Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 6
Our Territory: The NWT
Meet the lakes, rivers, communities and languages of the Northwest Territories.
What your child practises
NWT schools add local knowledge to the adapted BC curriculum. This unit covers where the Northwest Territories is, its capital, big lakes and rivers, communities and 11 official languages. Present tense, living communities.
NWT Curriculum learning standard: Northwest Territories · places, communities and official languages of the Northwest Territories
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
Which direction is the NWT from Alberta?
- east
- north
- south
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north
Hint: The NWT is north of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Question 2
Which lake is in the NWT and is one of the biggest in North America?
- Great Slave Lake
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Winnipeg
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Great Slave Lake
Hint: Yellowknife sits on the north shore of Great Slave Lake.
Question 3
Which of these is an official language of the NWT?
- Spanish
- Mandarin
- Tłı̨chǫ
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Tłı̨chǫ
Hint: Tłı̨chǫ is an Indigenous language spoken in the NWT. It is one of the 11 official languages.
Question 4
Which two languages are official in the NWT along with nine Indigenous languages?
- Latin and Greek
- Russian and Japanese
- English and French
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English and French
Hint: The 11 official languages are nine Indigenous languages, English and French.
Question 5
The Northwest Territories is one of Canada's…
- three territories
- ten provinces
- two oceans
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three territories
Hint: Canada has ten provinces and three territories: Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Question 6
How can people reach Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic coast all year by car?
- The Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway
- A subway
- A train from Yellowknife
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The Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway
Hint: The highway opened in 2017 and reaches the Arctic Ocean.