Created by Matthew Tharp
10 questions
6th - 7th Grade
Social studies
Updated Sep 2026
This Grade 6–7 geography worksheet gives students focused practice reading latitude-and-longitude coordinates to identify continents, oceans, and U.S. states. Students interpret coordinate pairs such as 20° South, 60° West and 40° North, 90° West, distinguish the Equator from the Prime Meridian by direction and degree, and recognize that the two systems form an imaginary grid around Earth. Each prompt is presented in English and Spanish, supporting bilingual geography instruction and vocabulary reinforcement. Use this resource for guided practice, independent work, review, or a short check of coordinate-location skills. The worksheet is a free printable worksheet with an answer key, so teachers can assign it in class or for home practice and quickly verify responses. Its questions move between global locations and U.S. states, helping students connect coordinate notation with familiar map features while checking whether they read north/south and east/west values accurately.
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WorksheetsAnswer KeySouth America
América del Sur
Asia
Australia
Indian
Indio
Atlantic
Atlántico
Prime Meridian
Primer Meridiano
Equator
Grid
Cuadrícula
Texas
Illinois
Teach students to read latitude first, identifying North or South, and longitude second, identifying East or West. Model how the Equator is 0° latitude and runs east to west, while the Prime Meridian is 0° longitude and runs north to south. Then have students use the worksheet’s coordinate pairs to locate continents and oceans before applying the same process to U.S. states.
This worksheet provides repeated practice matching coordinate pairs with continents, oceans, and U.S. states. Students also identify the Equator, Prime Meridian, and the imaginary grid created by latitude and longitude lines. The varied locations require students to attend to both the degree values and the N/S or E/W directions rather than memorize a single map position.
Students often reverse latitude and longitude, confuse North with South or East with West, or treat 0° latitude and 0° longitude as the same line. They may also identify a nearby continent, ocean, or state without checking both parts of the coordinate pair. Review the order of the coordinates and require students to name each direction before selecting a location.
Worksheets are available as printable PDFs and in digital formats, so you can host this resource as a digital quiz on Wayground or print it and assign it on paper. Every worksheet includes a complete answer key; after collecting physical submissions, teachers can use the Wayground for Teachers app to scan or capture student work for grading. The printable route also supports offline paper practice when schools are reducing screen use.
For this bilingual worksheet, teachers can use the English-and-Spanish prompts to reinforce geography vocabulary and support multilingual learners. Wayground also lets teachers create alternate worksheet versions with larger fonts, wider spacing, a dyslexia-friendly font, or another language. For digital assignments, individual students can receive Read Aloud, extended time, reduced answer choices, or reading mode settings without changing the default experience for classmates.
