Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 4
Culture & Immigration
Where Canadian diversity comes from
What your child practises
What culture is, the Indigenous, French and English roots of Canada, why people have come to Canada, and how immigration, past and present, shapes Canadian life.
Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: IN8.1, IN8.2 · the meaning of culture, the origins of Canadian cultural diversity, and the influence of immigration
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
What is a “push factor” in migration?
⬅️- an attraction like jobs
- a type of bus
- a reason that makes people leave a place, such as war or famine
- a place to rest
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a reason that makes people leave a place, such as war or famine
Hint: War, poverty and persecution can push people to leave.
Question 2
Which describes cultural change over time?
🔁- traditions can stay the same, change or blend with others
- cultures never change
- every culture is identical
- cultures disappear overnight
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traditions can stay the same, change or blend with others
Hint: Culture changes as people share ideas.
Question 3
Canada's three Indigenous peoples recognized in the Constitution are…
🪶- First Nations, Inuit and Métis
- Cree, Dene and Haida only
- French, English and Scots
- Vikings, Romans and Greeks
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First Nations, Inuit and Métis
Hint: The Constitution recognizes First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
Question 4
Which is a reason communities create programs to help newcomers learn English or French?
🏫- to make schools shorter
- to make them forget their languages
- to stop immigration
- language helps people find work and take part in the community
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language helps people find work and take part in the community
Hint: Support helps newcomers settle and succeed.
Question 5
What does multiculturalism mean?
🤝- many cultures live side by side and are respected
- only one culture is allowed
- everyone must be the same
- no one shares anything
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many cultures live side by side and are respected
Hint: Canada's multiculturalism policy began in 1971.
Question 6
Why can the same cultural festival look different in different communities?
🎉- festivals are identical
- no one celebrates
- people adapt traditions to their own place and history
- festivals never change
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people adapt traditions to their own place and history
Hint: Traditions grow and adapt.