Grade 4 Mapping Skills Worksheet

A worksheet for 4th graders to practice mapping skills, including compass rose, map keys, and understanding different types of maps.

Grade 4 Social studies GeographyMapping Skills

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D2.Geo.2.3-5. Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.D2.Geo.3.3-5. Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.

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Grade 4 Mapping Skills

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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!

1. Which direction is opposite of North?

East

South

West

Northwest

2. What are the four cardinal directions?

Up, Down, Left, Right

North, South, East, West

Front, Back, Side, Side

Top, Bottom, Middle, Edge

3. The explains what the symbols on a map mean.

4. A map tells you the relationship between distances on the map and actual distances on the ground.

5. Look at the map below. What continent is highlighted?

6. Why is a map key important when reading a map?

7. A globe is a flat representation of the Earth.

True

False

8. The Equator is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

True

False

Use the words below to complete the sentences.

continent

ocean

hemisphere

grid

9. A large body of salt water is called an .

10. North America is an example of a .

11. The Earth can be divided into two halves called a .

12. Maps often use a of lines and numbers to help locate places.