Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 15
Canada, 1890–1914
Laurier, the Klondike, new provinces and a world at war
What your child practises
The Laurier era, the Klondike Gold Rush and its effects on the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in, the Boer War and the Naval Service Act, the new Prairie provinces, treaty making in northern Ontario, important people of the time, and the start of the First World War.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: History B1.1, B3.3, B3.4, B3.5, B3.6, B3.7 · key events, political changes and people in Canada between 1890 and 1914, including the Klondike, the Boer War, new provinces, and growing tensions in Europe
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
Henri Bourassa, a French-Canadian nationalist, argued that…
- Canada should end all trade
- Quebec should join the United States
- Canada should not be drawn into Britain's wars
- Canada should send more soldiers to Britain
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Canada should not be drawn into Britain's wars
Hint: He founded the newspaper Le Devoir in 1910.
Question 2
Silver was discovered near Cobalt in 1903. What was one effect?
- Mining ended in Ontario.
- A mining boom brought railways and workers to northern Ontario.
- Northern Ontario was abandoned.
- The CPR was cancelled.
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A mining boom brought railways and workers to northern Ontario.
Hint: Mining in the Cobalt, Sudbury and Porcupine areas changed northern Ontario.
Question 3
Maude Abbott is remembered as…
- a gold prospector
- a doctor who became an expert on heart conditions
- a prime minister
- an inventor of the telephone
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a doctor who became an expert on heart conditions
Hint: She was a pioneering woman in medicine.
Question 4
Put these events in order, earliest first.
- 🌾Alberta and Saskatchewan become provinces (1905)
- 🕊️The First World War begins (1914)
- ⛏️Gold is found in the Klondike (1896)
- 🪖The Boer War begins (1899)
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Gold is found in the Klondike (1896) → The Boer War begins (1899) → Alberta and Saskatchewan become provinces (1905) → The First World War begins (1914)
Hint: The Klondike gold was found in 1896, the Boer War began in 1899, Alberta and Saskatchewan joined in 1905, the Naval Service Act was passed in 1910, and the First World War began in 1914.
Question 5
Why did the NWMP require prospectors to bring about a year's supplies over the Chilkoot Pass?
- to help the CPR
- to stop gold being found
- to prevent hunger in the Yukon
- to make the trip longer
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to prevent hunger in the Yukon
Hint: The Yukon could not feed thousands of newcomers.
Question 6
Which war began for Canada in August 1914 when Britain declared war?
- the Second World War
- the Boer War
- the First World War
- the American Civil War
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the First World War
Hint: As part of the British Empire, Canada was at war automatically.