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Grade 2 Social Studies practice sheet

Saskatchewan Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________

  1. Question 1

    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.

  2. Question 2

    In the Arctic, in the far north of Canada, winters are…

    • ☀️hot and sunny
    • 🌴short and warm
    • ❄️very long and cold
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    ❄️ very long and cold

    Hint: The Arctic is near the North Pole. Winter is long, dark and very cold.

  3. Question 3

    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.

  4. Question 4

    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.

  5. Question 5

    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.

  6. Question 6

    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.

  7. Question 7

    Why do many people in Canada wear warm coats and boots in winter?

    • ☀️It is always hot
    • 🏊Because they like swimming
    • 🧥Winters can be very cold in many places
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    🧥 Winters can be very cold in many places

    Hint: Our clothes change with the weather. Many parts of Canada have cold, snowy winters.

  8. Question 8

    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
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    we can learn from each other

    Hint: Sharing food is a friendly way to learn about cultures.

  9. Question 9

    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.

  10. Question 10

    Voting is one way adults help decide things for their community. Who gets to vote?

    • 🚫nobody
    • 🐱only kittens
    • 🗳️adult citizens of Canada
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    🗳️ adult citizens of Canada

    Hint: Adults who are citizens can vote for the people who make decisions for us.

Answer key

  1. 1. 🛒 a grocery store (Needs & Wants)
  2. 2. ❄️ very long and cold (Communities in Canada)
  3. 3. a map or a globe (Groups in Our Community)
  4. 4. great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child (Then & Now)
  5. 5. 🤝 treating them kindly, even when they are different from us (Caring Citizens)
  6. 6. 🏠 shelter (Needs & Wants)
  7. 7. 🧥 Winters can be very cold in many places (Communities in Canada)
  8. 8. we can learn from each other (Groups in Our Community)
  9. 9. how people looked and what they wore (Then & Now)
  10. 10. 🗳️ adult citizens of Canada (Caring Citizens)

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