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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 map would help you find streets and buildings in a town?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A town or city 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: A town or city map shows local streets, buildings, landmarks, and services.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A town or city map.

A town or city map shows local streets, buildings, landmarks, and services.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

When is a globe especially useful?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is When studying the round shape of Earth and its continents and oceans.

  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 globe models Earth's round shape and shows large land and water areas.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is When studying the round shape of Earth and its continents and oceans.

A globe models Earth's round shape and shows large land and water areas.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What should you look at to understand a small star symbol on a map?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The map legend.

  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 legend explains what symbols such as stars represent.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is The map legend.

The legend explains what symbols such as stars represent.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which tool helps you know whether to travel north or west?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A compass or 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 or compass rose provides directional information.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A compass or compass rose.

A compass or compass rose provides directional information.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What should you do first when following a map route?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Find the starting point and destination.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: Knowing where you start and where you need to go helps you follow the correct route.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Find the starting point and destination.

Knowing where you start and where you need to go helps you follow the correct route.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Why is a map title helpful?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is It tells what place or subject the map represents.

  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 gives the map's topic and helps readers understand what they are viewing.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is It tells what place or subject the map represents.

The title gives the map's topic and helps readers understand what they are viewing.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

How can two maps of the same place be different?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is They can show different information or different levels of detail.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: One map may show roads while another shows landforms, boundaries, or a larger area.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is They can show different information or different levels of detail.

One map may show roads while another shows landforms, boundaries, or a larger area.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a map scale help a traveler estimate?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The real distance between places.

  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 connects map measurements with real-world distances.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is The real distance between places.

A map scale connects map measurements with real-world distances.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a geographer study?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Places, people, land, water, and how they are connected.

  1. Read the map clue: Identify the map tool, direction, place, feature, or symbol described in the question.
  2. Connect the clue to geography: Geographers study Earth's places, features, people, and relationships between places.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Places, people, land, water, and how they are connected.

Geographers study Earth's places, features, people, and relationships between places.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the main idea about geography and maps?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Maps and geographic tools help people understand places and 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: Maps, globes, directions, symbols, and scales help people understand and navigate Earth.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Maps and geographic tools help people understand places and find their way.

Maps, globes, directions, symbols, and scales help people understand and navigate Earth.

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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.