Grade 5 Social Studies practice sheet
New Brunswick Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Put these events in order, oldest first.
- 🏚️Japanese Canadians are forced from the BC coast
- 💵The Chinese Head Tax begins
- 🧡The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- 🤝Canada apologizes to Japanese Canadians and offers redress
The Chinese Head Tax begins → Japanese Canadians are forced from the BC coast → Canada apologizes to Japanese Canadians and offers redress → The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Hint: Check the years, then put the earliest first. Japanese Canadians are forced from the BC coast (1942). The Chinese Head Tax begins (1885). The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (2021). Canada apologizes to Japanese Canadians and offers redress (1988).
Question 2
A primary source is…
- a movie
- a school textbook
- a story told 200 years later
- something made at the time of an event, like a letter or photograph
something made at the time of an event, like a letter or photograph
Hint: A primary source comes directly from the past.
Question 3
The Peace and Friendship treaties were agreements between…
- France and Spain
- Wabanaki Nations and the British Crown
- two provinces
- Wabanaki Nations and the Roman Empire
Wabanaki Nations and the British Crown
Hint: They were signed in the 1700s and did not give away the land.
Question 4
Which group usually makes decisions in a community that uses a consensus approach?
- everyone talks until they agree
- the loudest person
- only the youngest person
- a stranger
everyone talks until they agree
Hint: Many Nations use councils to reach agreement.
Question 5
Most passengers on the Komagata Maru in 1914 were people from…
🚢- France
- Japan
- India, most of them Sikhs
- China
India, most of them Sikhs
Hint: The ship carried 376 passengers from India, which was then ruled by Britain.
Question 6
Who were the first Europeans to settle for a long time in what is now New Brunswick?
- Spanish explorers
- Vikings
- French settlers
- Roman soldiers
French settlers
Hint: French settlers called the region Acadia.
Question 7
The Wabanaki Confederacy is made up of…
- one group that rules everyone
- only French settlers
- Nations that govern themselves and also work together
- only one village
Nations that govern themselves and also work together
Hint: Each Nation kept its own leaders and decisions.
Question 8
Which is an example of barter?
- trading a basket for a bag of flour
- borrowing from a bank
- paying with a debit card
- depositing a cheque
trading a basket for a bag of flour
Hint: No money changes hands in a barter.
Question 9
Was it a discriminatory policy, or a step toward making things right? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: ⛔ discriminatory policy · 🕊️ step toward making things right
- 🕊️the 2008 apology for residential schools
- 📜the 1923 ban on Chinese immigration
- 🧡the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- ⚖️the Charter's equality rights
- 🚢the 'continuous journey' rule
- 🏚️forcing Japanese Canadians from their homes
⛔ discriminatory policy: the 1923 ban on Chinese immigration, the 'continuous journey' rule, forcing Japanese Canadians from their homes · 🕊️ step toward making things right: the 2008 apology for residential schools, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Charter's equality rights
Hint: Discriminatory policies treated groups unfairly because of who they were. Apologies, redress and learning the truth are steps toward making things right.
Question 10
Evidence of French presence in New Brunswick includes…
- Egyptian pyramids
- French place names and Acadian culture
- only Roman roads
- castles from Spain
French place names and Acadian culture
Hint: French is also an official language of the province.
Answer key
- 1. The Chinese Head Tax begins → Japanese Canadians are forced from the BC coast → Canada apologizes to Japanese Canadians and offers redress → The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Learning from the Past)
- 2. something made at the time of an event, like a letter or photograph (French & British in Atlantic Canada)
- 3. Wabanaki Nations and the British Crown (The Wabanaki Confederacy)
- 4. everyone talks until they agree (Worldviews & Deciding Together)
- 5. India, most of them Sikhs (Learning from the Past)
- 6. French settlers (French & British in Atlantic Canada)
- 7. Nations that govern themselves and also work together (The Wabanaki Confederacy)
- 8. trading a basket for a bag of flour (Worldviews & Deciding Together)
- 9. ⛔ discriminatory policy: the 1923 ban on Chinese immigration, the 'continuous journey' rule, forcing Japanese Canadians from their homes · 🕊️ step toward making things right: the 2008 apology for residential schools, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Charter's equality rights (Learning from the Past)
- 10. French place names and Acadian culture (French & British in Atlantic Canada)
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