Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 11 of 16
Island Economy Over Time
Jobs and trade through the years
What your child practises
Practises the economic activities carried out on Prince Edward Island over time and how they have changed.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 6.5.1 · the economic activities on the Island and how they have changed over time
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
Silver foxes were raised mostly for their…
- milk
- feathers
- fur (pelts)
- wool
fur (pelts)
Hint: People wore the fur.
Question 2
What is a natural resource?
- something from nature that people use
- a toy from a store
- a song people sing
- a coin
something from nature that people use
Hint: Soil, trees and fish are examples.
Question 3
How could the end of wooden shipbuilding affect a family?
- Nothing at all changed
- The ships became faster
- Workers lost jobs and families had less money to spend
- Everyone got a bigger home
Workers lost jobs and families had less money to spend
Hint: A job change affects the whole household.
Question 4
Half the Island’s land is farmed, which helped give it which nickname?
- the Garden Province
- the Mountain Province
- the Island of Gold
- the Ice Province
the Garden Province
Hint: Gardens are full of growing plants.
Question 5
Which natural resource do Island farmers depend on most?
- ice
- soil
- tides
- iron ore
soil
Hint: Crops grow in it.
Question 6
When did Charles Dalton first market silver fox pelts?
- 1920
- 1896
- 1756
- 2001
1896
Hint: It was in the late 1890s.