9th form Grammar "Canada. General Facts"

1. Canada is the ____ second largest country with a total area 9,970,610 square kilometres.

2. The name "Canada" _____ from an Iroquoian term meaning "village" or "community".

3. Canada _____ into ten provinces and two territories.

4. Because of some facts of discovering the country, it ____ happened that Canada has two official languages, English and French.

5. The capital of the country, Ottawa, ____ on hills along the south bank of the Ottawa River.

6. The National Anthem of Canada ____ as a patriotic song in London, England, in 1745.

7. Neither the author nor the composer of the Anthem ____.

8. The National Flag ____ by Parliament on October 22, 1964.

9. It is a red flag ____ in the centre a white square with a single red maple leaf, so red and white are official colours of Canada.

10. The Coat of Arms ____ a lion, a traditional royal symbol, holding British Flag and a unicorn, a mythological creature with the Flag of Quebec.