Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 16 of 17
Map Skills
Titles, legends, compass roses and grids
What your child practises
Practises reading and building maps with a title, legend, compass rose and grid, and finding direction by landmarks, the Sun and stars, compass or GPS.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 4-S-205, 4-S-206 · constructing and interpreting maps with a title, legend, compass rose and grid
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A map's scale helps you figure out…
- colours
- real distances
- language
real distances
Hint: Scale links map and real size.
Question 2
If you travel from Winnipeg to Brandon, you go mostly…
- west
- east
- north
west
Hint: Brandon is west of Winnipeg.
Question 3
If you travel from Winnipeg to Emerson (on the U.S. border), you go mostly…
- south
- west
- north
south
Hint: Emerson is south of Winnipeg.
Question 4
On a map, a star in a circle could mean…
- a mountain
- a capital city
- a lake
a capital city
Hint: Check the legend.
Question 5
What does a grid on a map help you do?
- find places using letters and numbers
- measure weight
- tell time
find places using letters and numbers
Hint: A grid uses coordinates.
Question 6
A hiker with no phone should orient themselves by observing…
- landmarks such as hills and rivers
- shop windows
- TV shows
landmarks such as hills and rivers
Hint: Landscape clues.