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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 9

Maps of Our World

Continents, oceans and countries

What your child practices

Using maps and globes to find continents, oceans and countries, physical and human features, and why people settle near water and flat land.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Geography 1 · using maps and globes to find continents, oceans and countries

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A country is a land with its own government.
  2. A physical map shows mountains, rivers and other land and water.
  3. Australia is the smallest continent. Mexico is south of the United States.

Example: Which is the smallest continent? Australia is a continent and a country. It is the smallest continent. Answer: Australia

Maps of Our World in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 9 of 9 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Work, Saving & Resources.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Maine Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    People in cold places adapt by…

    • wearing warm clothes and building warm homes
    • wearing swimsuits all day
    • moving the sun

  2. Question 2

    Which country is south of the United States?

    • Mexico
    • Japan
    • Canada

  3. Question 3

    A map scale helps you find…

    • what time it is
    • who lives there
    • how far apart places are

  4. Question 4

    A globe is…

    • a round model of Earth
    • a kind of compass
    • a flat map of a town

  5. Question 5

    Which continent is China in?

    • Africa
    • Europe
    • Asia

  6. Question 6

    On most maps, north is…

    • at the bottom
    • in the middle
    • at the top

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