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Grade 2 Geography and Map Skills Practice Test

Build Grade 2 social studies skills with five 10-question practice tests on maps, globes, directions, symbols, legends, continents, oceans, routes, and geographic features.

Geography and Map Skills Practice Tests

These Grade 2 Social Studies practice tests help students read maps and globes and describe places on Earth. Students explore compass directions, map keys, symbols, routes, continents, oceans, neighborhoods, landmarks, and natural and human-made features.

Skills covered

  • Comparing maps and globes
  • Using north, south, east, and west
  • Reading map titles, legends, symbols, scales, and grids
  • Identifying continents, oceans, states, cities, and communities
  • Recognizing natural and human-made geographic features
  • Following routes and locating places on maps

How to use these practice tests

Complete one 10-question test at a time. Start by reading the map title, then use the legend, compass rose, symbols, and scale. After each test, describe a route between two places using cardinal directions.

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Grade 2 Geography and Map Skills Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 2 Social Studies practice test on maps, globes, directions, symbols, legends, continents, oceans, routes, and geographic features.

Read each Geography and Map Skills question carefully. Use the map tool, direction, location, symbol, or geographic feature clue to choose one answer.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which are the four cardinal directions?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is North, south, east, and west.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: The four cardinal directions are north, south, east, and west.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is North, south, east, and west.

The four cardinal directions are north, south, east, and west.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which direction is opposite west?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is East.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: East is the direction opposite west.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is East.

East is the direction opposite west.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which map tool helps you find north, south, east, and west?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A compass rose.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: A compass rose displays the main directions on a map.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A compass rose.

A compass rose displays the main directions on a map.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

If the park is north of the school, where is the school compared with the park?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is South.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: If the park is north of the school, the school is south of the park.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is South.

If the park is north of the school, the school is south of the park.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

You start at the school and walk east. Which way do you go?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Toward the east side of the map.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: Walking east means moving in the east direction shown by the map or compass.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Toward the east side of the map.

Walking east means moving in the east direction shown by the map or compass.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What can a map scale help show?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is How map distances compare with real distances.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: A map scale helps readers understand how a distance on a map relates to distance in the real world.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is How map distances compare with real distances.

A map scale helps readers understand how a distance on a map relates to distance in the real world.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which route is usually best if it reaches the destination safely with fewer turns?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The simpler route with fewer turns.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: A route with fewer turns can be easier to follow, as long as it is safe and open.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is The simpler route with fewer turns.

A route with fewer turns can be easier to follow, as long as it is safe and open.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What can a grid on a map help you do?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Find a place by using a row and column.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: A grid divides a map into rows and columns to help locate places.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Find a place by using a row and column.

A grid divides a map into rows and columns to help locate places.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a landmark?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A noticeable place or feature that helps people find their way.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: Landmarks such as a library, bridge, or tower can help people recognize where they are.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A noticeable place or feature that helps people find their way.

Landmarks such as a library, bridge, or tower can help people recognize where they are.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which parts of a map can help you locate a library?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The title, legend, symbols, and directions.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: The title, legend, symbols, and directions give information needed to read a map.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is The title, legend, symbols, and directions.

The title, legend, symbols, and directions give information needed to read a map.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 2 Geography and Map Skills

What is the difference between a map and a globe?

A map is a flat drawing of a place or area, while a globe is a round model of Earth.

What does a map legend do?

A map legend explains the symbols and colors used to represent places and geographic features.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 2 Geography and Map Skills questions in total.