Parts of Speech
Vocabulary
Grade 4 Social Studies
Grade 5 Social Studies
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100

What is it called when you add something to the end of a word to change its meaning. For example: -ion, -or, ly?

What is a Suffix?

100

This spelling of the word "there/their/they're" belongs in the blank: "The students forgot ______ backpacks on the school bus."  

What is t-h-e-i-r?

100

Many early societies, like Ancient Egypt or the Indus Valley, chose to settle right next to these natural features for drinking water and farming.

What is a river?

100

What are the three main groups of the indigenous cultures?

What is Metis, Inuit and First nations?

100

Celebrated with parades, fireworks, and wearing red and white, this patriotic holiday lands right in the middle of summer on July 1st.

What is Canada day?

200

This is the pronoun in the following sentence: "Don't touch that guitar, it is mine!"

What is mine

200

When you say, "This classroom is an icebox!" you are using this type of figurative language that compares two things directly without using the words "like" or "as."

What is a metaphor?

200

In ancient Rome and Greece, the social structure was often shaped like this geometric object, with a single ruler at the tiny top and many peasants or enslaved people at the wide bottom.

What is a pyramid?

200

This is the title given to the leader of the entire Canadian federal government.

What is a Prime Minister?

200

This famous 14-book graphic novel series by Dav Pilkey features a heroic dog-headed police officer who fights crime against his rival, Petey the Cat.  

What is Dog Man?

300

Adverbs are famous for describing how an action happens, and they very frequently end in these two letters

What is -ly

300

The two words cautious and reckless have a specific type of word relationship. What is the difference of them?

What is an antonym?

300

Canada is made up of ten of these, which share power with the federal government, plus three northern territories.

What are provinces?

300

During a federal election, Canadian citizens who are at least this age have the right to cast a ballot and vote

What is 18 years old?

300

Taking place on September 30th, this important national day encourages Canadians to wear orange shirts to recognize and reflect on the history and legacy of residential schools.

What is Truth and Reconciliation Day?

400

In the phrase "The running water flooded the kitchen," the word running is an -ing verb acting as this part of speech.  

What is an adjective?

400

A bat can fly in the night sky, or it can be swung at a baseball. Because it is spelled the exact same way but has two different meanings, it is called this.

What is a homophone?

400

Many First Nations of the Eastern Woodlands, like the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), lived in these large, permanent wooden homes that could hold several families.

What are longhouses?

400

This traditional, snowy shelter was used by the Inuit in the Arctic region during winter hunting trips.

What is an Igloo?

400

"I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can't go outside. What am I?"  

What is a keyboard?

500

Kids often use the acronym FANBOYS to remember this specific group of conjunctions that connect equal parts of a sentence.

What are conjunctions?

500

The Greek root graph means "to write." Therefore, this 10-letter vocabulary word literally means a life story written by the person who lived it.

What is an audiobiography?

500

This specific region on the west coast of Canada is famous for its towering mountain ranges (like the Rockies) and mild, rainy maritime climate.  

What is the western cordilera?

500

Woven from white and purple shell beads, these physical belts were created by the Haudenosaunee and other Eastern Woodlands nations to record important treaties, history, and official agreements.

What is a wampum belt?

500

When is Ms. Moia's Birthday

What is August 1st?

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