Comprehension Questions

1. What did early settlers learn about the soil on Cape Breton Island?

2. Why do some people say spring on the island is rotten?

3. Why did the Mi’kmaq want porcupine to live on Cape Breton Island?

4. What two animals are found on Cape Breton Island, but not in Nova Scotia?

5. Where on Cape Breton Island might you see a bald eagle?

6. Who were the first Europeans to visit Cape Breton Island?

7. What was John Cabot’s good news about Cape Breton Island?

8. Which Cape Breton Island county was the last one to be formed?

Using Vocabulary

Draw a line between each word in Column A and the phrase in Column B that best matches it.