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Grade 6 Social Studies practice sheet

Manitoba Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________

  1. Question 1

    Why did people in Red River worry when surveyors arrived in 1869?

    • They disliked maps of the sea
    • They wanted free pencils
    • They feared losing their land and rights
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    They feared losing their land and rights

    Hint: The Métis had not been asked about the transfer.

  2. Question 2

    What happened to the bison herds in the 1870s and 1880s?

    • They were nearly wiped out
    • They moved to Ontario
    • They doubled
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    They were nearly wiped out

    Hint: Overhunting changed the way of life for Plains peoples.

  3. Question 3

    Which task was often done by women and children on a prairie homestead?

    • driving trains
    • flying planes
    • gardening, cooking, and carrying water
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    gardening, cooking, and carrying water

    Hint: Everyone worked on the farm.

  4. Question 4

    Many thousands of workers who built the railway through the mountains were from…

    • Brazil
    • Iceland
    • China
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    China

    Hint: Chinese workers did dangerous labour.

  5. Question 5

    What does “suffrage” mean?

    • the right to vote
    • a winter storm
    • a type of farm
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    the right to vote

    Hint: Women's suffrage was the fight for votes for women.

  6. Question 6

    The Great Depression began in…

    • 1867
    • 1929
    • 1945
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    1929

    Hint: The stock market crash in 1929 started it.

  7. Question 7

    Which is a right in the Charter?

    • Freedom of peaceful assembly
    • No school
    • Free pizza
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    Freedom of peaceful assembly

    Hint: People may gather peacefully.

  8. Question 8

    How old must a person be to vote in federal elections in Canada?

    • 25
    • 12
    • 18
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    18

    Hint: Citizens who are 18 or older may vote.

  9. Question 9

    Why do dictatorships often control newspapers and the internet?

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    • to make the news more accurate
    • to stop people from hearing criticism of the leader
    • to protect freedom of speech
    • to help citizens vote
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    to stop people from hearing criticism of the leader

    Hint: A free press can expose problems and hold leaders accountable.

  10. Question 10

    UNICEF works to protect…

    • children's rights and well-being
    • tall buildings
    • only animals
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    children's rights and well-being

    Hint: Its full name relates to children.

Answer key

  1. 1. They feared losing their land and rights (Confederation & Manitoba)
  2. 2. They were nearly wiped out (Treaties, Métis & the Mounties)
  3. 3. gardening, cooking, and carrying water (Newcomers & Homesteads)
  4. 4. China (Railway & Gold Rushes)
  5. 5. the right to vote (First World War & Votes for Women)
  6. 6. 1929 (Depression & Second World War)
  7. 7. Freedom of peaceful assembly (Canada Since 1945)
  8. 8. 18 (Government & Democracy)
  9. 9. to stop people from hearing criticism of the leader (Governments & Rights)
  10. 10. children's rights and well-being (Canada in the World)

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