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Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 13 of 15

Many Peoples, Many Places

Place names, francophone and Indigenous communities, and connections across Canada.

What your child practises

The diversity of Canada, place name origins, francophone influences, how newcomers have built communities, links to other countries, and goods that come from different regions.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 2-KI-011, 2-KI-013, 2-KH-028, 2-KH-029, 2-KH-030, 2-KG-032, 2-VE-013, 2-VI-006, 2-VI-006A, 2-VI-006F, 2-VL-007, 2-VG-010, 2-VC-003 · diversity in Canada, place names, francophone influence, newcomers, global links and regional products

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which Canadian region is known for grain?

    • the Arctic
    • the West Coast
    • the Prairies

  2. Question 2

    Which Canadian region is known for lumber (wood)?

    • the Prairies
    • the West Coast
    • the Arctic islands

  3. Question 3

    First Nations, Métis, Inuit and francophone communities are part of…

    • only one province
    • no community
    • the Canadian community

  4. Question 4

    Many people came to Canada from other parts of the world to…

    • climb the Moon
    • go back the next day
    • make new homes and communities

  5. Question 5

    The name Manitoba comes from…

    • an English word for flat
    • a French word for cold
    • a word from Cree or Ojibwe

  6. Question 6

    Poems, paintings and songs about the land show that…

    • art is not about places
    • people see and feel the land in different ways
    • there is one right picture

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