Grade 3 Social Studies practice sheet
Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Which national park has the Tablelands and tall fjords?
- Gros Morne National Park
- Torngat Mountains Park
- Signal Hill
- Banff National Park
Gros Morne National Park
Hint: It is on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland.
Question 2
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 3
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 4
How do the land and weather of a place affect the way people live?
🏡- they don't affect people at all
- they only change people's names
- they shape the homes, food and clothes people use
they shape the homes, food and clothes people use
Hint: People use what the land gives them and build homes and wear clothes that suit the weather.
Question 5
Rights come with responsibilities. If you have the right to be safe, your responsibility is to…
🛡️- take other people's things
- only think about yourself
- help keep others safe too
help keep others safe too
Hint: Everyone has the same rights, so we all have a responsibility to respect other people's rights.
Question 6
Many Maasai families in East Africa raise which animals?
- 🐧penguins
- 🦌reindeer
- 🐄cattle
🐄 cattle
Hint: Cattle are an important part of life for many Maasai families, in Kenya and Tanzania.
Question 7
Which seabird is the provincial bird?
- the Atlantic puffin
- the bald eagle
- the robin
- the snowy owl
the Atlantic puffin
Hint: It has a colourful beak and nests on cliffs by the sea.
Question 8
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.
Question 9
Which is a way to solve a conflict?
- Talk about it calmly
- Call names
- Hit
Talk about it calmly
Hint: Calm talk helps people understand each other.
Question 10
Trading helps people meet their needs when…
🍌- it is a sunny day
- they already have everything
- they can't grow or make something where they live
they can't grow or make something where they live
Hint: When a place can't grow bananas, people can trade for them with places that can.
Answer key
- 1. Gros Morne National Park (Our Province: Newfoundland and Labrador)
- 2. 🌍 continent: Antarctica, Asia, Africa · 🌊 ocean: Atlantic, Arctic, Southern (Maps & Globes)
- 3. an informal leader (Groups, Leaders & Getting Along)
- 4. they shape the homes, food and clothes people use (Needs Around the World)
- 5. help keep others safe too (Cultures of the World)
- 6. 🐄 cattle (Indigenous Peoples of the World)
- 7. the Atlantic puffin (Our Province: Newfoundland and Labrador)
- 8. the Atlantic Ocean (Maps & Globes)
- 9. Talk about it calmly (Groups, Leaders & Getting Along)
- 10. they can't grow or make something where they live (Needs Around the World)
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