Map Testing Reading Practice

How do people use maps that show the transportation systems of areas?

• to find buried treasure

• to get to where they want to go

• to learn about mountains and rivers

• to find their way around a building

2. What does the author describe in this passage?

• how to get to the grocery store

• how to ride a bike

• how you can use a map

• how you can find a pathway

3. Read the following sentences: “There are maps that show demographics—the different groups of people that live in a certain area; where every fruit tree in a particular area is located; where all the vending machines are. There are even maps that show great places to walk your dog.”

What can be concluded about maps based on this information?

• Maps can only show one location.

• Maps are not very helpful.

• There is only one kind of map.

• There are different types of maps.

4. Read the following sentences: “There’s a hat shop one block from the grocery store. Another landmark! If you were to go home and draw yourself a map of the area, you might include each of these landmarks. Cues like these help us orient ourselves in the world around us when we don’t have access to maps, or are getting used to an unfamiliar environment."

Based on this evidence, why is remembering landmarks helpful?

• They help you find a location when you have access to maps.

• They help you find a location even if you don’t have access to maps.

• They help you find locations on different maps.

• They will always help you find different hat shops in an area.

5. What is this passage mainly about?

• how to find the local grocery store

• how maps help us find our way

• how to remember unfamiliar landmarks

• how latitude and longitude can help us

6. Read the following sentences: “When you think of the city or town where you grew up, don’t you think of routes and pathways you’ve traveled habitually?”

As used in the passage, what does “habitually” mean?

• obsessively

• often

• quickly

• infrequently

7. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. When we look at a map of a new area, such as a transportation map, we can figure out where we’re going. ________, as we explore the world, we make new internal maps of landmarks and important places.

• Finally

• Additionally

• Unfortunately

• Actually