Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 16
Getting Around the Island
Transportation on the Island over time
What your child practises
Practises how the modes of transportation on the Island have developed over time.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 6.3.1 · how the modes of transportation on the Island developed 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
In what year was the Island railway officially opened?
- 1799
- 1875
- 1908
- 1997
1875
Hint: It was in the 1870s.
Question 2
How long is the Confederation Bridge?
- 29 kilometres
- 12.9 kilometres
- 1.29 kilometres
- 129 kilometres
12.9 kilometres
Hint: It is more than ten kilometres long, but not more than twenty.
Question 3
Before cars, which animals pulled wagons and sleighs on Island roads?
- moose
- seals
- foxes
- horses
horses
Hint: Think of farm animals.
Question 4
In 1908 the Island banned cars. Why did many people want the ban?
- Trains were banned already
- Nobody had horses
- Cars frightened horses and roads were poor
- Cars were too quiet
Cars frightened horses and roads were poor
Hint: Think about safety on country roads.
Question 5
Which is an air mode of transportation?
- an airplane
- a ferry
- a car
- a train
an airplane
Hint: It travels through the sky.
Question 6
Which list is in order from earliest to latest?
- railway (1875), car ban (1908), bridge (1997)
- bridge (1997), railway (1875), car ban (1908)
- railway (1875), bridge (1997), car ban (1908)
- car ban (1908), bridge (1997), railway (1875)
railway (1875), car ban (1908), bridge (1997)
Hint: Put the years in order.