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Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 11

Maps, Directions and Reading the Land

Build maps and find your way

What your child practises

Reading and making maps with a title, legend, compass rose, grid and scale; finding direction with a compass, landmarks and Traditional Knowledge; and where First Peoples' traditional territories appear on maps.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 5-KL-016, 5-S-205, 5-S-207A, 5-S-208 · traditional territories on maps, making maps, reading the land and finding direction

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 would you use to find the direction to walk without a map?

    • a ruler
    • a clock
    • a compass

  2. Question 2

    A map grid uses…

    • only symbols
    • only colours
    • letters and numbers to find a place

  3. Question 3

    If north is at the top of the map, west is on the…

    • left
    • top
    • right

  4. Question 4

    Which map feature tells you what the symbols mean?

    • scale
    • title
    • legend

  5. Question 5

    If north is at the top of the map, east is on the…

    • bottom
    • right
    • left

  6. Question 6

    Which grid reference means column C, row 3?

    • C3
    • 33
    • 3C is always wrong

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