1st grade Social Studies practice sheet
California Content Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What tells you what the symbols on a map mean?
🗺️- 🔑the legend (or key)
- 🎨the colors
- 🏷️the title
🔑 the legend (or key)
Hint: The legend, or key, is a little box that tells what each symbol means.
Question 2
Where it snows a lot, what do people need?
❄️- 🧥warm coats and boots
- 👡sandals
- 🩱swimsuits
🧥 warm coats and boots
Hint: The weather where we live changes what we wear.
Question 3
Who brings letters to your home?
- 🚒firefighter
- 🚜farmer
- 📬mail carrier
📬 mail carrier
Hint: A mail carrier delivers letters and packages to homes.
Question 4
A friend's lunch is new to you. What can you say?
🍱- That looks interesting. What is it?
- Yuck!
- That is gross.
That looks interesting. What is it?
Hint: Being curious is kinder than judging.
Question 5
Who keeps your teeth healthy?
🦷- a driver
- a pilot
- a dentist
a dentist
Hint: Dentists look after our teeth.
Question 6
Jay saves a little money every week. Soon he will have…
- no money
- less money
- more money
more money
Hint: Small savings add up.
Question 7
Which one is an ocean?
- the Atlantic
- Europe
- Asia
the Atlantic
Hint: The Atlantic Ocean is between the Americas and Europe and Africa.
Question 8
Bananas don't grow in most of California. How do we get them?
- They fall from the sky
- They grow on our oak trees
- We make them in school
- They are shipped from other countries
They are shipped from other countries
Hint: Trucks and ships bring them.
Question 9
Independence Day is on…
- January 1
- October 31
- July 4
- February 14
July 4
Hint: Many towns have fireworks.
Question 10
What is the same about school long ago and today?
- There are no books
- Children learn to read
- There is one room
- Kids use slates
Children learn to read
Hint: Some things stay the same.
Answer key
- 1. 🔑 the legend (or key) (Maps)
- 2. 🧥 warm coats and boots (Our Land)
- 3. 📬 mail carrier (My Community)
- 4. That looks interesting. What is it? (Respect & Inclusion)
- 5. a dentist (Community Services)
- 6. more money (Earning, Saving & Sharing)
- 7. the Atlantic (Continents & Oceans)
- 8. They are shipped from other countries (Families Near & Far)
- 9. July 4 (Symbols, Holidays & Voting)
- 10. Children learn to read (School & Travel Long Ago)
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