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Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 9

National Empowerment

Building a country

What your child practises

Practises what empowerment and disempowerment mean in a national context in Canada between 1830 and 1920, using inquiry and geography skills.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: National empowerment · empowerment and disempowerment in the national context in Canada, 1830-1920

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

    On a map of Canada from 1867, how is it different from today?

    • It was the same
    • It had far fewer provinces
    • It was not on a continent
    • It had more provinces

  2. Question 2

    Many immigrants came to Canada from Europe to farm in the late 1800s. This changed…

    • the date of Confederation
    • who lived in the country and how it grew
    • the colour of the sea
    • the shape of the Island

  3. Question 3

    Canada became a country in…

    • 1920
    • 1950
    • 1867
    • 1830

  4. Question 4

    Prince Edward Island became Canada’s seventh province in…

    • 1873
    • 1905
    • 1851
    • 1867

  5. Question 5

    Canada’s soldiers captured Vimy Ridge in 1917. Why is this seen as an important national moment?

    • It created Confederation
    • It gave women the vote
    • Many Canadians felt proud as a country
    • It ended the war at once

  6. Question 6

    Riel was executed in 1885. Many Métis people today see him as…

    • a railway builder
    • a landlord on the Island
    • a prime minister of Canada
    • an important leader of the Métis people

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