Practice test: Maps of our neighborhood and familiar places

🌍 Topic Summary

Understanding maps of your neighborhood and familiar places is a key social studies skill. Maps help us navigate, identify important landmarks, and understand spatial relationships. By learning to read and interpret maps, you can become more familiar with your surroundings and improve your sense of direction. This practice test will help you review essential map skills and vocabulary.

🗺️ Part A: Vocabulary

Match the following terms with their correct definitions. Write the letter of the definition next to the term:

1. Direction: _____
2. Landmark: _____
3. Map Scale: _____
4. Symbol: _____
5. Key/Legend: _____

Definitions:

1. A feature of a place that is easily recognized.
2. Shows the relationship between a distance on the map and the corresponding distance on the ground.
3. A guide that explains what the symbols on a map mean.
4. A way of pointing (North, South, East, West)
5. Something that represents something else.

📍 Part B: Fill in the Blanks

Complete the following paragraph using the words provided below.

Words: North, South, East, West, Streets, Buildings, Map

A _____ is a drawing that shows a place from above. It uses symbols to represent things like _____ and _____. The cardinal directions, _____, _____, _____ and _____ help you find your way around.

🤔 Part C: Critical Thinking

Imagine you are drawing a map of your walk to school. What are the three most important landmarks you would include, and why?