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Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 10

Inventions & Evidence

Calendars, writing, boats and clues from the past

What your child practises

Writing, calendars, aqueducts, printing, qajaqs and farming methods, plus how historians learn from artifacts, art and primary and secondary sources.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: A2.2, A2.4, A3.2, A3.6 · scientific and technological developments in early societies, and learning about them from artifacts and other evidence

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 did the ancient Egyptians write on?

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    • papyrus
    • paper made from trees in Canada
    • plastic
    • glass
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    papyrus

    Hint: Papyrus was made from a reed that grows along the Nile.

  2. Question 2

    Which of these is a way early societies used technology to meet needs?

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    • building irrigation canals to bring water to crops
    • making video games
    • building airplanes
    • using cell phones
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    building irrigation canals to bring water to crops

    Hint: Irrigation let farmers grow food in dry land.

  3. Question 3

    Which is the best way to learn about Inuit life long ago?

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    • only read one book
    • listen to Inuit Elders and study Inuit-made objects
    • guess
    • ignore Inuit voices
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    listen to Inuit Elders and study Inuit-made objects

    Hint: Respect the people whose history it is.

  4. Question 4

    An Inuit qajaq (kayak) is a boat used for…

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    • digging
    • hunting and travelling on the water
    • farming
    • flying
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    hunting and travelling on the water

    Hint: Qajaqs are light, narrow boats.

  5. Question 5

    The printing press changed society by…

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    • making books disappear
    • ending writing
    • stopping all reading
    • making books cheaper and spreading ideas faster
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    making books cheaper and spreading ideas faster

    Hint: Many more people could read.

  6. Question 6

    The Maya made a calendar to…

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    • build roads
    • track days, seasons and important events
    • catch fish
    • cook bread
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    track days, seasons and important events

    Hint: Their calendars were very exact.

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