Map Skills Unit Assessment Third Grade

Name: ____________________________________

Date: _____________________________

I. Cut and paste the names of the continents and the names of the oceans.

North America

Australia

Arctic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Europe

Africa

Southern Ocean

South America

Asia

Antarctica
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II. Using the map on page 1, draw a line representing the Prime Meridian and another line representing the Equator and label them accordingly.

III. Multiple Choice _____ 1. The imaginary line that divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is ________. a. b. c. d. The Prime Meridian Located in the Arctic Ocean The Equator Sometimes visible

_____ 2. The name of the continent we live on is ________________. a. United States b. North America c. Northern Hemisphere d. South America _____ 3. Half a sphere is called _________________. a. Halfsphere b. Globe c. Hemisphere d. Continent _____ 4. The imaginary line that divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is _________. a. Located in North America b. The Denominator c. The Prime Meridian d. Visible at night _____5. A simple letter-number grid system on maps is used to __________ places. a. color b. locate c. correct d. hide

IV. The Explorers and the regions where they landed

1. Draw a dot on the map to locate Spain, England, and France. 2. Write the names of the countries by the dot and the names of the explorers that explored the Americas on behalf of these countries. 3. Then draw an arrow from the each of these countries to the regions explored in the Americas. 4. Draw a dot on the world map to locate the regions the Europeans explored and write the names of these locations.

Word Box: Spain Africa St. Augustine, Florida Jacques Cartier Christopher Columbus Quebec, Canada England Antarctica Africa Jamestown, Virginia Christopher Newport France

England

San Salvador, Bahamas

Alexandria, Egypt

Juan Ponce de Leon

V. Fill in the Blank A.

Figure A best represents the _____________ Hemisphere.

B.

Figure B best represents the _____________ Hemisphere.

C.

In figure C, the lines that go from North to South are called__________________.

D.

In figure D, the lines that go from East to West are called__________________.

VI. Locate objects on a letter-number grid system

A B C D E F G H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. What is the grid letter-number for the 2. What is the grid letter-number for the 3. What is the grid letter-number for the 4. What is the grid letter-number for the 5. What is the grid letter-number for the 6. What is the grid letter-number for the ? _________________________ ? _________________________ ? _________________________ ? _________________________ ? _________________________ ? _________________________

7. Draw an object and write it letter-number representation: ______________

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