Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 6
Global Citizenship
How our choices connect us to the world.
What your child practises
Practises global issues such as climate change, clean water, refugees and pandemics, the United Nations and Sustainable Development Goals, and weighing short-term and long-term consequences, as in the Global Citizenship strand of Nova Scotia's Citizenship 9 course.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Global Citizenship · global issues, consequences of action and inaction, and informed action
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
Humanitarian aid is help given to…
- companies only
- people in need after a crisis
- countries starting wars
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people in need after a crisis
Hint: Aid can include food and shelter.
Question 2
Learning a second language can help global citizens…
- communicate with and understand more people
- avoid others
- stop learning
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communicate with and understand more people
Hint: Languages connect people.
Question 3
Which source of energy helps lower emissions?
- using more oil
- burning more coal
- wind and solar power
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wind and solar power
Hint: Renewable sources release far less carbon.
Question 4
Many things we buy are made in other countries. This shows that our choices…
- only matter to the shopkeeper
- affect no one but ourselves
- connect us to people far away
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connect us to people far away
Hint: What we buy is connected to people around the world.
Question 5
A refugee is someone who…
- has left their country to be safe from danger
- is a tourist
- travels for fun
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has left their country to be safe from danger
Hint: Refugees flee war or persecution and need protection.
Question 6
Inaction on a problem such as hunger can mean…
- nothing has changed at all
- the problem goes away on its own
- people continue to suffer when we could have helped
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people continue to suffer when we could have helped
Hint: Choosing to do nothing is also a choice with consequences.