Grade 5 Social Studies practice sheet
Saskatchewan Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Put these events about immigration and citizenship in order, oldest first.
- 🪶The citizenship oath is updated to recognize Indigenous rights
- 📜Canadian citizenship is created by law
- 🌾Canada begins a big campaign to attract settlers to the Prairies
- 🚢Pier 21 opens as an immigration gateway in Halifax
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Canada begins a big campaign to attract settlers to the Prairies → Pier 21 opens as an immigration gateway in Halifax → Canadian citizenship is created by law → The citizenship oath is updated to recognize Indigenous rights
Hint: Check the years, then put the earliest first. Canadian citizenship is created by law (1947). The citizenship oath is updated to recognize Indigenous rights (2021). Canada begins a big campaign to attract settlers to the Prairies (1896). Pier 21 opens as an immigration gateway in Halifax (1928).
Question 2
Put these events in order from earliest to latest.
- 🌊Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence (1534)
- 🏘️Champlain founds Québec (1608)
- 🧭John Cabot reaches Newfoundland (1497)
- ⛵Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows (about 1000)
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Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows (about 1000) → John Cabot reaches Newfoundland (1497) → Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence (1534) → Champlain founds Québec (1608)
Hint: Norse about 1000, Cabot in 1497, Cartier in 1534 and Champlain at Québec in 1608.
Question 3
Why did some First Nations people become guides and interpreters?
- They were forced by law in 1600
- They knew the land and languages, and traders needed their help
- They wanted to leave their homes
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They knew the land and languages, and traders needed their help
Hint: Skilled knowledge made them important partners.
Question 4
Who leads the federal government of Canada?
🍁- a Mayor
- the Governor General
- a Premier
- the Prime Minister
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the Prime Minister
Hint: The Prime Minister leads the federal government. Premiers lead provinces and territories, and mayors lead cities and towns.
Question 5
Put the steps for a federal bill becoming a law in order.
- ✋MPs vote to pass the bill
- 🏛️The Senate reviews it and votes
- 📄A bill is introduced in the House of Commons
- 💬MPs debate it and a committee studies it
- ✍️The Governor General gives Royal Assent
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A bill is introduced in the House of Commons → MPs debate it and a committee studies it → MPs vote to pass the bill → The Senate reviews it and votes → The Governor General gives Royal Assent
Hint: A bill starts in the House of Commons, where it's debated and voted on. Then the Senate reviews it. Royal Assent is always the last step.
Question 6
Ana's grandparents grow canola on their farm. Which region of Canada is this most likely in?
Regions of Canada Region Provinces and territories Key resources and industries West Coast British Columbia forestry, salmon fishing, mining, Pacific ports Prairies Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba wheat and canola farming, oil and gas, potash Central Canada Ontario, Quebec manufacturing, hydroelectricity, maple syrup Atlantic Canada N.L., N.S., N.B., P.E.I. lobster fishing, offshore oil, potato farming The North Yukon, N.W.T., Nunavut diamond and gold mining, tourism - the West Coast
- the North
- Atlantic Canada
- the Prairies
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the Prairies
Hint: Each region's resources come from its land and water: the Pacific coast, the flat Prairies, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence, the Atlantic Ocean, or the far North.
Question 7
What is an immigrant?
🧳- a person who moves to a new country to live there
- a person visiting on a short holiday
- a person who never leaves their hometown
- a person who moves to another city in the same country
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a person who moves to a new country to live there
Hint: Immigrants come from another country to make a new home.
Question 8
Étienne Brûlé, a young French interpreter, is known for…
- leading the English fleet
- living with the Wendat and learning their language
- founding Port-Royal
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living with the Wendat and learning their language
Hint: He was sent by Champlain to live among the Wendat around 1610.
Question 9
Who paddled large canoes carrying furs and goods?
- Seigneurs
- Intendants
- Voyageurs
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Voyageurs
Hint: Voyageurs were canoe travellers in the fur trade.
Question 10
Ravi's family needs passports for a trip. Which level of government is responsible for this?
Canada's levels of government Level Leader Elected representatives Looks after (examples) Federal Prime Minister Members of Parliament (MPs) passports, the military, money Provincial or territorial Premier Members of the legislature (MLAs in most provinces) schools, hospitals, highways Municipal Mayor Councillors garbage pickup, local streets, tap water - provincial (the legislature and the Premier)
- municipal (the city or town council)
- federal (Parliament and the Prime Minister)
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federal (Parliament and the Prime Minister)
Hint: Think about which level of government is responsible. Local services are municipal; schools and health care are provincial; things for the whole country are federal.
Answer key
- 1. Canada begins a big campaign to attract settlers to the Prairies → Pier 21 opens as an immigration gateway in Halifax → Canadian citizenship is created by law → The citizenship oath is updated to recognize Indigenous rights (Immigration & Multiculturalism)
- 2. Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows (about 1000) → John Cabot reaches Newfoundland (1497) → Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence (1534) → Champlain founds Québec (1608) (Explorers and Settlers)
- 3. They knew the land and languages, and traders needed their help (The Fur Trade)
- 4. the Prime Minister (Levels of Government)
- 5. A bill is introduced in the House of Commons → MPs debate it and a committee studies it → MPs vote to pass the bill → The Senate reviews it and votes → The Governor General gives Royal Assent (Making Laws)
- 6. the Prairies (Regions & Resources)
- 7. a person who moves to a new country to live there (Immigration & Multiculturalism)
- 8. living with the Wendat and learning their language (Explorers and Settlers)
- 9. Voyageurs (The Fur Trade)
- 10. federal (Parliament and the Prime Minister) (Levels of Government)
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