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Map Reading

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is north of the picnic area?

a)

woods

b)

soccer field

c)

swimming pool

d)

playground

2.
What is south of the woods?
a)
soccer field
b)
playground
c)
swimming pool 
d)
picnic area
3.
What is west of the ice cream stand?
a)
playground
b)
swimming pool
c)
picnic area
d)
woods
4.
What is east of the jogging path?
a)
woods
b)
swimming pool
c)
playground
d)
ice cream stand
5.

What can maps tell you?

a)

how an area sounds

b)

how an area feels

c)

how an area looks

d)

how an area smells

6.

What special features do most maps show?

a)

mountains, rivers, and forests

b)

big and small

c)

in a helicopter looking down

d)

two lines that look like a plus sign

7.

What is the key on the map?

a)

pictures of mountains and rivers

b)

to unlock the door

c)

a plus sign

d)

it is a box explaining what each picture on the map is trying to show

8.

Each letter on the compass shows a direction. The letters N, S, E, W are on the compass. What do those letters stand for?

a)

Never eat soggy waffles

b)

North, South, East, West

c)

Never eat sour worms

d)

NEWS

9.

What should you pretend you are doing when you are looking at a map?

a)

in a helicopter looking down

b)

climbing a mountain

c)

swimming in the river

d)

moving a compass

10.

What are the intermediate directions?

a)

north, south, east and west

b)

northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest

c)

up, down, left, and right

11.

North, South, East and West are called....

a)

intermediate directions

b)

maps

c)

cardinal directions

d)

ways to go