Northwest Territories Flashcards
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What is the capital city of the Northwest Territories?
Answer: Yellowknife
Yellowknife is the capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories.
Which river is the longest in Canada and flows through the Northwest Territories?
Answer: Mackenzie River
The Mackenzie River, flowing through the NWT to the Arctic Ocean, is Canada's longest river at about 4,241 km.
The Northwest Territories is home to which large lake, the deepest in North America?
Answer: Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake, located in the NWT, is the deepest lake in North America at 614 metres.
How many official languages does the Northwest Territories recognize?
Answer: 11
The NWT officially recognizes 11 languages, making it unique in Canada for its broad linguistic recognition.
Which Indigenous land claim agreement covers the Inuvialuit people of the western Arctic in the NWT?
Answer: Inuvialuit Final Agreement
The Inuvialuit Final Agreement, signed in 1984, was one of Canada's first comprehensive land claims settlements.
What major type of mining has historically driven the economy of the Northwest Territories?
Answer: Gold and diamond mining
The NWT has been a major producer of both gold (historically) and diamonds (since the 1990s), shaping its economy.
What legislative body governs the Northwest Territories?
Answer: Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
The Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories uses a consensus-style government without formal political parties.