2nd grade Social Studies practice sheet
Washington State Learning Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Where can families buy food in a community?
- 📚a library
- 🚒a fire station
- 🛒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
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 4
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 5
Long ago, many people in coastal towns worked as…
- fishers
- astronauts
- video game makers
fishers
Hint: The sea gave people food and work.
Question 6
What pays for parks, libraries and fire stations?
- birthday money
- lemonade sales
- taxes
taxes
Hint: People pay taxes so the community can share services.
Question 7
Scarcity means there is…
- a new toy
- not enough for everyone
- too much of everything
not enough for everyone
Hint: When something is scarce, we must choose.
Question 8
A compass rose shows…
- directions
- the date
- the weather
directions
Hint: It points north, south, east and west.
Question 9
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 10
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.
Answer key
- 1. 🛒 a grocery store (Needs & Wants)
- 2. 🤝 treating them kindly, even when they are different from us (Caring Citizens)
- 3. great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child (Then & Now)
- 4. buy and sell food and goods (Communities Compared)
- 5. fishers (Our Community Changes)
- 6. taxes (Who Runs Our Community?)
- 7. not enough for everyone (Making & Trading)
- 8. directions (Reading Maps)
- 9. 🏠 shelter (Needs & Wants)
- 10. 🗳️ adult citizens of Canada (Caring Citizens)
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.