2nd grade Social Studies practice sheet
California Content Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Put the generations in order, from oldest to youngest.
- 🧓grandparent
- 🧒child
- 👵great-grandparent
- 🧑parent
great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child
Hint: Great-grandparent, grandparent, parent, child.
Question 2
A community may have a market. What can people do there?
- buy and sell food and goods
- learn to swim only
- fly planes
buy and sell food and goods
Hint: Markets help people get what they need.
Question 3
Long ago, many people in coastal towns worked as…
- fishers
- astronauts
- video game makers
fishers
Hint: The sea gave people food and work.
Question 4
You and a friend both want the swing. What is a fair plan?
- fight for it
- tell on the friend
- take turns for a few minutes each
take turns for a few minutes each
Hint: Turn-taking is fair.
Question 5
Which country is south of the United States?
- Canada
- Japan
- Mexico
Mexico
Hint: Mexico shares our southern border.
Question 6
On a map, a blue line is often a…
- road
- river
- railway
river
Hint: Blue shows water.
Question 7
A group of people who make laws for a city is the…
- city council
- school band
- soccer team
city council
Hint: City councils make local laws.
Question 8
Because of scarcity, people have to…
- stop eating
- make choices
- fly
make choices
Hint: We can't have everything we want.
Question 9
A factory machine that makes shoes is a…
- natural resource
- human resource
- capital resource
capital resource
Hint: Machines are capital resources.
Question 10
How old must you be to vote in the United States?
- 18
- 10
- 12
- 30
18
Hint: Citizens 18 and older can vote.
Answer key
- 1. great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child (Then & Now)
- 2. buy and sell food and goods (Communities Compared)
- 3. fishers (Our Community Changes)
- 4. take turns for a few minutes each (Working Together Fairly)
- 5. Mexico (Maps of Our World)
- 6. river (Reading Maps)
- 7. city council (Who Runs Our Community?)
- 8. make choices (Making & Trading)
- 9. capital resource (Work, Saving & Resources)
- 10. 18 (Citizens & Leaders)
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