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Reading a Map worksheet for Social Studies, featuring a map of Davis Street with landmarks and compass directions.

A black and white educational worksheet titled "Reading a Map" for Social Studies, featuring a map of Davis Street with various landmarks like a school, supermarket, police station, and pizza restaurant, along with a key and compass rose directions. The worksheet includes questions about relative locations using North, South, East, and West.

A black and white educational worksheet titled "Reading a Map" for Social Studies, featuring a map of Davis Street with various landmarks like a school, supermarket, police station, and pizza restaurant, along with a key and compass rose directions. The worksheet includes questions about relative locations using North, South, East, and West.

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Let's solve this step-by-step based on the map provided in the image.

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Step 1: Understand the Map and Compass Rose



The map shows various locations:
- School
- Supermarket (S-MART)
- Police Station
- Pizza Restaurant
- Houses
- Church
- Park
- Road
- Railroad

There is a compass rose on the map — a small cross with an arrow pointing upward. This indicates North.

We are told to label the compass rose with N, W, E, S.

> The arrow points up, so that is North (N).
> - Then, South (S) is down,
> - East (E) is to the right,
> - West (W) is to the left.

So we label:
- Top: N
- Bottom: S
- Right: E
- Left: W

Answer to Question 1: Label the compass rose as:
- Up: N
- Down: S
- Right: E
- Left: W

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Step 2: Use the Compass to Answer Questions



Now let’s determine directions between locations using the labeled compass.

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#### Question 2: The School is __________ of the Supermarket.

- Find the Supermarket (S-MART) — it's at the top center.
- Find the School — it's at the bottom right.
- From the supermarket, go down and right to reach the school.
- That’s Southeast.

But the question asks for one of: North, South, East, West — not diagonal.

So we need to pick the primary direction.

From the supermarket:
- The school is below (south) and to the right (east).
- But since it's more directly south than east, or vice versa?

Looking closely:
- The school is slightly south and east of the supermarket.
- But if we have to pick one cardinal direction, it's best to say South because it's primarily below.

Wait — actually, let's look again:

- Supermarket is at the top center.
- School is at the bottom right.
- So from the supermarket, you go down (south) and right (east).

But the question wants one direction.

However, notice that the school is directly south of the supermarket? No — it's southeast.

But since only cardinal directions are allowed (not southeast), we must choose the closest.

But looking at the layout:

- The supermarket is north of the school.
- Therefore, the school is south of the supermarket.

Yes! That’s correct.

Answer 2: South

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#### Question 3: The Police Station is __________ of the Pizza Restaurant.

- Police Station: bottom left
- Pizza Restaurant: middle right
- From Pizza Restaurant to Police Station: go left and down
- That’s west and south, but again, we pick one.

Police Station is to the left of Pizza Restaurant → West

Also slightly south, but primarily west.

Answer 3: West

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#### Question 4: The Supermarket is __________ of the school.

- Supermarket: top center
- School: bottom right
- So supermarket is above and to the left of the school.
- That’s north and west → but which one?

From the school, going up to the supermarket is north.

It’s also a bit to the west, but the main direction is north.

Answer 4: North

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#### Question 5: The Pizza Restaurant is __________ of the Police Station.

- Police Station: bottom left
- Pizza Restaurant: middle right
- From police station to pizza: go right and up
- So east and north
- Primarily east

Because it's directly to the right.

Answer 5: East

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Final Answers:



1. Label the compass rose:
- Top: N
- Right: E
- Bottom: S
- Left: W

2. The School is South of the Supermarket.
3. The Police Station is West of the Pizza Restaurant.
4. The Supermarket is North of the school.
5. The Pizza Restaurant is East of the Police Station.

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