# Compass points and grid maps

> Grade 4: eight compass points, four-figure grid references, map keys and symbols, reading a map scale, plan views.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 4
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. Which compass point is exactly halfway between north and east? (North-east / North-west / South-east / South-west)
   Answer: North-east
2. Which direction is directly opposite south-west? (North-east / North-west / South / South-east)
   Answer: North-east
3. On a compass, west is on the left when north is at the top.
   Answer: True
4. You face east and turn a quarter turn clockwise. Which way do you face? (North / South / South-east / West)
   Answer: South
5. In a four-figure grid reference, which part do you read first? (The biggest number / The smallest number / The way along / The way up)
   Answer: The way along
6. A square's bottom-left corner is at line 14 along and line 06 up. Four-figure reference?
   Answer: 1406
7. In the four-figure grid reference 2538, the digits 38 tell you how far along to go.
   Answer: False
8. What does a map key (legend) do? (Explains the map symbols / Names the mapmaker / Points to north / Shows only the scale)
   Answer: Explains the map symbols
9. On many maps, which feature would a blue wavy line usually show? (A forest / A railway / A river / A road)
   Answer: A river
10. What do we call the part of a map that tells you what each symbol means?
   Answer: The key (or legend)
11. A map scale says 1 cm = 2 km. Two towns are 4 cm apart. How far apart are they really? (2 km / 4 km / 6 km / 8 km)
   Answer: 8 km
12. A scale says 1 cm = 5 km. A lake is 3 cm long on the map. How long is it really? (12 km / 15 km / 35 km / 8 km)
   Answer: 15 km
13. If a map scale says 1 cm = 10 km, then 2 cm on the map is 20 km in real life.
   Answer: True
14. A plan view shows a place as if you look from which position? (Directly above / From the front / From the side / From underneath)
   Answer: Directly above
15. In a plan view, a round table would look like what shape? (A circle / A rectangle / A star / A triangle)
   Answer: A circle
16. On a plan of a room with north at the top, a bed is in the top-left corner. Which compass point?
   Answer: North-west