Swedish Cities

This worksheet helps students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 strengthen geographic literacy, reading comprehension, and deductive reasoning by matching major Swedish cities to descriptive clues. Learners analyze location details, cultural references, population characteristics, and environmental features to connect cities with accurate descriptions, building skills in informational reading, categorization, and map-based thinking.

Learning Goals

• Geographic Knowledge (Grades 3-5): Build familiarity with major Swedish cities such as Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala, Visby, and Kiruna.
• Human Geography Skills: Understand how culture, climate, history, and location influence urban centers and regional characteristics.
• Reading & Reasoning: Practice interpreting descriptive clues, identifying key details, and making logical matches based on evidence.
• European Studies Connection: Reinforce knowledge of European countries, cities, and regional features within a global studies context.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary social studies and ELA standards.
• Flexible Use: Works well for classwork, homework, centers, test review, or independent practice.
• Clear Structure: Simple matching format supports comprehension while still encouraging critical thinking.
• Differentiation Friendly: Accessible for a range of learners and easy to adapt for discussion or map work extensions.

This printable worksheet supports students as they develop geographic awareness, informational reading skills, and critical thinking strategies through real-world city descriptions. By connecting clues to locations, students strengthen comprehension, reasoning, and content knowledge in European geography. It’s an easy-to-use, no-prep resource that fits seamlessly into both classroom instruction and homeschool learning environments.

This worksheet is part of our Sweden Worksheets collection.