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Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 9

Maps, Graphs & Data

Reading and sharing geographic information

What your child practises

Practises analysing geographical information with geographical tools such as maps, graphs and data tables, and communicating it clearly.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: SCO1; SCO2 · analysing geographical information with maps, graphs and data, and sharing it clearly

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 tool is best for finding the shortest route between two towns?

    • a road map
    • a climate graph
    • a pie chart
    • a timeline

  2. Question 2

    On a topographic map, contour lines that are very close together show…

    • a flat plain
    • a road
    • a lake
    • a steep slope

  3. Question 3

    What does a pie chart show best?

    • change over time
    • parts of a whole
    • distance between towns
    • elevation

  4. Question 4

    What does a map legend (key) show?

    • the weather forecast for today in the region
    • what the symbols and colours on the map mean
    • who made the map and in which year it was made
    • how old the map is and where it was printed

  5. Question 5

    The prime meridian is the line of…

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

  6. Question 6

    Which would be a good title for a graph?

    • Average monthly rainfall, 2020 to 2024
    • Rain, rain, rain
    • Stuff and numbers about places
    • Graph 1 of the data

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