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Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 5

People & the Land

How the environment shaped early ways of life

What your child practises

How rivers, deserts, mountains, forests and Arctic seasons shaped food, homes and travel for societies such as ancient Egypt, Greece, the Haudenosaunee and the Inuit, and how to investigate this with maps and evidence.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Geography: Human Systems and Interactions · how people use the land and are affected by the physical environment

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

    Why is farming almost impossible in the Arctic?

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    • it rains every day
    • the ground is frozen and the summers are short
    • it is too hot
    • there is too much soil

  2. Question 2

    The Inuit made tools and clothing from animals. How does this show their relationship with the environment?

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    • they used what the land and sea provided
    • they ignored the land
    • they bought everything
    • they avoided animals

  3. Question 3

    Many Indigenous peoples take only what they need from the land. Why is this important?

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    • to save money
    • because they have no tools
    • so the land and animals stay healthy for the future
    • because the land is useless

  4. Question 4

    Why did ancient Egyptians farm near the Nile?

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    • its yearly floods left rich soil in a dry land
    • it was far from any water
    • it was snowy and frozen
    • it never flooded

  5. Question 5

    Why are an Arctic community's winter and summer homes different?

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    • they like variety only
    • the seasons and the animals they hunt change
    • they move to cities
    • they must hide from the Sun

  6. Question 6

    The Haudenosaunee used the forests for…

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    • building pyramids
    • mining gold
    • wood and bark for homes, and for hunting
    • growing wheat only

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