Grade 2 Social Studies practice sheet
Nunavut Curriculum · 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
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 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
🤝 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
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
A chart that puts information in rows and columns is a…
- spell
- joke
- table
table
Hint: A table is a visual organizer.
Question 6
What can an old photograph tell us?
📷- how people looked and what they wore
- what the weather will be
- what they will eat tomorrow
how people looked and what they wore
Hint: Photos are a source about the past.
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
Which sentence is respectful?
- I see it differently. Can I tell you why?
- That is dumb.
- Shut up.
I see it differently. Can I tell you why?
Hint: Speak kindly.
Question 10
Which question would you ask for a research project about your town?
- Yes.
- How did our town get its name?
- Town.
How did our town get its name?
Hint: Research questions ask for information.
Answer key
- 1. great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child (Then & Now)
- 2. 🛒 a grocery store (Needs & Wants)
- 3. 🤝 treating them kindly, even when they are different from us (Caring Citizens)
- 4. take turns for a few minutes each (Working Together Fairly)
- 5. table (Finding Out and Sharing Ideas)
- 6. how people looked and what they wore (Then & Now)
- 7. 🏠 shelter (Needs & Wants)
- 8. 🗳️ adult citizens of Canada (Caring Citizens)
- 9. I see it differently. Can I tell you why? (Working Together Fairly)
- 10. How did our town get its name? (Finding Out and Sharing Ideas)
Want more than 10 questions?
In Gradelings the questions change every time and adjust to your child, with hints and kind feedback. See all social studies units.