Communities and Celebrations Quiz

What places in the community do you know? Write as many as you can!

Answer explanation

Did you write down some of these?

Hospital, police station, fire station, cinema, mall, store, shop, market, supermarket, school, university, pool, playground, museum, farm, bus station, airport, port, road, street, highway, subway, library, electrical company, utilities company, etc.

What is this place in the community called?

An ambulance goes to this place. It is called a ________.

What need does a playground help meet?

• shelter

• recreation

• food

• none of the above

Answer explanation

Recreation is a tricky-looking word that means doing things that help make you feel better, relax and refresh yourself.

Recreation is the need that a playground answers.

This is a museum. What kind of need does it meet?

• food

• shelter

• recreation

• education

Answer explanation

A museum helps you learn, so the need it is meeting is 'education'.

If you want to argue that it helps you relax and refresh yourselves, teacher Jonathan would probably give you the point - but you would have to make that argument!

This couple owns a house. What need does a house help meet?

• food

• roof

• door

• shelter

Answer explanation

Living without a bed, or a roof, or walls is dangerous. It can be too cold, or too hot, or too dangerous to sleep in many places. That's why we need SHELTER - a place where we can rest that is safe.

What are utilities?

• gas

• water

• electricity

• all of the above

Answer explanation

Utilities are things that are for everyone that most communities will sell to the people in the community. There are actually more utilities than the ones we learned about - gas, electricity and water. Can you guess some of the others?

Teachers work in schools. They help answer the need for education. Please complete the following sentence - pay attention to the tense!

Yesterday, the teacher ______ class.

People want to buy things and make money. This 'want' has become a 'need' that a community meets using markets.

Please finish the following sentence. Pay attention to the tense!

"Yesterday, she ______ some shoes."

Write down as many celebrations as you can.

Answer explanation

Were you able to write down the name of at least six celebrations?

Christmas

Hannukah

New Year

Diwali

Thanksgiving

Halloween

We've seen many others, these were just the ones that were part of our spelling words.