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