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Canada

Contentgeneral informationgeographical factsfauna and floraclimatelaw systempopulationfamous peopleOttawasporthistorysummary

General informationfederal constitutional monarchyOttawa34 mil. People10 provinces 3 territoriesEnglish, Frenchestablished in 1867currency = canadian dollarborders only with

one state (USA)

Geographical factsNorth Americahuge area (2nd biggest)Mount Logan (Rocky Mountains) largest number

of lakes in the world5 big lakesborder with

USANiagara fallsSt. Lawrence

river

Fauna and Flora

Canadian hemlock - Jedlovec kanadskýobserve – pozorovat

FaunaIce or large forestson the east cost – most interesting forest

complex in the worldCanadian hamlock

FlorawhalesGrizzlybeavers

Climatehighly diverse conditionsmore than a half in subarctic beltaverage temperatures vary from region to

regioncruel winters with lots of snowvery big temperature differencestemperature falls to – 40 degrees in winter

in the northtemperature can raise up to 30 degrees in

summer in the southdiverse – různorodývary – lišit secruel - krutý

Law systemhead of state is queengovernor (representative of the queen)prime minister (leader of goverment)Parliament - upper house (Senate) - lower house ( House of

Commons)

Representative - zástupce

Population34 mil. peopleChristianity (77%)density 3.5/km2 urbanization 78%Quebec, Toronto, Ottawa

Density – hustota zalidněnísingle religious – nábožensky jednotný

Famous peopleTerry Fox

athlete and humanitariancancer amputation of legMarathon of Hope (1980)consideret a national heroTerry Fox runs in over than 60

countriesover 500 millions of dollars

raised in his name

Famous PeopleLeonard Cohen

singer and songwriterone of the best canadian musicianswas called the most influential

songwriterinducted into the American Rock and

Roll Hall of Fame, into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

today he still writes new and new songs influential - vlivný

To be inducted – být uveden

Ottawacapital of CanadaOntario900 000 citizensnot the biggest (Toronto)seat of the praliament and governorcalled by the river Ottawa which flows

through this city

flow - protékat

SportIce hockey is sport number onelakrosCanadian football (same as american)great conditions for winter sports (alpine

skying, cross.country skying, …)The Winter Olympic games in 2010 in

Vancouver

HistoryVikings in 10th centurycolonized by France in 15th and 16th century

(province Quebec)Jacques Cartier1689 – 1763 French-Indian wars1774 – Quebec Act18th century - division of Quebec

Lower Canada and Upper Canada (Ontario)1867 – Constitution act1940s – II. World war

division - rozdělení

Summarybig countrypart of British empireQueen Elisabeth II

Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadahttp://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanadahttp://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_F

oxhttp://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard

_Cohenhttp://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa