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Granite Hollow’s World Wall

Study a world-wall map to locate continents, oceans, the equator, poles, and hemispheres.

Grade 3Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toGEO.3.2

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 15 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students locate continents, oceans, the equator, and the poles using map clues.
  • Students use the equator and prime meridian to identify Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres.
  • Students explain how map lines and labels help locate places on Earth.

How to use

Read the map notes aloud or have students read them with a partner. Ask students to point to the map clues in the passage before answering the final evidence questions.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

GEO.3.2

Locate the continents, oceans, equator, poles and hemispheres on maps and globes.

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Granite Hollow’s World Wall

Use map lines and locations to study Earth’s continents, oceans, poles, and hemispheres.

Read the world-wall notes

Read the notes about the map in Granite Hollow’s school. Then answer the questions.

A Map Above the Fireplace

Granite Hollow is a small farming town. In the school’s third-grade classroom, students made a world map for the wall above the old fireplace. Their teacher, Ms. Rivera, reminded them that a flat map and a globe show the same Earth in different ways. The top of their map is north, and the bottom is south.

The map has two important lines. The equator circles Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. It separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere. The prime meridian runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. It helps divide the Eastern Hemisphere from the Western Hemisphere. The North Pole is at the far north, while the South Pole is at the far south.

Six practice labels appear on the map: North America, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australia, and Antarctica. North America is north and west of the equator and prime meridian. Africa is crossed by the equator and by the prime meridian. Australia is south and east of both lines. Antarctica is around the South Pole.

The students also added the other continents and oceans. South America is west of the prime meridian, Europe is north of the equator, and most of Asia is north of the equator. The Pacific Ocean lies between the Americas and Asia and Australia. The Atlantic Ocean lies between the Americas and Europe and Africa. The Indian Ocean lies between Africa, Asia, and Australia. The Arctic Ocean is around the North Pole, and the Southern Ocean circles Antarctica.

1.
Which statement correctly uses the equator and the poles on the wall map?
  • A. The South Pole is north of the equator, and the North Pole is south of it.
  • B. The equator is at the bottom, beside the South Pole.
  • C. The North Pole and South Pole are both on the equator.
  • D. The North Pole is north of the equator, and the South Pole is south of it.
2.
Word bank: equator · prime meridian · Northern Hemisphere · Southern Hemisphere

The line that circles Earth halfway between the two poles is the  .

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