Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 9
Map Skills
Legends, grids, directions and scale
What your child practises
Using a legend, compass rose, number and letter grid and scale, reading population and thematic maps, and telling intermediate directions such as northeast.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B1.3, B2.3, B3.2, B3.7 · reading and making maps: legends, grids, directions and scale
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
Which tool would help you see the whole Earth with correct shapes and sizes of land?
🌍- a graph
- a ruler
- a calendar
- a globe
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a globe
Hint: A globe is a model of the Earth.
Question 2
Southwest is between which two directions?
🧭- north and east
- south and west
- north and west
- south and east
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south and west
Hint: Intermediate directions are in between.
Question 3
Look at the map. What is in square B1?
Map of Lakeside (north is at the top) A B C 1 🚜 farm 🚒 fire hall 🗼 lighthouse 2 🏛️ museum ⛺ campground 🚉 train station 3 ⚓ dock 🏫 school 🏒 arena - 🏛️museum
- 🏫school
- 🚉train station
- 🚒fire hall
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🚒 fire hall
Hint: Find the letter, then the number.
Question 4
On a map, 1 cm stands for 20 km. Two towns are 4 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they really, in kilometres?
- 80 km
- 70 km
- 78 km
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80 km
Hint: Multiply: 4 × 20. A map scale tells you how far real distance is for each centimetre.
Question 5
What does a map legend (or key) show?
🗺️- who drew the map
- the weather
- what the map's symbols mean
- the date today
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what the map's symbols mean
Hint: A legend explains symbols, like a tent for a campground.
Question 6
Which direction is between north and east?
🧭- northeast
- southeast
- northwest
- southwest
Show answer
northeast
Hint: Intermediate directions mix two cardinal directions.