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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 28

Maps & Directions

Scales, coordinates and finding your way

What your child practises

Children read and build maps with a title, legend, compass rose and scale, use latitude and longitude, and learn ways to find direction, including reading the land.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 8-S-205, 8-S-206, 8-S-207A, 8-S-208 · constructing and interpreting maps, using Traditional Knowledge to read the land, and orienting using the landscape or a compass

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

    A thematic map shows…

    • everything
    • only roads
    • one topic, such as population or climate
    • only borders

  2. Question 2

    A legend (or key) explains…

    • the title
    • the scale
    • the symbols and colours on a map
    • the borders

  3. Question 3

    The prime meridian is at…

    • 0° longitude
    • 180° north
    • 90° north
    • 0° latitude

  4. Question 4

    A map scale lets you…

    • find the author
    • see the colours
    • read the title
    • work out real distances

  5. Question 5

    To construct a good map you should include…

    • only a picture
    • a title, legend, compass rose and scale
    • a story
    • a joke

  6. Question 6

    Which tool uses satellites to find your location today?

    • GPS
    • a barometer
    • a protractor
    • a thermometer

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