Grade 2History & geographyquiz16 questions

Needs, wants, goods and services

Grade 2: needs and wants, goods and services, producers and consumers, why people trade, earning money.

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Questions

  1. Which of these is a need?

    • A bike
    • A toy robot
    • A video game
    • Water
    Show answerWater

  2. Which of these is a want?

    • A new toy
    • A safe home
    • Clean water
    • Food
    Show answerA new toy

  3. A need is something people must have to live. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  4. Which one is a good?

    • A bus ride
    • A haircut
    • A music lesson
    • A pencil
    Show answerA pencil

  5. Which one is a service?

    • A book
    • A doctor checking you
    • A loaf of bread
    • A pair of shoes
    Show answerA doctor checking you

  6. A bus driver takes people to town. What do we call this kind of work? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerA service

  7. What do we call a person who makes or grows goods to sell?

    • A consumer
    • A passenger
    • A producer
    • A visitor
    Show answerA producer

  8. What do we call a person who buys and uses goods?

    • A builder
    • A consumer
    • A driver
    • A producer
    Show answerA consumer

  9. A girl buys bread at a shop and eats it. Who is the consumer? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerThe girl

  10. Why do people trade with each other?

    • To get things they do not have
    • To lose their things
    • To make things break
    • To stop others working
    Show answerTo get things they do not have

  11. Ana has extra eggs. Ben has extra milk. What can they do so both get what they need? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerTrade (swap) them

  12. People can only trade by using money. (True or false?)

    Show answerFalse

  13. Which is a way for an adult to earn money?

    • Doing a job
    • Making a wish
    • Sleeping all day
    • Watching clouds
    Show answerDoing a job

  14. Money earned from work can be used to buy needs and wants. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  15. Mia saves coins from helping at home so she can buy a kite. The kite is…

    • A job
    • A need
    • A service
    • A want
    Show answerA want

  16. A baker bakes bread and also buys milk. What is the baker?

    • Both a producer and a consumer
    • Neither one
    • Only a consumer
    • Only a producer
    Show answerBoth a producer and a consumer

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