Grade 4 Social Studies practice sheet
Nova Scotia Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
How did the Mi’kmaq travel on rivers and along the coast?
- by airplane
- by canoe
- by train
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by canoe
Hint: The Mi’kmaq knew their rivers, coasts and trails very well.
Question 2
Some early French settlers began to farm the land near Port-Royal. They became known as…
- Loyalists
- Acadians
- Gaels
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Acadians
Hint: The Acadians farmed and built dikes along the marshes.
Question 3
Which is a positive result of exploration?
- lost homes
- new diseases
- better maps of the world
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better maps of the world
Hint: Maps helped people share knowledge.
Question 4
Many Indigenous peoples take only what they need from the land. Why is this important?
🌱- to save money
- so the land and animals stay healthy for the future
- because they have no tools
- because the land is useless
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so the land and animals stay healthy for the future
Hint: This is stewardship.
Question 5
What is the capital city of Canada?
- 🏔️Vancouver
- 🏛️Ottawa
- ⛪Montreal
- 🏙️Toronto
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🏛️ Ottawa
Hint: Canada's Parliament meets in Ottawa, Ontario.
Question 6
Which of these is a tool explorers use to find direction?
- compass
- whistle
- umbrella
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compass
Hint: A compass needle points north so you can find your way.
Question 7
Mathieu Da Costa lived in the early…
- 1300s
- 1600s
- 1900s
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1600s
Hint: He worked as an interpreter in the early 1600s.
Question 8
A perspective is shaped by…
- your own experiences
- the day of the week
- the weather
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your own experiences
Hint: People see events in different ways because of their lives.
Question 9
What does 'relationship with the environment' mean for an early society?
🌿- the date
- how people lived with the land, water and animals around them
- only the weather
- a map's scale
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how people lived with the land, water and animals around them
Hint: People depended on their surroundings.
Question 10
Which physical region of Canada matches these clues?
Region clues Clue Notes Land High mountains, deep valleys and plateaus Resources Forests, minerals and rivers for hydroelectricity Where Western Canada, including most of BC and Yukon - 🦆Hudson Bay Lowlands
- 🏙️Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands
- 🏔️Cordillera
- 🌾Interior Plains
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🏔️ Cordillera
Hint: Start with the land clue. These clues describe the Cordillera.
Answer key
- 1. by canoe (What Is Exploration?)
- 2. Acadians (Explorers’ Stories)
- 3. better maps of the world (Impacts of Exploration)
- 4. so the land and animals stay healthy for the future (People & the Land)
- 5. 🏛️ Ottawa (Provinces & Regions)
- 6. compass (What Is Exploration?)
- 7. 1600s (Explorers’ Stories)
- 8. your own experiences (Impacts of Exploration)
- 9. how people lived with the land, water and animals around them (People & the Land)
- 10. 🏔️ Cordillera (Provinces & Regions)
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