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Harvest Hill Grid Guide

Read a farm-town map's title, key, compass rose and grid to locate places and describe routes.

Grade 2Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 15 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use a map title, key, compass rose and grid to locate farm-town places.
  • Students describe routes between places using cardinal and intermediate directions.

How to use

Read the map description aloud or let students read it independently. Have students point to each place in the written grid before answering the route questions.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

GEO.2.1

Read maps using a title, map key, compass rose and simple grid.

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Harvest Hill Grid Guide

Use a farm-town map to find places and plan routes.

Read the Harvest Hill map

Read the passage. Use the map information to answer the questions.

A Map of Harvest Hill

At the Harvest Hill farm market, a town map helps farmers, families and visitors find their way. The title of the map is "Harvest Hill Farm Town." Its compass rose shows north at the top, east on the right, south at the bottom and west on the left.

The map key explains its symbols. A red barn means a barn. A green tree means an orchard. Black blades mean a windmill. A yellow basket means a farm stand. A blue drop means the town well. A blue wave means a pond. A gray hammer means a tool shed. A purple book means the schoolhouse. A light-green patch means a meadow.

The map uses columns A, B and C from west to east and rows 1, 2 and 3 from north to south. The places are arranged like this: A1 barn, B1 orchard, C1 windmill; A2 farm stand, B2 town well, C2 schoolhouse; A3 pond, B3 tool shed, C3 meadow.

1.
What does the title "Harvest Hill Farm Town" tell a map reader?
  • A. Which symbols the reader should draw
  • B. Which road the reader should use first
  • C. The area shown on the map
  • D. How many farms are in the town
2.
Circle the two statements that correctly use the map key.

A green tree means an orchard.A blue drop means a pond.A yellow basket means a farm stand.A red barn means the schoolhouse.

3.
A worker starts at the farm stand in A2 and moves one square east. What place does the worker reach?
  • A. The orchard
  • B. The schoolhouse
  • C. The meadow
  • D. The town well
4.
A visitor wants to fill a jug with clean drinking water. Which map-key symbol should the visitor look for?
  • A. The blue drop
  • B. The green tree
  • C. The yellow basket
  • D. The gray hammer
5.
The barn is in A1 and the orchard is in B1. Which compass direction takes a farmer from the barn to the orchard?
  • A. South
  • B. East
  • C. West
  • D. North

Follow directions on the grid

Use the compass rose and grid. Choose or circle the best answer.

6.
A worker travels from the farm stand in A2 to the orchard in B1. Which two directions are needed?
  • A. South and west
  • B. North and west
  • C. South and east
  • D. North and east
7.
Which place is southeast of the orchard in B1?
  • A. The town well in B2
  • B. The windmill in C1
  • C. The schoolhouse in C2
  • D. The meadow in C3
8.
Circle the two places in row 1 that are east of the barn in A1.

Farm stand in A2Orchard in B1Town well in B2Windmill in C1

9.
From the meadow in C3 to the town well in B2, which two directions describe the shortest route?
  • A. West and north
  • B. East and north
  • C. West and south
  • D. East and south
10.
The schoolhouse is in C2 and the windmill is in C1. Which route takes a worker from the schoolhouse to the windmill without changing columns?
  • A. Move east one square.
  • B. Move west one square.
  • C. Move north one square.
  • D. Move south one square.
11.
Why is the grid useful when town workers give directions?
  • A. It gives each symbol a different color.
  • B. It gives each place an exact square.
  • C. It tells farmers which crops to plant.
  • D. It shows how much water is in the pond.
12.
Circle the two statements supported by the map.

The pond is west of the tool shed.The farm stand is north of the orchard.The schoolhouse is east of the town well.The windmill is south of the meadow.

13.
A new sign goes in the square one step south of the orchard and one step west of the schoolhouse. Which square is it?
  • A. A2
  • B. B3
  • C. C2
  • D. B2

Explain a map route

Write complete answers. Use the map information in the passage.

14.
Starting at the schoolhouse in C2, move south one square and then west two squares. Name the place where you finish and the squares you pass through.
15.
Leah says, "The windmill is west of the barn because both are in row 1." Is Leah correct? Use the compass rose and the grid to explain.

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