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chapter 3
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History
5th Grade
09/28/2009

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Term 3.1  Canada
Definition
the second largest country in the world
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Term 3.2  Hudson Bay
Definition
the world's largest bay
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Term 3.3  St. Laurence Seaway
Definition
largest inland seaway in the world
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Term 3.4  Great Lakes
Definition
the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world, and contain approximately 1/5 of earth's freshwater supply.
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Term 3.5  Niagara Falls
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one of the world's most beautiful waterfalls.

More water flows over Niagara Falls per second than flows over any other waterfall in the world.

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Term 3.6 Lake Superior
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largest freshwater lake in the world.
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Term 3.7  Mackenzie River
Definition
Canada's longest river.
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3.8 JOHN CABOT
Definition
BECAME THE FIRST MODERN EXPLORER TO REACH THE NORTH AMERICAN MAINLAND
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3.9 NORTHWEST PASSAGE
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THEY WERE SO SURE THAT SUCH A ROUTE THAT THEY THEY GAVE IT THE NAME NORTH WEST PASSAGE
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3.10 JACQUES CARTIER
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WAS A FRENCHMEN WHO SET SAIL IN HOPES OF FINDING THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE AND SAILING ON TO CHINA
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