Maps and Globes
What tool on a map shows directions such as north, south, east, and west?
What is a compass rose?
What is geography the study of?
What is the study of Earth's physical features and how humans interact with them?
What do historians use to organize human activities over time?
What are eras and periods?
Who creates maps?
Who are cartographers?
What continent is the Great Wall of China located on?
What is Asia?
What is the term for the period of time before writing was invented?
What is prehistory?
Who is the explorer credited with discovering the Americas in 1492?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What is the supreme law of the United States?
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Which calendar is primarily used in most of the world today?
What is the Gregorian calendar?
How many years are in a decade?
What is 10 years?
What do map scales represent?
What is the relationship between distances on the map and real-world distances?
Which feature measures how far a place is east or west from the prime meridian?
What is longitude?
What is a primary source?
What is firsthand evidence from the time of the event?
Why do maps of the same place sometimes look different?
What is because different cartographers use different perspectives and methods?
The Amazon River is located on which continent?
What is South America?
Which ancient civilization is known for building pyramids and developing hieroglyphics?
What is Ancient Egypt?
Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa to reach India?
Who is Vasco da Gama?
How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?
What are 27 amendments?
Which calendar is used to determine the dates of Islamic religious holidays like Ramadan?
What is the Islamic (Hijri) calendar?
What do we call a period of 100 years?
What is a century?
Lines of latitude measure the distance in what direction?
What is north and south of the equator?
Which hemisphere contains the continents of Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia?
What is the Eastern Hemisphere?
Why are secondary sources important to historians?
What is they analyze and interpret primary sources?
What is a physical map?
What is a map that shows landforms like mountains, rivers, and lakes?
What country is home to the Pyramids of Giza?
What is Egypt?
What river was central to the development of Mesopotamian civilizations?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Who was the first person to lead an expedition that successfully circumnavigated the Earth?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Which part of the Constitution outlines the structure and powers of the legislative branch?
What is Article I?
The Mayan calendar is famous for predicting certain events. How many days are in the Mayan calendar’s Tzolk'in (year) cycle?
What is 260 days?
What term refers to a period of 1,000 years?
What is a millennium?
What is the name of the line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What is the equator?
How do geographers use geographic inquiry?
What is to analyze relationships between people, cultures, and their environments?
What do historians study to understand how people in the past lived?
What are artifacts and written records?
What is the significance of the prime meridian in map-making?
What is it divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
Which country is Mount Kilimanjaro located in?
What is Tanzania?
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Augustus Caesar
Which explorer traveled across Asia and spent time in the court of Kublai Khan, later writing about his adventures?
Who is Marco Polo?
What is the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
What is the Bill of Rights?
Which calendar is used to celebrate the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah?
What is the Hebrew calendar?
What is an era in historical terms?
What is a long and distinct period of history with specific characteristics?
What kind of map shows borders of countries and states?
What is a political map?
What is the name for the imaginary lines that run horizontally across the globe?
What are lines of latitude?
Why do historians study different calendar systems?
What is to understand how different cultures measured time?
What does the term "projection" mean in cartography?
What is the method used to represent the Earth's curved surface on a flat map?
What is the capital city of Australia?
What is Canberra?
What was the name of the trade route that connected China with Europe?
What is the Silk Road?
Who was the famous Norse explorer who is believed to have reached North America around the year 1000?
Who is Leif Erikson?
Which amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press?
What is the First Amendment?
The Chinese calendar is lunisolar and used to determine traditional festivals. What animal represents the current year according to the Chinese zodiac?
What is the dragon? (wood dragon)
What is an event or moment in history that causes a significant change. These mark the changes in eras.
What is a Turning Point?