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Geography: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Where Is It? - Following Directions (Questions)

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Do you know your left from your right? It can be confusing! To find their way around, people use maps and they ask questions. People ask for directions. Have you ever been told the positions of things without understanding what was meant, so you could not find them? Has your Mom or your Dad ever asked you to go and fetch something from your room, and told you how to find it? This quiz is all about being given directions, and then following them.

Understanding directions and positions is important if you want to follow directions properly!

Sam’s Mom asks him to bring some socks. ‘They are in the top drawer in your bedroom, next to the closet.’ Where should Sam look for the socks?

[ ]	On top of the closet
[ ]	In the top drawer
[ ]	Above the closet
[ ]	In the bottom drawer

Sam’s class are playing baseball. It’s Sam’s turn to bat. He hits the ball. The children shout, ‘Run, Sam, run!’ He sets off running to the first post. Which direction does he run?

[ ]	To his right
[ ]	To his left
[ ]	Backwards
[ ]	Straight forwards

Sam’s class are playing baseball. It’s Sam’s turn to bat. He hits the ball a very long way. He sets off to the right and runs all the way round the circle. Everyone cheers.

Which way did Sam run round the circle?

[ ]	Clockwise
[ ]	Counterclockwise
[ ]	In a straight line
[ ]	Backwards

Sam’s Dad is in town. He asks someone how to get to the Town Hall. ‘Keep going straight on,’ he is told. What does Sam’s Dad do?

[ ]	Turns right
[ ]	Turns left
[ ]	Walks straight forward
[ ]	Turns round

Sam’s Mom asks Sam to bring a box of toys downstairs. ‘They are under your bed,’ she says. Where should Sam go to get the box of toys?

[ ]	Downstairs
[ ]	Upstairs to his bedroom
[ ]	To a shop
[ ]	To the kitchen

Sam is out with his family. They want to find the museum. Sam’s Dad asks a man for directions. ‘Go back the way you came. The museum is on the right,’ the man says.

Sam’s Dad thanks the man. What do Sam and his family do then?

[ ]	Keep going straight on and then turn right
[ ]	Keep going straight on and then turn left
[ ]	Turn round
[ ]	Keep going straight on

Sam is in a big shop with his Mum. They are on the first-floor. Sam’s Mom wants to buy some shoes. The shop sells shoes on the ground-floor. How do they get to the ground-floor?

[ ]	Go down the escalator
[ ]	Go up the escalator
[ ]	Stay on the same floor
[ ]	Go up the stairs

Sam has lost his toy car. His Mom says that it is at the back of the sofa. Where should Sam look for his toy car?

[ ]	Under the sofa
[ ]	On the sofa
[ ]	In front of the sofa
[ ]	Behind the sofa

Sam has lost his school bag. His Dad says that it is under the newspaper. Where is Sam’s school bag?

[ ]	At school
[ ]	Below the newspaper
[ ]	Above the newspaper
[ ]	Alongside the newspaper

10.

What is the opposite of turning right?

[ ]	Going straight on
[ ]	Going backwards
[ ]	Turning left
[ ]	Standing still

Geography: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Where Is It? - Following Directions (Answers)

Sam’s Mom asks him to bring some socks. ‘They are in the top drawer in your bedroom, next to the closet.’ Where should Sam look for the socks?

[ ]	On top of the closet
[x]	In the top drawer
[ ]	Above the closet
[ ]	In the bottom drawer

Where do you keep your socks?

Sam’s class are playing baseball. It’s Sam’s turn to bat. He hits the ball. The children shout, ‘Run, Sam, run!’ He sets off running to the first post. Which direction does he run?

[x]	To his right
[ ]	To his left
[ ]	Backwards
[ ]	Straight forwards

Do you like playing baseball?

[ ]	Clockwise
[x]	Counterclockwise
[ ]	In a straight line
[ ]	Backwards

Look at a clock with hands. The hands go round the clock in a clockwise direction

Sam’s Dad is in town. He asks someone how to get to the Town Hall. ‘Keep going straight on,’ he is told. What does Sam’s Dad do?

[ ]	Turns right
[ ]	Turns left
[x]	Walks straight forward
[ ]	Turns round

Sam’s Dad has asked someone for directions

Sam’s Mom asks Sam to bring a box of toys downstairs. ‘They are under your bed,’ she says. Where should Sam go to get the box of toys?

[ ]	Downstairs
[x]	Upstairs to his bedroom
[ ]	To a shop
[ ]	To the kitchen

Where do you keep your toys?

[ ]	Keep going straight on and then turn right
[ ]	Keep going straight on and then turn left
[x]	Turn round
[ ]	Keep going straight on

They need to turn round and go back the way they came

Sam is in a big shop with his Mum. They are on the first-floor. Sam’s Mom wants to buy some shoes. The shop sells shoes on the ground-floor. How do they get to the ground-floor?

[x]	Go down the escalator
[ ]	Go up the escalator
[ ]	Stay on the same floor
[ ]	Go up the stairs

Which floor is above the first-floor?

Sam has lost his toy car. His Mom says that it is at the back of the sofa. Where should Sam look for his toy car?

[ ]	Under the sofa
[ ]	On the sofa
[ ]	In front of the sofa
[x]	Behind the sofa

Have you ever lost a toy? What happened?

Sam has lost his school bag. His Dad says that it is under the newspaper. Where is Sam’s school bag?

[ ]	At school
[x]	Below the newspaper
[ ]	Above the newspaper
[ ]	Alongside the newspaper

Where do you keep your school bag?

10.

What is the opposite of turning right?

[ ]	Going straight on
[ ]	Going backwards
[x]	Turning left
[ ]	Standing still

How do you get from your front door to your bedroom? Can you give directions?