Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 6
Maps of Our World
Globes, continents, oceans, hemispheres and reading a map with a title, legend and compass rose.
What your child practises
Practises the equator and the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the continents and oceans, and reading maps, aerial photographs and satellite images with a title, legend, compass rose and the four cardinal directions.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Geography · the equator and hemispheres, continents and oceans, map tools and cardinal directions
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 title tells you…
- what the map shows
- who drew it
- how old it is
what the map shows
Hint: The title names the map's topic.
Question 2
On most maps, north is toward the…
- top
- bottom
- left
top
Hint: North is usually at the top of the map.
Question 3
A globe is a model of…
- a city
- Earth
- the Moon
Earth
Hint: A globe is a round map of the whole Earth.
Question 4
The half of Earth south of the equator is the…
- Arctic
- Southern Hemisphere
- Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Hint: South of the equator is the Southern Hemisphere.
Question 5
Which direction is opposite to north?
- south
- east
- west
south
Hint: South is the opposite of north.
Question 6
On a map the school is north of the park. To get from the park to the school you go…
- east
- south
- north
north
Hint: North of the park means up from the park.