Grade 4 Social Studies practice sheet
New Brunswick Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What is the highest mountain above sea level in the world?
- Mount Carleton
- Mount Everest
- Mount Fuji
- Mount Logan
Mount Everest
Hint: Mount Everest is in the Himalayas in Asia.
Question 2
What is the capital city of Canada?
- 🏔️Vancouver
- 🏛️Ottawa
- ⛪Montreal
- 🏙️Toronto
🏛️ Ottawa
Hint: Canada's Parliament meets in Ottawa, Ontario.
Question 3
Many Indigenous peoples take only what they need from the land. Why is this important?
🌱- to save money
- so the land and animals stay healthy for the future
- because they have no tools
- because the land is useless
so the land and animals stay healthy for the future
Hint: This is stewardship.
Question 4
Which of these shows respect when learning about a Nation’s name?
- Picking a name that is easier to say
- Using the name that the Nation uses for itself
- Mixing up the names on purpose
- Using a nickname instead
Using the name that the Nation uses for itself
Hint: Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq and Peskotomuhkatiyik are the names the Nations use today.
Question 5
Who invented the telephone, which he worked on in Canada and the United States?
- Henry Hudson
- Samuel de Champlain
- Alexander Graham Bell
- John Cabot
Alexander Graham Bell
Hint: Bell’s first successful phone call was in 1876.
Question 6
A plain is…
- a large area of flat land
- a body of water
- a patch of ice
- a very tall mountain
a large area of flat land
Hint: Plains are good for farming.
Question 7
Which physical region of Canada matches these clues?
Region clues Clue Notes Land High mountains, deep valleys and plateaus Resources Forests, minerals and rivers for hydroelectricity Where Western Canada, including most of BC and Yukon - 🦆Hudson Bay Lowlands
- 🏙️Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands
- 🏔️Cordillera
- 🌾Interior Plains
🏔️ Cordillera
Hint: Start with the land clue. These clues describe the Cordillera.
Question 8
What does 'relationship with the environment' mean for an early society?
🌿- the date
- how people lived with the land, water and animals around them
- only the weather
- a map's scale
how people lived with the land, water and animals around them
Hint: People depended on their surroundings.
Question 9
What does Wabanaki mean?
- People of the Sea
- People of the Dawn
- People of the Trees
- People of the Mountains
People of the Dawn
Hint: The Wabanaki live where the sun first rises in North America.
Question 10
Which of these is a secondary source about an explorer?
- a letter from the explorer
- a ship’s log
- a book written years later
- a map the explorer drew
a book written years later
Hint: A secondary source is made later.
Answer key
- 1. Mount Everest (Canada’s Landform Regions)
- 2. 🏛️ Ottawa (Provinces & Regions)
- 3. so the land and animals stay healthy for the future (People & the Land)
- 4. Using the name that the Nation uses for itself (Wabanaki Lands & Waters)
- 5. Alexander Graham Bell (Explorers & Discoveries)
- 6. a large area of flat land (Canada’s Landform Regions)
- 7. 🏔️ Cordillera (Provinces & Regions)
- 8. how people lived with the land, water and animals around them (People & the Land)
- 9. People of the Dawn (Wabanaki Lands & Waters)
- 10. a book written years later (Explorers & Discoveries)
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