Test Review : Social Studies

Where can you look to find out what symbols mean on a map?

• The map key

• The compass rose

• The capital

• mountains

Which is north of the school?

• the library

• the park

• the city hall

• the post office

Which symbol stands for a country’s capital?

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What is a compass rose?

• a tool that shows you north, south, east, and west on a map

• a map on a globe that shows you places on Earth

• a star on a map that stands for the state’s capital

• a beautiful flower that grows in the north

What is a map scale?

• a tool that shows you north, south, east, or west on a map

• a tool that compares distances on a map to real distances

• a map that tells you about the temperature of a place

• a symbol that stands for highways or roads on a map

These four, North, South, East, and West, are ___________ directions.

• ordinal

• cardinal

• continent

Which direction is missing?

• North

• East

• Southeast

• South

• Southwest

What is the special saying

we use to remember the cardinal

directions?

• even swans nest Wednesdays

• never eat soggy waffles

• we never end school

• every night we sing

Which choice shows the legend or key of a map?

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A spherical map of the Earth is called ______________.

• map

• Northern

• longitude

• globe