Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 6
Manitoba's Story
Voyageurs, settlers and how Manitoba began
What your child practises
Practises the story of how Manitoba grew: the fur trade, the Selkirk settlers, the Métis and Louis Riel, how the land shaped where people settled, and how life has changed.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 4-KL-026, 4-KL-027, 4-KH-033, 4-KH-035 · how the land shaped settlement, stories of the Selkirk settlers and people who shaped Manitoba, and change over time
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What was the Hudson's Bay Company?
- a fur-trading company
- a hockey team
- a school
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a fur-trading company
Hint: It set up trading posts, such as York Factory.
Question 2
Which was the earliest way people travelled Manitoba's rivers?
- birchbark canoes
- motorboats
- jet skis
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birchbark canoes
Hint: Indigenous peoples built canoes long before Europeans arrived.
Question 3
What was pemmican?
- a kind of hat
- a kind of boat
- dried meat, fat and berries
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dried meat, fat and berries
Hint: Métis hunters made pemmican to feed the fur traders.
Question 4
Which year did the first Selkirk settlers arrive?
- 1812
- 1912
- 1612
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1812
Hint: The Selkirk settlers came to the Red River in 1812.
Question 5
Which vehicle did the Métis use to carry buffalo meat and furs?
- an aeroplane
- the Red River cart
- a bus
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the Red River cart
Hint: These wooden carts made a loud squeaking sound.
Question 6
Why do we share stories about Manitoba's past?
- To learn how we got here and to honour people
- To forget the past
- To avoid learning
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To learn how we got here and to honour people
Hint: History helps us understand today.