Grade 9 Social Studies practice sheet
Saskatchewan Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
A society is…
🏘️- a group of strangers on a bus
- a type of building
- one person
- a group of people who share a place, a way of life and organized relationships
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a group of people who share a place, a way of life and organized relationships
Hint: Societies have common ways of living, working and making decisions.
Question 2
Why is it important to ask “whose story is missing?” when studying the past?
🔎- the question has no value
- records often tell the story of the powerful and leave out others
- no one is left out
- every group is fully recorded
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records often tell the story of the powerful and leave out others
Hint: Enslaved people, women and the poor left fewer written records.
Question 3
How did the Roman Empire's roads and ports help it hold together?
🛣️- they stopped movement
- they let it move troops, trade goods and send orders quickly
- they made travel slower
- they were only for show
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they let it move troops, trade goods and send orders quickly
Hint: Transportation supports control and trade.
Question 4
A group's language is part of its worldview because…
🗣️- words carry ideas, stories and ways of understanding
- language never changes
- words have no meaning
- everyone speaks the same
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words carry ideas, stories and ways of understanding
Hint: Languages hold knowledge and cultural memory.
Question 5
Is it a primary source or a secondary source about ancient Rome? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🏺 primary source · 📚 secondary source
- 🎬a documentary made last year
- ✉️a letter written by a Roman citizen
- 📘a modern textbook about Rome
- 📖an encyclopedia article
- 🧩a mosaic from a Roman house
- 🪙a Roman coin found in a field
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🏺 primary source: a letter written by a Roman citizen, a mosaic from a Roman house, a Roman coin found in a field · 📚 secondary source: a documentary made last year, a modern textbook about Rome, an encyclopedia article
Hint: A primary source comes from the time. A secondary source was made later by someone studying the past.
Question 6
Why did cities often grow near rivers or the sea?
🌊- rivers were dangerous only
- water helped farming, travel and trade
- cities avoid water
- no one liked boats
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water helped farming, travel and trade
Hint: Transportation shaped where societies developed.
Question 7
Which is an example of a worldview influencing a decision?
⚔️- a leader consults priests before going to war
- ignoring everyone
- closing a market
- flipping a coin
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a leader consults priests before going to war
Hint: Beliefs affected choices in many ancient societies.
Question 8
Why might a Roman historian's account of a war be biased?
✒️- he lived in Canada
- he may have been writing for the winning side
- he used a computer
- he was an artist
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he may have been writing for the winning side
Hint: Sources reflect their author's point of view.
Question 9
What is an empire?
🌍- a type of boat
- a small village
- a large territory or group of peoples ruled by one government
- a school
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a large territory or group of peoples ruled by one government
Hint: Empires grow by conquest or agreement.
Answer key
- 1. a group of people who share a place, a way of life and organized relationships (Society & Worldview)
- 2. records often tell the story of the powerful and leave out others (Evidence of the Past)
- 3. they let it move troops, trade goods and send orders quickly (Power, Citizens & Trade)
- 4. words carry ideas, stories and ways of understanding (Society & Worldview)
- 5. 🏺 primary source: a letter written by a Roman citizen, a mosaic from a Roman house, a Roman coin found in a field · 📚 secondary source: a documentary made last year, a modern textbook about Rome, an encyclopedia article (Evidence of the Past)
- 6. water helped farming, travel and trade (Power, Citizens & Trade)
- 7. a leader consults priests before going to war (Society & Worldview)
- 8. he may have been writing for the winning side (Evidence of the Past)
- 9. a large territory or group of peoples ruled by one government (Power, Citizens & Trade)
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