Map Skills Adventure
A Grade 3 social studies worksheet to help students understand and practice basic map reading skills.
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Map Skills Adventure
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the map provided to help you.
Look at the map below to answer the following questions.
1. What is the purpose of a map?
To tell a story
To show where places are
To draw pictures
To play games
2. What symbol on a map helps you know which way is North, South, East, and West?
A compass rose
A map key
A scale
A title
3. The tells you what the symbols on a map mean.
4. If you want to find out how far two places are on a map, you would look at the .
5. A globe is a flat drawing of the Earth.
True
False
6. East is usually to the right on most maps.
True
False
7. Imagine you are looking at a map. If you are facing North, what direction is behind you?
Use the words in the word bank to complete the sentences below.
8. A shows you North, South, East, and West.
9. The map explains what the symbols on the map mean.
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