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Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 5

Meeting in Atlantic Canada

How did the Mi’kmaq, the French and the British meet and live side by side?

What your child practises

Practises how British, French, First Nations and Inuit peoples interacted in what later became Atlantic Canada: trade, rivalry, the Peace and Friendship Treaties, and the Expulsion of the Acadians. Questions are neutral and factual, and show that groups saw events differently.

Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Analyse interactions between British and French and First Nations and Inuit in what later became Atlantic Canada · trade, treaties, rivalry and the Acadians, seen from more than one point of view

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 French settlers who made their homes in the region became known as…

    • Acadians
    • Loyalists
    • Vikings

  2. Question 2

    Which people already lived in Mi’kma’ki when the French arrived at Port-Royal?

    • the Vikings
    • the Loyalists
    • the Mi’kmaq

  3. Question 3

    The French and the Mi’kmaq at Port-Royal often…

    • refused to meet
    • traded and cooperated
    • built no homes at all

  4. Question 4

    You can visit the Fortress of Louisbourg today. It is a…

    • shopping mall
    • volcano park
    • National Historic Site

  5. Question 5

    France and Britain both wanted control of the region because…

    • it had no people
    • it had good land, fish and trade routes
    • it was too small to see

  6. Question 6

    Which of these is a written record?

    • a letter or journal from the 1700s
    • a stone arrowhead
    • a shell necklace

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