Grade 2 Social Studies practice sheet
BC Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Where can families buy food in a community?
- 📚a library
- 🚒a fire hall
- 🛒a grocery store
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🛒 a grocery store
Hint: Grocery stores, markets and farms help people get food.
Question 2
In the Arctic, in the far north of Canada, winters are…
- ☀️hot and sunny
- 🌴short and warm
- ❄️very long and cold
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❄️ very long and cold
Hint: The Arctic is near the North Pole. Winter is long, dark and very cold.
Question 3
Respecting others means…
- 👥only playing with people who look like us
- 🤝treating them kindly, even when they are different from us
- 😝teasing people who are different
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🤝 treating them kindly, even when they are different from us
Hint: Respect is one of the best things we can show in our community.
Question 4
Everyone needs a safe place to live. What is that called?
- 🏠shelter
- 🛝a playground
- 🏪a store
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🏠 shelter
Hint: Shelter keeps us safe, warm and dry.
Question 5
Why do many people in Canada wear warm coats and boots in winter?
- ☀️It is always hot
- 🏊Because they like swimming
- 🧥Winters can be very cold in many places
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🧥 Winters can be very cold in many places
Hint: Our clothes change with the weather. Many parts of Canada have cold, snowy winters.
Question 6
Voting is one way adults help decide things for their community. Who gets to vote?
- 🚫nobody
- 🐱only kittens
- 🗳️adult citizens of Canada
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🗳️ adult citizens of Canada
Hint: Adults who are citizens can vote for the people who make decisions for us.
Question 7
Is it a need or a want? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🏠 need · 🎁 want
- 🩹medicine when sick
- 🧥warm clothes
- 🎮video game
- 🛹skateboard
- 🏠a home
- 🤖toy robot
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🏠 need: medicine when sick, warm clothes, a home · 🎁 want: video game, skateboard, toy robot
Hint: Needs are things we must have to live and be healthy. Wants are nice to have, but we can live without them.
Question 8
A fishing boat is most likely to be found in a community…
- 🏔️on top of a mountain
- 🌾in the middle of a dry field
- ⛵beside the ocean or a big lake
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⛵ beside the ocean or a big lake
Hint: People who fish need water nearby.
Question 9
A librarian helps people…
🏛️- 🔧fix cars
- 📚find books to read
- ✈️fly planes
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📚 find books to read
Hint: Libraries are community places where everyone can borrow books.
Answer key
- 1. 🛒 a grocery store (Needs & Wants)
- 2. ❄️ very long and cold (Communities in Canada)
- 3. 🤝 treating them kindly, even when they are different from us (Caring Citizens)
- 4. 🏠 shelter (Needs & Wants)
- 5. 🧥 Winters can be very cold in many places (Communities in Canada)
- 6. 🗳️ adult citizens of Canada (Caring Citizens)
- 7. 🏠 need: medicine when sick, warm clothes, a home · 🎁 want: video game, skateboard, toy robot (Needs & Wants)
- 8. ⛵ beside the ocean or a big lake (Communities in Canada)
- 9. 📚 find books to read (Caring Citizens)
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