Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 16
History & Government
Events that shaped societies and how they are governed
What your child practises
Children learn about historical events that continue to affect societies in Asia, Africa and Australasia, and how governments and justice systems shape ways of life.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 7-KH-030, 7-KP-043, 7-KI-012 · historical events that continue to affect societies, government and the justice system, and westernization
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
Colonization means…
- a sports event
- a trade agreement
- one country taking control of another place and its people
- two countries sharing a border
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one country taking control of another place and its people
Hint: It often changed ways of life.
Question 2
Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi is remembered for…
- leading nonviolent resistance in India
- discovering Australia
- building the Great Wall
- inventing the telephone
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leading nonviolent resistance in India
Hint: He used peaceful protest.
Question 3
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Maori language (te reo Maori) is…
- not spoken anymore
- the only language
- banned
- an official language alongside English
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an official language alongside English
Hint: Te reo Maori is taught in many schools today.
Question 4
The Atlantic slave trade forced millions of people from…
- Europe to Antarctica
- Asia to Australia
- Canada to Asia
- Africa to the Americas
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Africa to the Americas
Hint: It is a painful part of history with lasting effects.
Question 5
Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa in…
- 1944
- 2004
- 1964
- 1994
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1994
Hint: He was the first president chosen in an election open to all.
Question 6
A truth and reconciliation process is meant to…
- end all laws
- blame everyone
- hide the past
- tell the truth about past harms and work toward healing
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tell the truth about past harms and work toward healing
Hint: South Africa and Canada have both held such processes.