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Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 15

Maps, Legends and Directions

Read and make maps with a title, a legend and symbols.

What your child practises

Reading and making maps with a title, legend and symbols, using north, south, east and west, and locating a community on a map.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 2-KL-018, 2-S-205, 2-S-206, 2-S-207 · locating a community, map titles, legends and symbols, 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.

  1. Question 1

    Which of these would you put on a map of your school?

    • a shopping list
    • a joke
    • a title, a legend and symbols

  2. Question 2

    On a map legend, a blue line often stands for…

    • a river
    • a school
    • a road

  3. Question 3

    What does a map legend (key) show?

    • the map's colour
    • who drew it
    • what the symbols mean

  4. Question 4

    You face north. Which direction is to your left?

    • south
    • east
    • west

  5. Question 5

    The park is north of the pond. Where is the pond from the park?

    • south
    • north
    • west

  6. Question 6

    The legend shows a blue square for a pond. The map shows a blue square beside the school. What is beside the school?

    • a hill
    • a pond
    • a road

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