Geography Terms
A circle showing the cardinal directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
The founder of the Muslim (Islam) religion.
Who is Muhammad?
A body of land completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
Term for groups people who move from place to place, usually looking for food.
What is nomad or nomadic?
The name of the first civilization.
What is Mesopotamia?
The word meaning "half the earth".
What is hemisphere?
The "holy city" of all three major world religions.
What is Jerusalem?
A flat, low land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth.
What is a delta?
Believing in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
This civilization's leader was considered a god and was called a pharaoh.
What is Egypt?
The imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres. (Clue-0 degrees Latitude)
What is the equator?
The Christian religion follows the teaching of this historical figure.
Who is Jesus Christ?
A small stream or river that flows into a larger river or stream.
What is tributary?
The area of social studies that includes the study of climate, landforms, and placement on a map.
What is Geography?
This group of kingdoms were among the most wealthiest due to their vast amount of gold and salt.
What were the African Kingdoms?
The part of a map that tells the meaning of symbols used within the map.
What is a map key or legend?
The 12 tribes of Israel was started by the sons of this man.
Who is Jacob?
A body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
The belief in one god.
What is monotheism?
This group of tribes included the Vikings, the Franks, the Vandals, and others.
Who were the Germanic Tribes?
The imaginary line that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemisphere. (Clue-0 degrees longitude)
What is the Prime Meridian?
A core belief that all three religions share that was different from the rest of the civilizations around them.
What is monotheism?
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas.
What is an isthmus?
The area of social studies that includes gender roles, classes, hierarchies, societal roles, etc.
What is Social Structure?
The most important discovery of humankind that led to the creation of civilization.
What was agriculture/farming?