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Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 7

Exploration and Early Colonies

Nouvelle-France and early Canada

What your child practises

European explorers and colonists, daily life and government in Nouvelle-France and Atlantic Canada, the Acadian deportation, the British conquest, and the impact on First Peoples.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 5-KI-007, 5-KI-008, 5-KL-018, 5-KL-019, 5-KH-025, 5-KH-026, 5-KH-027, 5-KH-028, 5-KH-029, 5-KH-033, 5-KG-043, 5-KP-047, 5-KP-048, 5-KE-051, 5-VH-009, 5-VH-011, 5-VH-012 · early European colonization of Canada, Nouvelle-France and the Acadian deportation

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

    Which Europeans set up Nouvelle-France?

    • the Spanish
    • the Dutch only
    • the French
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    the French

    Hint: Nouvelle-France means New France.

  2. Question 2

    Which factor helped Europeans move around early Canada?

    • airports
    • paved highways
    • rivers and lakes
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    rivers and lakes

    Hint: Boats on waterways were the main route.

  3. Question 3

    How did First Peoples' and Europeans' views of using natural resources often differ?

    • Neither used any resources
    • Europeans often saw resources to sell, while many First Peoples emphasized sharing and balance
    • All of them agreed completely
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    Europeans often saw resources to sell, while many First Peoples emphasized sharing and balance

    Hint: Ideas about land and use were different.

  4. Question 4

    Why did Europeans expand their territories into North America?

    • they were invited by all Nations
    • to hide from the Sun
    • for trade, wealth, land and to spread their religion
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    for trade, wealth, land and to spread their religion

    Hint: Europeans competed for wealth and power.

  5. Question 5

    After the conquest, Nouvelle-France became a…

    • separate country
    • British colony
    • Spanish colony
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    British colony

    Hint: Britain took control in 1763.

  6. Question 6

    Place names such as Winnipeg and Manitoba come from…

    • French saints only
    • First Nations words
    • British kings
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    First Nations words

    Hint: Many Canadian place names come from Indigenous languages.

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