Grade 8 Social Studies practice sheet
New Brunswick Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What was life like for most people in British North America in the 1860s?
- People used smartphones
- Everyone lived in large cities
- Most people lived on farms or in small communities, and many worked in fishing, forestry or shipbuilding
- No one worked
Most people lived on farms or in small communities, and many worked in fishing, forestry or shipbuilding
Hint: Shipbuilding was a major industry in Saint John.
Question 2
What did Black Loyalists hope to find in British North America?
- a new king
- freedom, land and a fair chance to build a new life
- no work
- gold only
freedom, land and a fair chance to build a new life
Hint: Many were promised land by the British.
Question 3
Which is a way you can support reconciliation?
- learn the true history, listen to Indigenous voices and act with respect
- make jokes about it
- avoid learning
- ignore it
learn the true history, listen to Indigenous voices and act with respect
Hint: Everyone has a part to play.
Question 4
Viola Desmond is remembered for…
- flying around the world
- refusing to leave the main floor of a theatre in 1946
- winning an Olympic medal
- building a railway
refusing to leave the main floor of a theatre in 1946
Hint: She challenged racial segregation and is on Canada’s ten-dollar bill.
Question 5
A cause of Confederation was…
- the end of the sea
- worry about American expansion
- a new invention called the telephone
- an earthquake
worry about American expansion
Hint: Defence was a major concern.
Question 6
Why is it important to hear about history from many points of view?
- Different people experienced events differently
- Old stories are always wrong
- There is only one story
- Some voices don’t count
Different people experienced events differently
Hint: Listening to many voices gives a fuller picture.
Question 7
What is colonization?
- a type of fishing
- a way of drawing maps
- a kind of music
- when one country takes control of another place and its people
when one country takes control of another place and its people
Hint: It had lasting effects on Indigenous Peoples.
Question 8
Which action shows advocacy?
- ignoring a problem
- waiting for someone else
- writing to a mayor to ask for a safe crosswalk
- complaining without a plan
writing to a mayor to ask for a safe crosswalk
Hint: Advocacy means speaking up for a cause.
Question 9
What happened in the New Brunswick election of 1865?
- Women won the vote
- Everyone supported Confederation
- Voters rejected Confederation
- Voting was cancelled
Voters rejected Confederation
Hint: Anti-Confederation candidates won.
Question 10
Which word means ending slavery?
- taxation
- abolition
- legislation
- emigration
abolition
Hint: People who worked to end slavery were called abolitionists.
Answer key
- 1. Most people lived on farms or in small communities, and many worked in fishing, forestry or shipbuilding (New Brunswick & Confederation)
- 2. freedom, land and a fair chance to build a new life (Early Black Communities)
- 3. learn the true history, listen to Indigenous voices and act with respect (Wabanaki Governance & Empowerment)
- 4. refusing to leave the main floor of a theatre in 1946 (Rights, Reform & Taking Action)
- 5. worry about American expansion (New Brunswick & Confederation)
- 6. Different people experienced events differently (Early Black Communities)
- 7. when one country takes control of another place and its people (Wabanaki Governance & Empowerment)
- 8. writing to a mayor to ask for a safe crosswalk (Rights, Reform & Taking Action)
- 9. Voters rejected Confederation (New Brunswick & Confederation)
- 10. abolition (Early Black Communities)
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