Grade 4 Social Studies practice sheet
NWT Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
The land a First Nation has lived on and cared for since long ago is called its…
🏞️- capital city
- colony
- traditional territory
- province
traditional territory
Hint: Your school is on the traditional territory of one or more First Nations.
Question 2
Put these fur trade events in order, from earliest to latest.
- 🤝The HBC and the North West Company join together (1821)
- 🛶Simon Fraser travels down the Fraser River (1808)
- 🥾Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific by land (1793)
- 🦫The Hudson's Bay Company is founded (1670)
The Hudson's Bay Company is founded (1670) → Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific by land (1793) → Simon Fraser travels down the Fraser River (1808) → The HBC and the North West Company join together (1821)
Hint: Use the years to help you. The smallest year happened first.
Question 3
Put these events about treaties and laws in order, from earliest to latest.
- 📜The first Douglas Treaties are made on Vancouver Island (1850)
- 🤝The Nisga'a Treaty takes effect (2000)
- 🏛️The Indian Act is passed (1876)
- ✍️Treaty 1 is signed in Manitoba (1871)
The first Douglas Treaties are made on Vancouver Island (1850) → Treaty 1 is signed in Manitoba (1871) → The Indian Act is passed (1876) → The Nisga'a Treaty takes effect (2000)
Hint: Use the years to help you. The smallest year happened first.
Question 4
How do you pan for gold? Put the steps in order.
- 🥘Scoop gravel and water into your pan
- ✨Look for heavy gold flakes at the bottom
- 🔄Swirl and shake the pan gently
- 💧Let light sand spill over the edge
Scoop gravel and water into your pan → Swirl and shake the pan gently → Let light sand spill over the edge → Look for heavy gold flakes at the bottom
Hint: Fill the pan, swirl it, let the light sand wash away, and the heavy gold is left at the bottom.
Question 5
Put these in the order they joined Canada, from first to last.
- 🏔️British Columbia (1871)
- 🌾Manitoba (1870)
- 🍁Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (1867)
- 🌄Alberta and Saskatchewan (1905)
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (1867) → Manitoba (1870) → British Columbia (1871) → Alberta and Saskatchewan (1905)
Hint: Use the years to help you. The smallest year joined first.
Question 6
What is the capital city of Canada?
- 🏔️Vancouver
- 🏛️Ottawa
- ⛪Montreal
- 🏙️Toronto
🏛️ Ottawa
Hint: Canada's Parliament meets in Ottawa, Ontario.
Question 7
How long have First Peoples lived on the land now called Canada?
🌲- For thousands of years
- Since 1867
- Since the gold rush
- For about 100 years
For thousands of years
Hint: First Peoples were here long before Europeans arrived, for longer than anyone can remember.
Question 8
What was a trading post?
🏕️- A gold mine
- A kind of mailbox
- A school for explorers
- A fort where furs were traded for goods
A fort where furs were traded for goods
Hint: Trading posts like Fort Langley were places where First Peoples brought furs to trade for European goods.
Question 9
What is a reserve?
🗺️- A fur trading fort
- Land set aside by the government for a First Nation
- A gold mine
- A national park
Land set aside by the government for a First Nation
Hint: Reserves were usually much smaller than the traditional territories First Nations had lived on.
Question 10
Why did thousands of people rush to the Fraser River in 1858?
⛏️- A railway had just opened
- Beavers had returned
- Free farms were being given away
- Gold had been found there
Gold had been found there
Hint: A gold rush is when many people hurry to a place where gold has been found.
Answer key
- 1. traditional territory (First Peoples & the Land)
- 2. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded (1670) → Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific by land (1793) → Simon Fraser travels down the Fraser River (1808) → The HBC and the North West Company join together (1821) (Contact & the Fur Trade)
- 3. The first Douglas Treaties are made on Vancouver Island (1850) → Treaty 1 is signed in Manitoba (1871) → The Indian Act is passed (1876) → The Nisga'a Treaty takes effect (2000) (Colonization & Treaties)
- 4. Scoop gravel and water into your pan → Swirl and shake the pan gently → Let light sand spill over the edge → Look for heavy gold flakes at the bottom (Gold Rushes)
- 5. Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (1867) → Manitoba (1870) → British Columbia (1871) → Alberta and Saskatchewan (1905) (Confederation & BC)
- 6. 🏛️ Ottawa (Provinces & Regions)
- 7. For thousands of years (First Peoples & the Land)
- 8. A fort where furs were traded for goods (Contact & the Fur Trade)
- 9. Land set aside by the government for a First Nation (Colonization & Treaties)
- 10. Gold had been found there (Gold Rushes)
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