The United States of America is a union of fifty states and is the third largest country in the world

Answer the questions:

1. 
   What continent is Canada situated on?
   2. What are Canada’s official colours?
   

3. How many states do Canada and the USA border on in the south?
4. What is the area of Canada?
5. What are official languages of Canada?
6. What kind of state is Canada?
7. What oceans is Canada washed by?
8. How many people of Canada speak French?
9. What are the largest cities of Canada?
10. How many time zones are there in Canada?


CANADA
Area: 9,970,610 km2
Population: more than 30 mln.
Capital: Ottawa
Official languages: English & French
Money: Basic unit - Canadian dollar
Mining: zinc, gold, copper, gas & oil
Flag: vertical red stripes & maple leaf
Motto: A Mari Usque Ad Mare (Latin) "From Sea to Sea"
Anthem: "O Canada" Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen"
Canada is the second largest country in the world. Only Russia has a greater land area. Canada is situated in North America. Canada is slightly larger than the United States, but has about a tenth as many people. Canada has an area of nearly ten million square kilometers, stretching from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east. There are many islands in the north of Canada in the Arctic Ocean.
Canada has mountains, high plains and low plains. The Rocky Mountains run parallel to the Pacific coast. East of these mountains are the high plains. The low plains lie in the region of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. There are also mountains which run parallel to Canada's east coast, through Labrador and Baffin Island.
Canada is a country of lakes. Besides the Great Lakes, Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario (the fifth Great Lake, Michigan, lies in the USA),' there are many other very large lakes, for example, Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake and Lake Winnipeg.
Canada also has large rivers. The Mackenzie flows from the Rocky Mountains into the Arctic Ocean, the Yukon starts in Canada and flows into the Pacific and the St. Lawrence River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Climate: Canada has several climatic regions. Winter in Canada lasts from four to five months with heavy snowfalls. There is much rain in the east and
west, but less in the centre. The north of the country near the Arctic is tundra, with great forests to the south. The central plains form the prairies.