Grade 3 Social Studies practice sheet
New Brunswick Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Is it a continent or an ocean? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🌍 continent · 🌊 ocean
- 📍Antarctica
- 📍Atlantic
- 📍Asia
- 📍Arctic
- 📍Southern
- 📍Africa
🌍 continent: Antarctica, Asia, Africa · 🌊 ocean: Atlantic, Arctic, Southern
Hint: Continents are the 7 huge areas of land. Oceans are the 5 huge bodies of salt water between them.
Question 2
Most of New Brunswick is covered by…
- glaciers
- desert
- ice
- forest
forest
Hint: About four fifths of the province is forest.
Question 3
Where can you find a Wabanaki community in New Brunswick today?
- nowhere
- only in other countries
- in places such as Elsipogtog, Madawaska Maliseet and Tobique
- only in the Arctic
in places such as Elsipogtog, Madawaska Maliseet and Tobique
Hint: Many Wabanaki communities are in New Brunswick, and each has its own leaders.
Question 4
New Brunswick joined Confederation in which year?
- 1867
- 1900
- 1949
- 1784
1867
Hint: It was one of the first four provinces.
Question 5
A friend who always suggests fair rules at recess is…
- a formal leader with a title
- not a leader
- an informal leader
an informal leader
Hint: Informal leaders guide others without a title.
Question 6
A citizen is a person who…
- is an animal
- is a king
- belongs to a country and has rights and responsibilities
- only visits a country
belongs to a country and has rights and responsibilities
Hint: Citizens take part in their communities.
Question 7
What does fairness mean?
- only some get a turn
- no one gets to speak
- one person always wins
- everyone is treated in a just way
everyone is treated in a just way
Hint: Fair rules work for everyone.
Question 8
Many Wabanaki people see the treaties as promises to share the land rather than to…
- grow food
- make music
- name rivers
- give it away
give it away
Hint: Different groups may understand the same agreement in different ways.
Question 9
A non-renewable resource is one that…
- cannot be replaced quickly once it is used
- falls from the sky
- grows in a day
- always grows back
cannot be replaced quickly once it is used
Hint: Minerals take millions of years to form.
Question 10
Which ocean is on the east coast of Canada?
🌊- the Atlantic Ocean
- the Indian Ocean
- the Pacific Ocean
the Atlantic Ocean
Hint: East is on the right side of the map. The Atlantic Ocean is between Canada and Europe.
Answer key
- 1. 🌍 continent: Antarctica, Asia, Africa · 🌊 ocean: Atlantic, Arctic, Southern (Maps & Globes)
- 2. forest (My Province: New Brunswick)
- 3. in places such as Elsipogtog, Madawaska Maliseet and Tobique (Wabanaki Nations of New Brunswick)
- 4. 1867 (The Peoples of New Brunswick)
- 5. an informal leader (Groups, Leaders & Getting Along)
- 6. belongs to a country and has rights and responsibilities (Governments in New Brunswick)
- 7. everyone is treated in a just way (Citizens Take Part)
- 8. give it away (Treaties & Reconciliation)
- 9. cannot be replaced quickly once it is used (Natural Resources of New Brunswick)
- 10. the Atlantic Ocean (Maps & Globes)
Want more than 10 questions?
In Gradelings the questions change every time and adjust to your child, with hints and kind feedback. See all social studies units.