ANCIENT HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
GOVERNMENT & EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
MAP SKILLS
PEOPLE, PLACES AND TERMS
CAPITALS, COUNTRIES & LANDMARKS
100
What major ancient trading city was located in North America?
Carthage
100
What is government by religious authority called?
Theocracy
100
What word means the distance all the way around the Earth?
Circumference
100
What field studies Earth's surface, climate, countries, people, and cultures?
Geography
100
Which Middle Eastern country is famous for its cedar trees?
Lebanon
200
Which Babylonian king is known for a code of about 300 laws?
Hammurabi
200
Which ancient people first developed and used writing?
Sumerians
200
What continent, together with North America, makes up the principal landmasses of the Western Hemisphere?
South America
200
What is a group of people sharing a culture called?
Civilization
200
What is the largest country in the Middle East by area?
Saudi Arabia
300
What agreements helped several Arab countries recognize Israel?
Abraham Accords
300
Name the country between Georgia and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus.
Armenia
300
Which important northern line of latitude lies near the North Pole?
Arctic Circle
300
Which Jewish captive served the king of Babylon?
Daniel
300
Which country is historically associated with a caste system?
India
400
What is a succession of rulers from the same family called?
Dynasty
400
In what country is the Taj Mahal located?
India
400
What is the network of intersecting lines on a map called?
Grid
400
Which peninsula links Africa and Asia?
Sinai Peninsula
400
Which Himalayan country is called the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon?
Bhutan
500
Name the large shifting-sand desert in western China.
Taklamakan Desert
500
What is the volcanic and earthquake-prone belt around the Pacific Ocean called?
Ring of Fire
500
Mongolia is located here
A
500
What is the highest mountain peak on Earth?
Mount Everest
500
Which island country historically used cowrie shells as currency?
Maldives
600
What type of monarchy allows nine Malay sultans to take turns as rulers?
Rotating monarchy
600
Which country, along with Cambodia and Vietnam, was part of French Indochina?
Laos
600
China is located here
B
600
What is the world's third-largest island?
Borneo
600
Which Southeast Asian country was home to the Khmer Empire?
Cambodia
700
What ancient Chinese river valley civilization was the largest of three major Asian river valley cultures?
Yellow River Valley civilization
700
At what Beijing square did major protests occur in 1989?
Tiananmen Square
700
The Philippines are located here
G
700
Which Venetian merchant traveled to China?
Marco Polo
700
In which country did Mounth Pinatubo erupt in 1991?
Philippines
800
A plain would be found here
H
800
North Korea is located here
C
800
Which Mongol leader united the Mongol tribes?
Genghis Khan
800
What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus
900
A peninsula is located here
I
900
Japan is located here
D
900
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
1000
This area describes altitude
C
1000
Vietnam is located here
F
1000
What is the capital of India?
New Dehli
1100
This is where you would find a canyon
B
1100
What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok
1200
This is where a geyser is found
E
1200
What is the capital of South Korea?
Seoul
1300
This area is an isthmus
F
1300
What is the capital of Taiwan?
Taipei