Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 6
Which Way on the Map?
Compass directions between Nunavut communities.
What your child practises
Practises cardinal and in-between compass directions using real Nunavut communities, the skill of reading a map with north at the top. Directions are only asked when they are clearly one compass point.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Geography · using cardinal and intermediate directions to locate Nunavut communities on a map
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
Is Naujaat north, south, east or west of Grise Fiord?
🧭- ➡️east
- ⬆️north
- ⬅️west
- ⬇️south
⬇️ south
Hint: On a map with north at the top, north is up, south is down, east is right and west is left.
Question 2
Is Chesterfield Inlet north, south, east or west of Coral Harbour?
🧭- ⬇️south
- ➡️east
- ⬅️west
- ⬆️north
⬅️ west
Hint: On a map with north at the top, north is up, south is down, east is right and west is left.
Question 3
Is Naujaat north, south, east or west of Arctic Bay?
🧭- ⬆️north
- ⬇️south
- ⬅️west
- ➡️east
⬇️ south
Hint: On a map with north at the top, north is up, south is down, east is right and west is left.
Question 4
Is Clyde River north, south, east or west of Igloolik?
🧭- ⬅️west
- ➡️east
- ⬇️south
- ⬆️north
➡️ east
Hint: On a map with north at the top, north is up, south is down, east is right and west is left.
Question 5
Is Arctic Bay north, south, east or west of Whale Cove?
🧭- ⬇️south
- ⬅️west
- ➡️east
- ⬆️north
⬆️ north
Hint: On a map with north at the top, north is up, south is down, east is right and west is left.
Question 6
Is Coral Harbour north, south, east or west of Kinngait?
🧭- ⬅️west
- ⬇️south
- ⬆️north
- ➡️east
⬅️ west
Hint: On a map with north at the top, north is up, south is down, east is right and west is left.