Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 10
Provinces, Territories & Directions
Political regions and finding places on a map
What your child practises
Provinces, territories, municipalities and First Nations governments, challenges and opportunities in different regions, and using cardinal and intermediate directions such as northeast and number and letter grids.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B3.4–B3.7 · political regions of Canada, quality of life in different regions, and directions on maps
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 of these is a territory?
❄️- Quebec
- Manitoba
- Alberta
- Nunavut
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Nunavut
Hint: Nunavut became a territory in 1999.
Question 2
A letter and number grid on a map helps you…
🔤- find a place by naming its square
- write a letter
- measure the weather
- see the time
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find a place by naming its square
Hint: Use the letter and number, like B3.
Question 3
Which province is the only officially bilingual province?
🍁- Alberta
- New Brunswick
- Ontario
- Manitoba
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New Brunswick
Hint: English and French are both official languages there.
Question 4
The Northwest Territories are in the…
🧭- middle of the Prairies
- south of Canada
- far east of Canada
- north of Canada
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north of Canada
Hint: Territories are mostly in the north.
Question 5
Why do political maps use different letter styles for countries, provinces and cities?
🗺️- to be pretty
- to save ink
- to show different types of places
- to hide names
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to show different types of places
Hint: Bigger, bolder letters show bigger political areas.
Question 6
Is it a province or a territory? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🏞️ province · 🧭 territory
- ⛏️Yukon
- 🦞Nova Scotia
- 🌾Manitoba
- 💎Northwest Territories
- ❄️Nunavut
- 🏔️Alberta
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🏞️ province: Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Alberta · 🧭 territory: Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Hint: Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. The territories are Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.