!КАНАДА!.ppt
- Количество слайдов: 16
Travel to Canada
Background Information (1) Canada is the state in the North America. She takes the second place in the world on the area. Also it is washed by three oceans. Canada is constitutional monarchy with parliamentary system.
Background Information (2) n n n Ethnic groups: Anglophone 28%, Francophone 23%, other European 15%, Asian/Arab/African 6%, indigenous Amerindian 2%, mixed background 26% Languages: English, French "Canada" comes from the Huron and Iroquois word "Kanata" meaning "village"
Territories and Provinces (10) - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan n Territories (3) - Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon n A province receives relatively greater power and authority directly from the Crown, whereas territories derive their mandates from the federal government n
Symbols of Canada Maple leaf n Beaver n Royal Canadian mounted police n
Maple leaf The maple leaf is used as the Canadian state symbol from a XVIII-th century and represented on ancient flags of Canada.
Quick Facts n n Canada's birthday is on the first of July (1867) Canada is the second largest country in the world (9, 971, 000 square kilometres of land) ¨ there n n are six time zones Canada is in the top five producers of natural gas, copper, zinc, nickel, aluminum, and gold Canada has the fourth lowest population density in the world with only three people per square kilometer Great Lakes represent the world's largest on the area of a mirror a source of fresh nonfreezing water. Hudson bay - the most extensive internal water space in the world.
Big cities of Canada Montreal - the second large French-speaking city after Paris. n Capital of the French culture, capital of a fashion and financial capital of hi-tech production. n
Vancouver financial capital of commercial relations with Asian-Pacific region and trade in currency and precious metals.
Ottawa – political and automobile capital
Quebec The most ancient capital and unique still the strengthened city in the North America; it is official residence of the governor general, along with Ottawa. The province Quebec spends for the foreign policy more than all states of the USA together taken.
Toronto - capital of English culture and financial capital of Canada, capital of share trade and commercial relations with Europe and the USA. Tower of Si-En in Toronto the tower structure second for height in the world, constructed by the person, about 555 metres in height.
Sport Official winter sports of Canada is ice hockey. Seven megacities of Canada - Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg - have own commands entering into National hockey league (NHL). 50 % of all players of League (and all in it of 30 commands from Canada and the USA) come from Canada. In Toronto there is the world's largest hall of hockey glory.
!КАНАДА!.ppt