Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 10
Explorers’ Stories
Explorers of land, sea and space
What your child practises
Children learn the stories of explorers of land, ocean, space and ideas.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 4.2.1 · stories of various explorers of land, ocean, space and ideas
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
In 1992, Roberta Bondar flew on which spacecraft?
- Vostok 1
- the Beagle
- the space shuttle Discovery
- a sailing canoe
the space shuttle Discovery
Hint: It was a reusable spacecraft.
Question 2
Which tool did Galileo use to explore the sky?
- a snowshoe
- a canoe
- a submarine
- a telescope
a telescope
Hint: It makes faraway things look closer.
Question 3
Chris Hadfield lived and worked on a space station that orbits…
- Mars
- the Moon
- Jupiter
- Earth
Earth
Hint: It circles our planet.
Question 4
Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian woman to do what?
- walk to the North Pole
- cross the Atlantic by canoe
- travel into space
- sail around the world
travel into space
Hint: She flew in 1992.
Question 5
Jacques Cartier sailed in 1534 and explored which waters?
- the Gulf of Mexico
- the Indian Ocean
- the Mediterranean Sea
- the Gulf of St. Lawrence
the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Hint: PEI lies in these waters.
Question 6
Which explorer sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where Prince Edward Island lies?
- Jacques Cartier
- Neil Armstrong
- Alexander Mackenzie
- Galileo
Jacques Cartier
Hint: He did this in 1534.