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Grade 8 Social Studies practice sheet

Ontario Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________

  1. Question 1

    Why compare several sources about the same event?

    • to see different perspectives and check which details are reliable
    • to make the research longer
    • to avoid reading
    • to find the shortest source
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    to see different perspectives and check which details are reliable

    Hint: Each source shows part of the story.

  2. Question 2

    Which Nova Scotian leader campaigned against Confederation?

    • George-Étienne Cartier
    • Charles Tupper
    • Joseph Howe
    • Sir John A. Macdonald
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    Joseph Howe

    Hint: Howe feared Nova Scotia would lose control over its own affairs.

  3. Question 3

    What was the effect of the Toronto printers' strike of 1872?

    • It ended all printing.
    • It made children work longer.
    • It made trade unions illegal.
    • It brought attention to the nine-hour working day and helped lead to the legal recognition of trade unions.
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    It brought attention to the nine-hour working day and helped lead to the legal recognition of trade unions.

    Hint: The Trade Unions Act of 1872 followed the strike.

  4. Question 4

    Why do many First Nations say treaty promises were not always kept?

    • No promises were ever made.
    • Governments gave more than promised.
    • Some promised supports, land and rights were not fully honoured.
    • Every treaty was fully honoured.
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    Some promised supports, land and rights were not fully honoured.

    Hint: Disagreements over what was promised and what was delivered are still being addressed.

  5. Question 5

    Which Cree leaders were convicted and imprisoned after the events of 1885?

    • Poundmaker and Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear)
    • Joseph Brant and Tecumseh
    • Isapo-muxika and Peguis
    • Crowfoot and Sitting Bull
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    Poundmaker and Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear)

    Hint: Both were convicted of treason-felony and imprisoned, and both died within a few years of their release.

  6. Question 6

    Why is it important for non-Indigenous Canadians to learn about residential schools?

    • It removes responsibility
    • Reconciliation is the work of everyone, and it starts with knowing the truth
    • It makes history shorter
    • It is only for Indigenous Canadians
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    Reconciliation is the work of everyone, and it starts with knowing the truth

    Hint: Everyone has a role in building respectful relationships.

  7. Question 7

    Who was Rev. Josiah Henson?

    • a fur trader
    • a man who escaped slavery and helped found the Dawn Settlement in Canada West
    • an inventor of the telephone
    • a premier of Ontario
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    a man who escaped slavery and helped found the Dawn Settlement in Canada West

    Hint: His story helped spread the word about slavery.

  8. Question 8

    “Home Children” were…

    • Indigenous children in residential schools
    • children born in Canada to immigrants
    • British children sent to Canada, many to work on farms or as servants
    • children at boarding schools in Toronto
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    British children sent to Canada, many to work on farms or as servants

    Hint: About 100,000 children came between 1869 and the 1930s, and some were treated poorly.

  9. Question 9

    Why did the NWMP require prospectors to bring about a year's supplies over the Chilkoot Pass?

    • to help the CPR
    • to prevent hunger in the Yukon
    • to make the trip longer
    • to stop gold being found
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    to prevent hunger in the Yukon

    Hint: The Yukon could not feed thousands of newcomers.

  10. Question 10

    In Toronto, “The Ward” was a neighbourhood where…

    • farms covered the land
    • only the wealthy lived
    • the CPR headquarters stood
    • many newcomers lived in crowded, poor housing
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    many newcomers lived in crowded, poor housing

    Hint: Housing for the urban poor was often crowded and unsafe.

Answer key

  1. 1. to see different perspectives and check which details are reliable (Think Like a Historian)
  2. 2. Joseph Howe (Making a Country)
  3. 3. It brought attention to the nine-hour working day and helped lead to the legal recognition of trade unions. (Railway & the West)
  4. 4. Some promised supports, land and rights were not fully honoured. (Treaties & the Indian Act)
  5. 5. Poundmaker and Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear) (The Métis & the Resistances)
  6. 6. Reconciliation is the work of everyone, and it starts with knowing the truth (Residential Schools & Truth)
  7. 7. a man who escaped slavery and helped found the Dawn Settlement in Canada West (Black Communities in Canada)
  8. 8. British children sent to Canada, many to work on farms or as servants (Newcomers, Rights & Restrictions)
  9. 9. to prevent hunger in the Yukon (Canada, 1890–1914)
  10. 10. many newcomers lived in crowded, poor housing (Work, Cities & Reform)

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