Map Skills
Major Landforms
Early Humans
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
100
This is a map on the surface of a sphere
What is a globe
100
This is the largest river system in North America
What is the Mississippi
100
This is the study of people of the past and what they leave behind
What is archeology
100
Mesopotamia is part of this large swath of fertile land
What is the Fertile Crescent
100
The ancient Egyptian civilization developed on this continent
What is Africa
200
This imaginary line divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the equator
200
This is the world's tallest mountain range
What are the Himalayas
200
Human life began on this continent
What is Africa
200
This is regarded as the first true human civilization
What is Sumer
200
This river aided the development of ancient Egypt
What is the Nile
300
These imaginary lines on a map are also called "parallels".
What are lines of latitude
300
This is the world's longest river
What is the Nile
300
This word refers to a human-made object usually found by archeologists
What is artifact
300
This is regarded as the first true writing
What is cuneiform
300
The supreme rulers of ancient Egypt were given this title
What is pharaoh
400
This imaginary line, which runs through Greenwich, England, divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian
400
This is the world's coldest desert
What is Antartica
400
Early people were able to travel across the world due to the low sea levels during this age.
What is the Ice Age
400
This area "between the rivers" is part of the Fertile Crescent.
What is Mesopotamia
400
This ruler of Egypt was first to promote a monotheistic religion
Who is Akhenaten
500
The lines of longitude intersect at these polar opposites.
What are poles
500
Most of the west coast of South America is covered by these mountains
What are the Andes
500
This term refers to humans and their close relatives, such as the Neanderthals.
What is hominid
500
This is the name of the most famous epic poem from Sumer
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh
500
This artifact was used by archaeologists to determine them meaning of hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone
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