i spent a week driving through Saskatchewan one Saturday and I still can't remember how to spell it! I should probably blame my American public school education...
I once saw a postcard which said "The sun is riz', the sun is set, and here we is in Texas yet." Driven it many times and I heartily agree, it's a l-o-o-o-ng drive across the state on I-10.
Here is a late reply but you can remember Saskatchewan using this sentence, just type the first letter of every word: Sam and Sally kissed at the church hill every Wednesday afternoon.
100% mostly because we've been studying Canada for the last week or so in Geography in school. Would make it a little bit harder if the province was highlighted and then you would have to name it.
This American knows enough to not accept racist and inaccurate stereotypes about groups of people and then go repeating them online which makes one look like a complete fool.
Race is an artificial construct, same as nationality. Often the two things coincide and the difference is really pretty meaningless when it comes to things like personal bigotry. "American" is as much a "race" as German or Mexican. Which word would you prefer I use? "Prejudiced against a nationality" is a bit of a mouthful.
Dictionary definitions of xenophobia include: deep-rooted, irrational hatred towards foreigners (Oxford English Dictionary; OED), unreasonable fear or hatred of the unfamiliar (Webster's).
I can find no reference for the mere ignorance of other cultures.
Xenophobia implies foreigners being feared/hated on one's home soil. England's hatred of France is not xenophobia. Neither is American-bashing. But I wouldn't call it racism, which is usually a color issue at its basest. It's bigoted, and prejudicial. Does it need a prettier label?
While your at it beetboy12 have a look at the French attitude to the British. I've travelled extensively throughout France and the average French male has shown me nothing but unfriendliness and open dislike......... not the girls though ... thank goodness.
Labrador, despite relatively famous, is sparsely populated, save for a few Inuit communities in the north and some towns in the south, (such as Happy Valley-Goose Bay). On the other hand, Newfoundland has a population of close to 500,000, so you would certainly be better off knowing Newfoundland.
If "PEI" is acceptable for Prince Edward Island, then BC definitely ought to be acceptable for British Columbia, since most Canadians say BC, whereas people don't say PEI nearly so much.
Since Newfoundland is accepted for Newfoundland and Labrador, I think it should accept Northwest for Northwest Territories because the quiz is about provinces and territories.
Looking back I find it sad that when I was in school in the 1960s we were tested several times on the Canadian provinces and their capitals, but we had only one brief lesson on the states and districts of Mexico. As a result I still remember all the Canadian provinces well, but very few of the Mexican states.
I like how they didn't even try to include most of the arctic islands. "Hey, what about this whole part of the country?" "Nah, it's probably fine. Besides, that whole area has a population of, like, 3 people."
An Acronym for it is BASMOQN (Bats Always Sleep More On Quiet Nights) (Bats=British Columbia, Always=Alberta, Sleep=Saskatchewan, More=Manitoba, On= Ontario, Quiet=Quebec, Nights=Nunavut) That is just the main bottom row ones.
Fun Fact: Clippers that affect the US are classified by which Canadian province they originated in, as it affects how severe the clipper will be. There are Alberta Clippers, Saskatchewan Screamers, and Manitoba Maulers. Helps me remember the order of these boxier provinces.
Easy. Little Island, East Maine, Scottish People, Atlantic Alaska, French People, Jammed Into A Corner, Big Lakes, Grain, Oil, North Seattle, Gold Rush, Nothing Worth Telling and Canadian Greenland.
Don't you think this is a bit easy, especially for canadians? Maybe adding capitals and other populus cities onto the map could make this quiz more fun. But, I'm sure for foreigners that don't know much about Canada would love this quiz! So I'm not telling you to edit this quiz, I'm telling you to make a duplicate of this for canadians. Overall, I loved the quiz, because any quiz that's about Canada, I like.
From Australia, 13/13, Yet only 11. If some of you want to know countries, eg. China, India, USA, Canada, and others. Watch Kids Learning Tube. It really helps.
Reminds me of driving through west Texas... My watch says it only takes 10 hours, but I know better...
You are own your own for the territories.
population under 1,000,000 ;)
Dictionary definitions of xenophobia include: deep-rooted, irrational hatred towards foreigners (Oxford English Dictionary; OED), unreasonable fear or hatred of the unfamiliar (Webster's).
I can find no reference for the mere ignorance of other cultures.