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Street, Region or World? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on using maps at different scales, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.3.3-5. 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, Region or World?

D2.Geo.3.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.What does a regional map hide that a street plan shows?
  • A.The districts
  • B.The coastline
  • C.Individual houses, yards and the pipes under them
2.You want to see where the region's grain comes from. Which scale?
  • A.A street plan
  • B.A world map showing the trading routes
  • C.A district map
3.Why does an enquiry usually need more than one scale?
  • A.To fill more paper
  • B.Each scale answers a different part of the question
  • C.Maps wear out
4.You want to find which streets lack piped water. Which scale?
  • A.A large scale street plan of one district
  • B.A regional map
  • C.A map of Europe
5.Which scale would show the harbour's channel and its depths?
  • A.A world map
  • B.A regional map
  • C.A large scale chart of the harbour itself
6.A world map shows the whole region as one dot. Is it wrong?
  • A.No. At that scale a region cannot be more than a dot
  • B.Yes, it is inaccurate
  • C.Yes, regions must be named
7.What does a street plan hide that a regional map shows?
  • A.The houses
  • B.The roads
  • C.How this district compares with the other three
8.You want to compare the four districts' populations. Which scale?
  • A.A world map
  • B.A street plan
  • C.A regional map showing all four districts at once

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Answer key — Street, Region or World?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Individual houses, yards and the pipes under them
  2. 2.A world map showing the trading routes
  3. 3.Each scale answers a different part of the question
  4. 4.A large scale street plan of one district
  5. 5.A large scale chart of the harbour itself
  6. 6.No. At that scale a region cannot be more than a dot
  7. 7.How this district compares with the other three
  8. 8.A regional map showing all four districts at once

Questions about Street, Region or World?

What does the Street, Region or World? worksheet cover?

It practises using maps at different scales — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Geo.3.3-5: Use maps at different scales to describe what is where. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Street, Region or World? practise?

D2.Geo.3.3-5 — D2.Geo.3.3-5, in the Geography domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Street, Region or World? is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.3.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Street, Region or World? 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, Region or World? 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, Region or World? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Street, Region or World?, 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.3.3-5?

Yes — “Street, Region or World?” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Geo.3.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Street, Region or World? is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Geo.3.3-5

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Teaching this next? Street, Region or World? is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.3.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.