2nd Grade Geography

Match the following

• Map

• A sphere model of the earth that usually shows the oceans and continents.

• Globe

• North, East, South, West

• Map Title

• A flat drawing of a place on earth that tells you where things are located.

• Compass Rose

• A symbol that shows you the directions.

• Directions

• Tells the name of the place or what the map is showing.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm.

• The color blue is used to show water on most maps.

• Droughts are long periods of rain where plants and animals have plenty of water.

• People use globes to help locate highways and cities when traveling in a car.

What is north of the airport?

• Lake

• Mountains

• Forest

• River

What is south of the lake?

• Mountains

• Pleasantown

• Forest

• River

What is east of the forest?

• Mountains

• Lake

• Pleasantown

• River

What is west of the forest?

• Pleasantown

• Mountains

• Lake

• River

Put a point on the following grid spaces:

(A,6)

(G,3)

(B,1)

(E,4)

(C,2)

(F,5)