From One Street to the Whole 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

From One Street to the Whole World

D2.Geo.3.3-5

NameDate

Circle the best answer.

1.What does a city plan hide that a national map shows?

A.The streets
B.How this city compares with everywhere else
C.The sites

2.You compare the four regions of one country. Which scale?

A.A national map showing all regions at once
B.A world map
C.A street plan

3.What does a national map hide that a city plan shows?

A.The regions
B.Which streets were cleared and which are still standing
C.The coastline

4.You compare rebuilding across countries. Which scale?

A.A single district map
B.A street plan
C.A world or continental map showing several countries

5.A world map shows a whole country as a shape with no cities. Is it wrong?

A.Yes, it is incomplete
B.Yes, cities matter
C.No. At that scale cities cannot be shown

6.Why does one enquiry need several scales?

A.To use more paper
B.Maps wear out
C.Each scale answers a different part of the same question

7.Which scale would show whether timber shipments crossed an ocean?

A.A regional map
B.A city plan
C.A world map with the trade routes marked

8.You decide which cleared sites to build on first. Which scale?

A.A large scale plan of the city's cleared land
B.A national map
C.A world map

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Answer key — From One Street to the Whole World

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

1.How this city compares with everywhere else
2.A national map showing all regions at once
3.Which streets were cleared and which are still standing
4.A world or continental map showing several countries
5.No. At that scale cities cannot be shown
6.Each scale answers a different part of the same question
7.A world map with the trade routes marked
8.A large scale plan of the city's cleared land

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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.