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Street Map or Globe? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on using maps and globes, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.3.K-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Street Map or Globe?

D2.Geo.3.K-2

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Circle the best answer.

1.You want to see how far Spain is from here. What helps?
  • A.A street map
  • B.A world map or a globe
  • C.The library notice
2.A map key shows a small book symbol. What is that likely to be?
  • A.A postbox
  • B.The library
  • C.A bus stop
3.What do a street map and a globe have in common?
  • A.Both are round
  • B.Both show prices
  • C.Both show where things are
4.Which shows the whole world at once?
  • A.A globe
  • B.A street map
  • C.A bus timetable
5.You want to find Spain, where the oranges came from. What helps?
  • A.The bus timetable
  • B.The street map
  • C.A globe or a world map
6.You want to walk from the school to the library. What helps?
  • A.A street map
  • B.A globe
  • C.A world map
7.Why can a street map show the bus stop but a globe cannot?
  • A.Globes are round
  • B.A street map covers a small area in detail
  • C.Bus stops are secret
8.On a globe, what is most of the blue?
  • A.Ocean
  • B.Roads
  • C.Countries

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Answer key — Street Map or Globe?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A world map or a globe
  2. 2.The library
  3. 3.Both show where things are
  4. 4.A globe
  5. 5.A globe or a world map
  6. 6.A street map
  7. 7.A street map covers a small area in detail
  8. 8.Ocean

Questions about Street Map or Globe?

What does the Street Map or Globe? worksheet cover?

It practises using maps and globes — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Geo.3.K-2: Use maps and globes to spot what a place is like, naturally and culturally. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Street Map or Globe? practise?

D2.Geo.3.K-2 — D2.Geo.3.K-2, in the Geography domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Street Map or Globe? is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.3.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Street Map or Globe? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Street Map or Globe? can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Street Map or Globe? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Street Map or Globe?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Geo.3.K-2?

Yes — “Street Map or Globe?” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Geo.3.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Street Map or Globe? is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Geo.3.K-2

Use maps and globes to spot what a place is like, naturally and culturally.

Teaching this next? Street Map or Globe? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.3.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.