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Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 5

Land and Water

How the environment shaped ancient life

What your child practises

How the Nile, the Tigris and Euphrates, the Andes, the Greek coast and the lakes of Mexico shaped farming, homes, tools and trade, and how droughts and floods created challenges.

Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Investigate how environment influenced the development of an ancient society · how land and water shaped an ancient society

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

    The Inca lived in the steep Andes mountains. What did they build to farm the slopes?

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    • terraces, like steps in the hillside
    • skyscrapers
    • lakes on top of mountains
    • snowmobiles

  2. Question 2

    Every year the Nile flooded and left rich soil. What did Egyptians do with this land?

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    • They left it empty
    • They covered it in ice
    • They grew crops like wheat and barley
    • They built boats on it

  3. Question 3

    Greek land had little good farmland. What did many Greeks do?

    • They sailed and traded across the sea
    • They moved to the Arctic
    • They never used ships
    • They stopped eating

  4. Question 4

    Mesopotamia had few trees and little stone. What did people build with?

    • ice blocks
    • wood only
    • mud bricks
    • steel

  5. Question 5

    A volcano erupts near a city and covers fields in ash. What might be a long-term effect?

    • Soil always dies forever
    • Nothing changes
    • The ash can make soil richer, but crops are lost at first
    • Rain stops everywhere

  6. Question 6

    Egypt's Nile flows north. Which direction did boats sail to go with the current?

    • west
    • up the mountains
    • south
    • north

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