Grade 2 Social Studies practice sheet
New Brunswick Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Where can families buy food in a community?
- 📚a library
- 🚒a fire hall
- 🛒a grocery store
🛒 a grocery store
Hint: Grocery stores, markets and farms help people get food.
Question 2
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
🤝 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 3
You can find the place your grandparents came from on…
- a clock
- a map or a globe
- a calendar
a map or a globe
Hint: Maps and globes help us find places in the world.
Question 4
Why is it good to share stories from the past with children?
- So traditions are not forgotten
- So they get bored
- So they stop asking
So traditions are not forgotten
Hint: Stories keep heritage alive.
Question 5
In the Arctic, in the far north of Canada, winters are…
- ☀️hot and sunny
- 🌴short and warm
- ❄️very long and cold
❄️ very long and cold
Hint: The Arctic is near the North Pole. Winter is long, dark and very cold.
Question 6
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 7
Everyone needs a safe place to live. What is that called?
- 🏠shelter
- 🛝a playground
- 🏪a store
🏠 shelter
Hint: Shelter keeps us safe, warm and dry.
Question 8
Voting is one way adults help decide things for their community. Who gets to vote?
- 🚫nobody
- 🐱only kittens
- 🗳️adult citizens of Canada
🗳️ adult citizens of Canada
Hint: Adults who are citizens can vote for the people who make decisions for us.
Question 9
People share food from their culture at a school fair. This shows…
- no one can eat
- everyone must like the same food
- we can learn from each other
we can learn from each other
Hint: Sharing food is a friendly way to learn about cultures.
Question 10
Which festival do many families in Canada celebrate with colourful lamps and sweets?
- Remembrance Day
- Diwali
- Canada Day
Diwali
Hint: Diwali is celebrated by many Hindu, Sikh and Jain families.
Answer key
- 1. 🛒 a grocery store (Needs & Wants)
- 2. 🤝 treating them kindly, even when they are different from us (Caring Citizens)
- 3. a map or a globe (Groups in Our Community)
- 4. So traditions are not forgotten (Traditions & Celebrations)
- 5. ❄️ very long and cold (Communities in Canada)
- 6. great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child (Then & Now)
- 7. 🏠 shelter (Needs & Wants)
- 8. 🗳️ adult citizens of Canada (Caring Citizens)
- 9. we can learn from each other (Groups in Our Community)
- 10. Diwali (Traditions & Celebrations)
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