Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 5
Explorers’ Stories
Meet explorers and travellers from long ago.
What your child practises
Practises well-known facts about explorers connected to Nova Scotia and Canada, including Mi’kmaw travellers, Cabot, Cartier, Champlain, Mathieu Da Costa and Hudson. It follows the Grade 4 Nova Scotia social studies outcome on the stories of explorers.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Investigate the stories of various explorers · who explored, when, where and why
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
Jacques Cartier sailed for which country?
- Spain
- France
- England
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France
Hint: Cartier made voyages for France in the 1530s.
Question 2
John Cabot sailed for which country?
- England
- Japan
- Brazil
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England
Hint: He sailed from England.
Question 3
John Cabot’s voyage in 1497 took him to the area near…
- Vancouver Island
- Newfoundland
- Manitoba
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Newfoundland
Hint: He crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Newfoundland region.
Question 4
John Cabot sailed from England in which year?
- 1297
- 1867
- 1497
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1497
Hint: John Cabot’s voyage in 1497 reached the Newfoundland region.
Question 5
Samuel de Champlain helped set up a settlement in 1605. What was it called?
- Vancouver
- Halifax
- Port-Royal
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Port-Royal
Hint: Port-Royal was in what is now Nova Scotia.
Question 6
Why did early settlers at Port-Royal need to prepare for winter?
- Winters were cold and food was hard to find
- There was no snow in Nova Scotia
- Winters were warm all year
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Winters were cold and food was hard to find
Hint: Good planning, food and help from neighbours were needed.