Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 13 of 19
Industry & Technology
How farms, factories and new inventions have changed life since 1945.
What your child practises
Practises how industry and technology have changed life in Canada since 1945, including urbanization, transportation, communication, education and the importance of agriculture.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 6-KE-058, 6-VE-018 · how industry and technology changed life in Canada since 1945, and the importance of agriculture
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
On the Prairies since 1945, farms have generally become…
- smaller and run with more horses
- all abandoned
- larger and run with fewer workers
larger and run with fewer workers
Hint: Machinery meant fewer farmers could farm more land.
Question 2
Which of these is a form of mass communication?
- A whisper
- A newspaper
- A secret note
A newspaper
Hint: Mass media reach many people.
Question 3
Airplanes and airports have made travel across Canada…
- slower
- impossible
- much faster
much faster
Hint: Planes cross the country in hours.
Question 4
The Trans-Canada Highway opened in…
- 1962
- 1867
- 1920
1962
Hint: It links the provinces from coast to coast.
Question 5
Television broadcasts began in Canada in…
- 1900
- 1970
- 1952
1952
Hint: The CBC started the first stations in 1952.
Question 6
Natural resources such as oil, minerals and forests support which type of industry?
- Only entertainment
- Resource industries
- Only toys
Resource industries
Hint: They are a big part of the Canadian economy.