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Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 10

Meeting in Atlantic Canada

English, French, First Nations and Inuit

What your child practises

Children examine interactions between the English, the French, and First Nations and Inuit in what later became Atlantic Canada.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 5.5.1 · interactions among the English, French, First Nations and Inuit in what later became Atlantic Canada

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

    What did Mi’kmaq people trade to Europeans?

    • cars
    • computers
    • furs
    • telephones

  2. Question 2

    Why did Europeans want furs?

    • to make bread
    • to make hats and clothing and to sell
    • to power cars
    • to build ships

  3. Question 3

    Which Europeans traded furs with the Mi’kmaq early on?

    • the Romans
    • the Egyptians
    • the Greeks
    • the French

  4. Question 4

    What does it mean to renew an alliance?

    • to sell land
    • to start a war
    • to break a promise
    • to promise again to stay friends and help each other

  5. Question 5

    What did Europeans trade to First Nations?

    • plastic toys
    • smart phones
    • metal tools, kettles and cloth
    • jet planes

  6. Question 6

    Which came first: the arrival of Mi’kmaq people on Epekwitk or the arrival of the English?

    • neither came
    • they came together
    • the arrival of the English
    • the arrival of the Mi’kmaq

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