Grade 2 Social Studies practice sheet
Ontario Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Noah has a guardian instead of parents. A guardian is…
- a school bus driver
- an adult who looks after a child
- a kind of pet
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an adult who looks after a child
Hint: Guardians care for children just like parents do.
Question 2
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
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So traditions are not forgotten
Hint: Stories keep heritage alive.
Question 3
Put the generations in order, from oldest to youngest.
- 🧓grandparent
- 🧒child
- 👵great-grandparent
- 🧑parent
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great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child
Hint: Great-grandparent, grandparent, parent, child.
Question 4
You can find the place your grandparents came from on…
- a clock
- a map or a globe
- a calendar
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a map or a globe
Hint: Maps and globes help us find places in the world.
Question 5
The equator splits Earth into…
- two hemispheres
- three oceans
- four seasons
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two hemispheres
Hint: The Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
Question 6
Why do many hot places have homes with shady porches?
- To stay cool
- To stay in the snow
- To grow ice
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To stay cool
Hint: Shade helps people stay cool in hot weather.
Question 7
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 8
A community may have a market. What can people do there?
- buy and sell food and goods
- learn to swim only
- fly planes
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buy and sell food and goods
Hint: Markets help people get what they need.
Question 9
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 10
Where can you look to find out where a country is?
- a map or a globe
- a lunch box
- a pencil case
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a map or a globe
Hint: Maps and globes show places.
Answer key
- 1. an adult who looks after a child (Families Near & Far)
- 2. So traditions are not forgotten (Traditions & Celebrations)
- 3. great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child (Then & Now)
- 4. a map or a globe (Groups in Our Community)
- 5. two hemispheres (Globe & Continents)
- 6. To stay cool (Climate & Ways of Life)
- 7. 🛒 a grocery store (Needs & Wants)
- 8. buy and sell food and goods (Communities Compared)
- 9. 🤝 treating them kindly, even when they are different from us (Caring Citizens)
- 10. a map or a globe (Social Studies Detectives)
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