Gradelings

Grade 2 Social Studies practice sheet

Nova Scotia Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________

  1. Question 1

    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.

  2. Question 2

    Black Loyalists settled in Nova Scotia after the…

    • Second World War
    • Halifax Explosion
    • American Revolution
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    American Revolution

    Hint: Many came to Nova Scotia more than 200 years ago and built communities.

  3. Question 3

    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.

  4. Question 4

    Which is a need to buy?

    • food
    • a game
    • a fancy toy
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    food

    Hint: Food is a need. Toys are wants.

  5. Question 5

    Compost is made from…

    • plastic toys
    • food and plant scraps
    • metal pots
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    food and plant scraps

    Hint: Compost helps plants grow.

  6. 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
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    how people looked and what they wore

    Hint: Photos are a source about the past.

  7. Question 7

    Acadians are people who speak…

    • Mi’kmaw
    • French
    • Gaelic
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    French

    Hint: Acadian French is spoken in parts of Nova Scotia today.

  8. Question 8

    Everyone needs a safe place to live. What is that called?

    • 🏠shelter
    • 🛝a playground
    • 🏪a store
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    🏠 shelter

    Hint: Shelter keeps us safe, warm and dry.

  9. Question 9

    A book costs $8. You pay with $10. How much change do you get?

    • $8
    • $2
    • $18
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    $2

    Hint: 10 take away 8 is 2.

  10. Question 10

    A leaky tap wastes…

    • sand
    • music
    • water
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    water

    Hint: A drip adds up, so we tell a grown-up to fix it.

Answer key

  1. 1. great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child (Then & Now)
  2. 2. American Revolution (People Who Shaped Our Communities)
  3. 3. 🛒 a grocery store (Needs & Wants)
  4. 4. food (Smart Shoppers)
  5. 5. food and plant scraps (Caring for Our Community’s Future)
  6. 6. how people looked and what they wore (Then & Now)
  7. 7. French (People Who Shaped Our Communities)
  8. 8. 🏠 shelter (Needs & Wants)
  9. 9. $2 (Smart Shoppers)
  10. 10. water (Caring for Our Community’s Future)

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