with warm summers warm summers
and cold wintersand cold winters, but in the north temperatures can fall to minus 50°C. Conditions in the north are arctic.Conditions in the north are arctic.
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CANADACANADA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography, , people and languagespeople and languages
GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY
Canada occupies the whole of the northern part of North American continent – except for Alaska.
It is the 2nd largest country in the worldthe 2nd largest country in the world (after Russia). It has over 5 500 km from the east to the west5 500 km from the east to the west and over 4 600 km from 4 600 km from the north to the south.the north to the south.
There are many big islands which belong to Canada - e.g. Newfoundland, Vancouver, Prince Edward Island etc.
CANADACANADA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography, , people and languagespeople and languages
GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY1. MOUNTAIN AREAS1. MOUNTAIN AREAS
Canada has large mountain areas - Canada has large mountain areas - the Rocky Mountainsthe Rocky Mountains, , the the Mackenzie MountainsMackenzie Mountains and and the Melville Hillsthe Melville Hills. The highest . The highest mountain is mountain is Mt.Mt. LoganLogan ( (6 050 m6 050 m) in the Alaska Region. ) in the Alaska Region.
2. RIVERS2. RIVERS
The longest riverThe longest river is the Mackenziethe Mackenzie flows from the Rocky Mountains to the Arctic Ocean, other big rivers are YukonYukon, the the ColumbiaColumbia (flow to the Pacific Ocean) and the River St.River St. LawrenceLawrence (into the Atlantic).
CANADACANADA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography, , people and languagespeople and languages
GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY3. LAKES3. LAKES
The Great Lake RegionThe Great Lake Region - Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake MichiganLake Michigan and Lake SuperiorLake Superior (all of them are well navigable = splavné).
The Great Lake Region is the largest area of fresh water in the the largest area of fresh water in the worldworld.
There are famous Niagara FallsNiagara Falls between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
We can find also other big and beautiful lakes e. g. Great Bear LakeGreat Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, Lake WinnipegGreat Slave Lake, Lake Winnipeg etc.
CANADACANADA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography, , people and languagespeople and languages
PEOPLE, LANGUAGESPEOPLE, LANGUAGES NowNow the population of Canadathe population of Canada is about 34 million people34 million people. The density of populationThe density of population is very low. It's only from 2 to 3 2 to 3
inhabitants within one square kilometreinhabitants within one square kilometre. The most of Canadians – 45 % are of British origin, less of
French origin – 29 % and 23 % have their origins in other European countries.
Most people of Canada live in large urbanlarge urban (městských) (městských) centres centres located 200 miles of the southern borderlocated 200 miles of the southern border..
Most of the country – 8585 % is uninhabitable% is uninhabitable because of coldness and bad living conditions.
CANADACANADA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography, , people and languagespeople and languages
PEOPLE, LANGUAGESPEOPLE, LANGUAGES There are also native Canadians - Indians and Eskimosnative Canadians - Indians and Eskimos. There are
only 319 000 of them (300 000 Indians and 19 000 Eskimos). The name Canada probably came from Indians: one of the tribes used the word “kanata” for settlement (osadu).
Most of the inhabitants live near the border with the USAMost of the inhabitants live near the border with the USA by the St. Lawrence River, where the first French colonists settled.
Canada is a bilingual countryCanada is a bilingual country, but a majority of people speaks English (70English (70 %),%), less French (20less French (20 %)%) and the rest are bilingual. Most of the French-speaking population lives in the province of Quebec.
CANADACANADA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography, , people and languagespeople and languages
CVIČENÍCVIČENÍChoose the correct answerChoose the correct answer(s):(s):
1. Canada is surrounded by ……… in the east.a) The Atlantic Oceanb) The Pacific Oceanc) The Indian Oceand) The Arctic Ocean
2. In Canada the climate is mostly continental with……….. and ……… .a) cold summersb) warm wintersc) cold wintersd) warm summers
CANADACANADA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography, , people and languagespeople and languages
CVIČENÍCVIČENÍFill in the gaps with information from the ellipse below the text to get
correct statements. You will not use all information there. You will not use all information there.
a) The highest mountain of Canada is …….. .b) The longest river of Canada is ……… .
c) The density of population of Canada is about ………. .inhabitants.
d) Most people of Canada live in large urban(městských) centres located ………. miles of the southern border.
Mackenzie St.Lawrence Mt. McKinleyMt.Whitney 1 to 2 100 400Mt.Logan 2 to 3 200 300
