Personal FinanceChapter 4: Consumer Purchasing and Legal StrategyInternational FinanceCanada, the world's second largest country, is bordered on three sides by oceans—the Atlantic to the east, the Artic to the north, and the Pacific to the west. Its sprawling southern boundary is shared with the U.S., along with two major landforms: the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. Canada also offers rocky coasts, thick forests, numerous clear lakes, and the Barren Lands in the arctic region to the north. Covered with only a carpet of frozen tundra in winter, this icy landscape blossoms into thousands of tiny, brightly colored flowers in the summer. Formerly a British colony, Canada slowly won independence during the 1800s and early 1900s, but still recognizes Elizabeth II of Great Britain as the nation's queen. To learn more about Canada, visit www.Britannica.com. |  |
