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Baffin Island
  • 1. What is the largest island in the Arctic Archipelago?
A) Southampton Island
B) Victoria Island
C) Ellesmere Island
D) Baffin Island
  • 2. In what country is Baffin Island located?
A) Iceland
B) Russia
C) Greenland
D) Canada
  • 3. Which indigenous people traditionally inhabit Baffin Island?
A) Haida
B) Inuit
C) Blackfoot
D) Cree
  • 4. Baffin Island is part of the territory of which Canadian province/territory?
A) British Columbia
B) Nunavut
C) Northwest Territories
D) Ontario
  • 5. What is the name of the largest settlement on Baffin Island?
A) Clyde River
B) Pond Inlet
C) Cape Dorset
D) Iqaluit
  • 6. Which sea lies to the west of Baffin Island?
A) Baffin Bay
B) Labrador Sea
C) Beaufort Sea
D) Davis Strait
  • 7. Which bay lies to the south of Baffin Island?
A) Great Slave Lake
B) Hudson Bay
C) Hudson Strait
D) James Bay
  • 8. Who named Baffin Island?
A) Henry Hudson
B) John Davis
C) William Baffin
D) Martin Frobisher
  • 9. What mineral resource was historically mined on Baffin Island?
A) Gold
B) Copper
C) Iron ore
D) Diamonds
  • 10. What is the name of a famous Inuit artist from Baffin Island?
A) Kenojuak Ashevak
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Leonardo da Vinci
  • 11. Which of these is a bay located on the northeast coast of Baffin Island?
A) Foxe Basin
B) Hudson Bay
C) Cumberland Sound
D) Eclipse Sound
  • 12. Which national park on Baffin Island is known for its polar bear population?
A) Auyuittuq National Park
B) Ukkusiksalik National Park
C) Quttinirpaaq National Park
D) Sirmilik National Park
  • 13. What is the highest mountain on Baffin Island?
A) Mount Odin
B) Mount Asgard
C) Mount Skarvan
D) Mount Thor
  • 14. What is the approximate area of Baffin Island in square kilometers?
A) 598,765
B) 507,451
C) 326,239
D) 421,083
  • 15. What type of climate does Baffin Island have?
A) Temperate
B) Desert
C) Tropical
D) Arctic
  • 16. Which famous explorer set foot on Baffin Island in the 16th century?
A) Martin Frobisher
B) Henry Hudson
C) James Cook
D) Jacques Cartier
  • 17. What is the traditional Inuit name for Baffin Island?
A) Iqaluit
B) Qikiqtaaluk
C) Nunavut
D) Inukshuk
  • 18. What is the name of the ice sheet covering much of Baffin Island?
A) Columbia Icefield
B) Penny Ice Cap
C) Sverdrup Glacier
D) Vatnajökull
  • 19. What is the name of the traditional Inuit house built from blocks of snow or ice?
A) Longhouse
B) Igloo
C) Yurt
D) Tipi
  • 20. In what year was Baffin Island officially recognized as part of Canada?
A) 1949
B) 2005
C) 1880
D) 1967
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