🗺️ Chapter 10: Canada's Regions
Which city is known as the "diamond capital of North America"?
Correct answer: Yellowknife
A Whitehorse
B Iqaluit
✓ Yellowknife
D Saskatoon
💡 Explanation
Yellowknife, a city of about 20,000, is the capital of the Northwest Territories and carries that nickname.
Key facts to remember
- Created in 1870 from the North-Western Territory plus Rupert's Land
- Yellowknife, about 20,000 people, is the "diamond capital of North America"
- Dene, Inuit and Metis make up over half of the territory's people
- The Mackenzie runs 4,200 km, second-longest system in North America
Why this is the answer
From the official Discover Canada study guide — 10.6.4 Northwest Territories:
In 1870 two older regions, the North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land, were combined to create the Northwest Territories. Its capital is Yellowknife, a city of about 20,000 people, which carries the nickname "diamond capital of North America." Aboriginal people, that is Dene, Inuit and Metis, make up over half of everyone living in the territory. The Mackenzie River crosses it. That river runs 4,200 kilometres and drains 1.8 million square kilometres, which makes it the second-longest river system on the continent, behind only the Mississippi.
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