Social Studies Review - Gr. 3/4

Settler Groups

100

This group of Europeans landed on Canadian shores and dubbed it "New France", settling in what is known today as Quebec.

French settlers

200

This settler group fled from their homeland after "The Blight" destroyed their food supply, which consisted mostly of potatoes.

Irish settlers

300

This group of people were brought to Canada against their will, and were forced to work as the property of others.

African settlers

400

This group of settlers took control over territory previously controlled by the French when they won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759.

English settlers

500

To reach British North America, this group travelled aboard "Coffin Ships" that were often dirty, diseased and overcrowded.

Irish settlers

Settler Challenges

100

This was the most difficult season for settlers who had newly arrived to Canada.

Winter

200

The Europeans traded metal tools to the Indigenous people for ______________, which helped keep them warm during the long winter months. 

Furs/Pelts

300

This job was much easier in Canada because of the large amount of fertile soil.

Farming

400

This part of a shelter, which was very important for ventilation, had to be built in a special way to prevent the cold from escaping. 

Chimney

500

This job required settlers to heat minerals up to very high temperatures and then to bend and mold them into specific shapes to create tools or weapons.

Blacksmith/Blacksmithing

Ancient Mesopotamia

100

Mesopotamia was located in the part of the world that we now call...

Iraq

200

The name "Mesopotamia" means...

"Between rivers"

300

Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers.

The Tigris and the Euphrates

400

This was the first "true" writing system developed in Mesopotamia

Cuneiform

500

Priests worked in temples that were called...

Ziggurat

The Epic of Gilgamesh

100

The name of the King who is the main character of this epic poem.

Gilgamesh

200

The gods sent this wild man to earth to serve as a challenger to Gilgamesh.

Enkidu

300

The name of the city where Gilgamesh was king.

Uruk

400

Gilgamesh is sometimes called the first...

Superhero

500

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written on...

Clay tablets

Wild Card

100

This group of people were already living in North America when the first European settlers arrived.

First Nations/Indigenous

200

This technology allowed farmers to direct the water from nearby rivers or lakes to their crops through a series of channels.

Irrigation

300

This type of shelter allowed the Inuit people to stay warm even in the coldest of weather conditions.

Igloo

400

A long period of time with no rain is called...

A drought

500

A central village or town built by settlers is called...

A settlement