Cardinal Directions Worksheet – Map Skills Practice

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

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 traveler would move.

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.