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Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 8

Working in the Atlantic Region

Fishing, farming, forests and trade.

What your child practises

Practises the role of economics in the Atlantic region, from primary industries to trade and sustainability. It follows the Grade 6 social studies skill descriptors on economics in the New Brunswick curriculum.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Economics: Systems, Economics: Sustainability · the role of economics in the Atlantic region, local and global economic patterns, and sustainable resource use

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

    Tourism is important in the Atlantic region because people visit to see…

    • coasts, history and culture
    • volcanoes
    • rainforests
    • deserts

  2. Question 2

    A quota in fishing is…

    • a kind of net
    • a type of fishing boat
    • a sea creature
    • a limit on how much can be caught

  3. Question 3

    What is a primary industry?

    • an industry that teaches
    • an industry that gets natural resources, like fishing or farming
    • an industry that sells items
    • an industry that makes toys

  4. Question 4

    Which famous trail is a popular driving route in Nova Scotia?

    • the Cabot Trail
    • Route 66
    • the Trans-Canada Highway only
    • the Silk Road

  5. Question 5

    Which seafood is a major export from the Atlantic region?

    • saltwater crocodile
    • shrimp from the tropics
    • tuna from the Pacific
    • lobster

  6. Question 6

    Which country buys many of the Atlantic region’s exports?

    • the Vatican
    • Greenland
    • Antarctica
    • the United States

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