English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 2 Language - Dictionary Use for Meanings (Questions)

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Glossaries are parts of books that students sometimes don't realize are in the back of books. They give definitions for key terms. However, dictionaries can also be used. In this quiz, the students will use a glossary of social studies terms. They will answer questions using the meanings of words.

Glossary of Social Studies Terms

CAPITAL - city that has the government
CITIZEN - a member of a city or country
CITY - a big town
COMMUNITY - a small area of people who have similarities
GOVERNOR - leader of a medium area
LAW - a rule that must be followed
PRESIDENT - leader of a country
RIGHT - something you are allowed to have or way to act
RURAL - in the country
TRADE - to swap goods
URBAN - in the city

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What word means a rule that must be followed?

[ ]	rural
[ ]	trade
[ ]	capital
[ ]	law

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What word means to be in the city?

[ ]	town
[ ]	rural
[ ]	urban
[ ]	governor

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What word means the city with the government?

[ ]	community
[ ]	president
[ ]	right
[ ]	capital

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What word means to swap goods?

[ ]	trade
[ ]	right
[ ]	citizen
[ ]	rural

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What word means a leader of a medium area?

[ ]	president
[ ]	governor
[ ]	trade
[ ]	city

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What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
People have the ____ to be free.

[ ]	trade
[ ]	right
[ ]	city
[ ]	law

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What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
The ____ leads the United States.

[ ]	governor
[ ]	president
[ ]	capital
[ ]	city

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What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
I went to a ____ area. There are lots of farms.

[ ]	rural
[ ]	urban
[ ]	community
[ ]	city

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What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
That man is the ____ of California.

[ ]	president
[ ]	law
[ ]	governor
[ ]	community

10.

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What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
People must follow each ____ or they will be in trouble.

[ ]	law
[ ]	capital
[ ]	city
[ ]	trade

English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 2 Language - Dictionary Use for Meanings (Answers)

Use the glossary above to answer the question.
What word means a rule that must be followed?

[ ]	rural
[ ]	trade
[ ]	capital
[x]	law

A law is a rule that must be followed.

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What word means to be in the city?

[ ]	town
[ ]	rural
[x]	urban
[ ]	governor

Urban is in the city.

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What word means the city with the government?

[ ]	community
[ ]	president
[ ]	right
[x]	capital

A capital is the city that contains the government.

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What word means to swap goods?

[x]	trade
[ ]	right
[ ]	citizen
[ ]	rural

To trade means to swap goods with someone else.

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What word means a leader of a medium area?

[ ]	president
[x]	governor
[ ]	trade
[ ]	city

A governor would be in charge of a medium area.

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What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
People have the ____ to be free.

[ ]	trade
[x]	right
[ ]	city
[ ]	law

Right means something you are allowed to have and freedom pertains to that.

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What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
The ____ leads the United States.

[ ]	governor
[x]	president
[ ]	capital
[ ]	city

A president is a leader of a country. So, the president would lead the U.S.

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What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
I went to a ____ area. There are lots of farms.

[x]	rural
[ ]	urban
[ ]	community
[ ]	city

Since there are lots of farms, they must be in the country. So, rural would be the right word.

Use the glossary above to answer the question.
What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
That man is the ____ of California.

[ ]	president
[ ]	law
[x]	governor
[ ]	community

Someone who is in charge of a state like California would be the governor.

10.

Use the glossary above to answer the question.
What word from the glossary would fit in the blank?
People must follow each ____ or they will be in trouble.

[x]	law
[ ]	capital
[ ]	city
[ ]	trade

People must follow laws.