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Communities in the Past

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a community?

a)

Friendly people who have the same colour of hair.

b)

A group of people with shared culture, values, language, interests or geographically shared space.

c)

Parents, siblings, pets, cousins, aunts, uncles.

2.

Who were the original inhabitants of our community?

a)

Mrs. Fixsen and Mrs. Kauffeldt

b)

Grandmas and grandpas

c)

The indigenous people

d)

Europeans

3.

What is the past?

a)

Things that I'm looking forward to happening soon.

b)

Events that are happening right now

c)

an amount of time that has gone by

4.

What is the present?

a)

Things that are happening right now.

b)

Things that have already happened.

c)

Events I am waiting to happen

5.

What does time immemorial mean?

a)

A time so long ago that there is no record or memory of it.

b)

A special time we remember from our childhood

c)

The distant future where there will be flying cars.

6.

Outhouses

a)

Past

b)

Present

c)

Future

7.

Amazon deliveries

a)

Past

b)

Present

c)

Future

8.

What word describes finding a place to live?

a)

Indigenous

b)

Descendents

c)

Settle

9.

Why was Edmonton a good place to settle?

a)

Close to water

b)

Animals to hunt

c)

Flat with some hills

d)

Tall mountains

10.

Is this a picture of Edmonton in the past?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

amiskwaciy-wâskahikan is the Cree name for

a)

Alberta

b)

Beaver hill house

c)

Edmonton

12.

Why was living near water so important to the First Nation's people?

a)

Washing and drinking

b)

Transportation

c)

splashing

d)

Food

13.

A store established for trading is called

a)

Grocery store

b)

Trading post

c)

Fur factory

d)

Walmart

14.

European settlers came to Turtle Island (Canada) to settle.

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

How did the First Nation's people help the European settlers?

a)

Taught them how to speak english

b)

Gave them places to stay

c)

Taught them to live on the land

16.

What is this object?

a)

telescope

b)

telephone

c)

children's toy