Cardinal Directions: North America Map Questions
Use a North America map to describe relative locations with north, south, east and west. Ten questions refer to countries and bodies of water.
- Year levels
- Years 4–6
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- 1
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- Geography, Social Studies
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- Worksheets
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This worksheet is a great way for students to practice using cardinal directions and map skills. By answering the questions, they will be able to better understand how to read a map. This is a valuable skill for students to have, and it will help them in their future studies.
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Learning objectives
- Use cardinal directions to describe relative locations on a North America map
- Identify directional relationships among countries and bodies of water
- Determine a travel direction between two named map locations
Teaching tips
- Orient the map by locating north before reading the first question.
- Underline both locations in a prompt, then trace from the first place to the second before naming the direction.
- Distinguish questions asking where a place is from those asking which way a traveller would move.
Skills covered
- Map reading — learners locate named countries, oceans, bays, and seas on North America.
- Cardinal-direction reasoning — relative positions are expressed with north, south, east, or west.
- Route interpretation — travel questions require tracing movement from an origin to a destination.
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- Cardinal directions
- North America
- Relative location
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