Grade 4 Social Studies. Cluster 1: Geography of Canada

1. Western Cordillera

1.1. Mountain Chain

1.2. Includes much of the territory of the Great Plains

1.3. Also called the Pacific Cordillera

2. Canadian Shield

2.1. high-grade metamorphic rocks

2.2. Eastern and Central Canada

2.3. Covers half of Canada

3. Atlantic Region

3.1. Mountains

3.2. Highlands

3.3. Plains

3.4. Lowlands

4. Prairie Region

4.1. located in Western Canada

4.2. partially covered by grasslands

4.3. majority farmland

5. St. Lawrence- Great Lakes Lowlands

5.1. Canada's smallest landform region

5.2. Bowl-shaped area

5.3. deposited soil currently rising up

6. Arctic Region

6.1. Tundra Biome

6.2. Covered in Ice

6.3. Coldest of the Various Biomes