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No, it is very dry and prone to droughts.
Do the interior plains get lots of precipitation?
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Rolling hills, flat farming/ranching land, rivers, and lots of grass.
Describe the prairie landscape.
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Potash, oil, natural gas, salt, fertilizer
Name 3 types of fossil fuels.
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Transportation and fur trading
What did the Metis, Europeans, and Francophones use the rivers for?
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Short, hot summers.
What is the weather like in the summer?
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Benefits: Easy transportation, close to a body of water for irrigation
Negative: Easy to experience flooding
Name one benefit to living close to rivers like the Red River and Mackenzie river and one negative.
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Fossil fuels and farming/ranching are the major resources and industries.
What are the two main industries in the interior plains?
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French settlers came over from Europe to look for new land and build the fur trade.
Why is there a large French population in the interior plains?
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Long, cold winters and early frosts.
What is the weather like in the winter?
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A rock carving created long ago
What is a petroglyph?
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Grain is the number one grown crop
Why is the Interior Plains referred to as the breadbasket?
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Technology has taken over many jobs people used to do.
How has farming changed over the years?
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The temperature range is extreme from -40 to +40.
What is the temperature range?
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The longest river in Canada
One of the longest rivers in the world Frozen most months of the year
Name two interesting facts about the Mackenzie River.
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Why do communities and cities develop near natural resources?
It creates jobs and makes sure that people have quick and easy access to important resources.
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Used to be a larger rural population when there was more farming, now there is a larger urban population
How has the population in rural and urban communities changed over time?
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Nunavut, Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
List all 7 provinces that are part of the Interior Plains.
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