Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 6
Changing Times in the Maritimes
Mines, mills, ships and how communities respond to change.
What your child practises
Practises Grade 7 social studies on industrialization, work, Africville and how communities respond to change. Ties to the Nova Scotia curriculum.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Create a response to changing societal conditions in the Maritimes · Industry, work, Africville and community responses to change
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
Before cars and planes, how did most goods travel between Maritime ports?
- By rocket
- By submarine tunnel
- By ship
By ship
Hint: Coastal shipping was a main way to move goods.
Question 2
When did Black families begin settling in Africville?
- In the 1960s
- In 2010
- In the 1800s
In the 1800s
Hint: The community grew over many decades before it was demolished.
Question 3
The Bluenose, a famous wooden schooner, was built in which Nova Scotia town?
- Antigonish
- Lunenburg
- Windsor
Lunenburg
Hint: The Bluenose was launched in Lunenburg in 1921.
Question 4
Which Nova Scotian appears on the Canadian $10 bill?
- Joseph Howe
- Rita Joe
- Viola Desmond
Viola Desmond
Hint: Her portrait appears on the bill.
Question 5
A strike is when workers…
- move abroad
- stop working together to ask for change
- start a new job
stop working together to ask for change
Hint: Workers use strikes to ask for safer conditions or fair pay.
Question 6
Why is it important for a town to listen to the people affected by a big change?
- They know best what they need
- It takes less time not to ask
- They always make mistakes
They know best what they need
Hint: Good decisions include those who live with the results.