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Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 5

Explorers & Discoveries

Explorers of land, ocean, space and ideas.

What your child practises

Practises the stories of explorers of land, ocean, space and ideas, how to use primary and secondary sources, and the impact of European exploration. It follows the Grade 4 social studies skill descriptors on history in the New Brunswick curriculum.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: History: Events and Peoples, History: Sources and Methods · the stories of explorers, evidence from sources, and the impact of European exploration 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.

  1. Question 1

    What is a discovery?

    • building a bridge
    • breaking a rule
    • finding or learning something for the first time
    • painting a picture

  2. Question 2

    Which of these is a secondary source about an explorer?

    • a ship’s log
    • a book written years later
    • a map the explorer drew
    • a letter from the explorer

  3. Question 3

    Who were the Vikings?

    • French settlers in 1600
    • sailors from Scandinavia who reached North America about a thousand years ago
    • Spanish traders in 1500
    • British soldiers in 1800

  4. Question 4

    Which explorer sailed for England and reached the Atlantic coast of North America in 1497?

    • John Cabot
    • Henry Hudson
    • Samuel de Champlain
    • Jacques Cartier

  5. Question 5

    Which of these is a primary source about an explorer?

    • a movie about the explorer
    • a diary the explorer wrote
    • a poster made last week
    • a textbook written today

  6. Question 6

    Who discovered insulin, helping people with diabetes?

    • Jacques Cartier
    • Frederick Banting and his team
    • Alexander Graham Bell
    • Henry Hudson

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