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Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 13 of 17

Northern Names & Inuksuit

Place names, inuksuit and finding your way

What your child practises

Practises why northern place names have changed back to Inuit names, what inuksuit are used for, and ways of finding direction (landmarks, sun, stars, compass, GPS).

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 4-KL-031, 4-KL-032, 4-S-208 · changes to place names, the purposes of inuksuit and ways to orient yourself

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The Sun rises in the…

    • west
    • east
    • south

  2. Question 2

    Why might travellers in a treeless landscape use inuksuit?

    • There are few other landmarks
    • They like stones
    • There are many trees

  3. Question 3

    Which tool uses satellites to show your location?

    • a ruler
    • GPS
    • a thermometer

  4. Question 4

    Which language are many Nunavut place names from?

    • Latin
    • Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun
    • Spanish

  5. Question 5

    An inuksuk can also mark…

    • a good hunting or fishing place
    • a hockey rink
    • a school

  6. Question 6

    Which of these is a landmark you could use to find your way?

    • a cloud shape that changes
    • a shadow at night
    • a hill or inuksuk

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