Compass points and grid maps

Worksheet: Compass points and grid maps

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Answer the questions.

1. Which compass point is exactly halfway between north and east?
   a) North-eastb) North-westc) South-eastd) South-west
2. Which direction is directly opposite south-west?
   a) North-eastb) North-westc) Southd) South-east
3. On a compass, west is on the left when north is at the top.
   a) Trueb) False
4. You face east and turn a quarter turn clockwise. Which way do you face?
   a) Northb) Southc) South-eastd) West
5. In a four-figure grid reference, which part do you read first?
   a) The biggest numberb) The smallest numberc) The way alongd) The way up
6. A square's bottom-left corner is at line 14 along and line 06 up. Four-figure reference?
7. In the four-figure grid reference 2538, the digits 38 tell you how far along to go.
   a) Trueb) False
8. What does a map key (legend) do?
   a) Explains the map symbolsb) Names the mapmakerc) Points to northd) Shows only the scale
9. On many maps, which feature would a blue wavy line usually show?
   a) A forestb) A railwayc) A riverd) A road
10. What do we call the part of a map that tells you what each symbol means?
11. A map scale says 1 cm = 2 km. Two towns are 4 cm apart. How far apart are they really?
    a) 2 kmb) 4 kmc) 6 kmd) 8 km
12. A scale says 1 cm = 5 km. A lake is 3 cm long on the map. How long is it really?
    a) 12 kmb) 15 kmc) 35 kmd) 8 km
13. If a map scale says 1 cm = 10 km, then 2 cm on the map is 20 km in real life.
    a) Trueb) False
14. A plan view shows a place as if you look from which position?
    a) Directly aboveb) From the frontc) From the sided) From underneath
15. In a plan view, a round table would look like what shape?
    a) A circleb) A rectanglec) A stard) A triangle
16. On a plan of a room with north at the top, a bed is in the top-left corner. Which compass point?