Geography
Culture
Government
Economics
Map Skills
100

This type of map shows elevation and landforms like mountains and rivers.

What is a physical map?

100

Beliefs and practices related to worship are known as this.

What is religion?

100

A system where citizens vote for their leaders.

What is a democracy?

100

These are naturally occurring resources, not man-made, such as water, plants, and minerals.

What are natural resources?

100

What tool on a map shows directions (N, S, E, W)?

Compass rose

200

The Sahara Desert is located on this continent.

What is Africa?

200

This term describes a group of people who share a common culture and ancestry.

What is an ethnic group?

200

This type of government is ruled by a king or queen.

What is a monarchy?

200

This economic system is controlled entirely by the government.

What is a command economy?

200

The system of lines used to find exact locations on Earth.

What is latitude and longitude?

300

This region includes countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel.

What is the Middle East (Southwest Asia)?

300

When one culture adopts traits from another, it is called this.

What is cultural diffusion?

300

This principle ensures no branch of government becomes too powerful.

What is checks and balances?

300

The basic economic problem of limited resources is called this.

What is scarcity?

300

This imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

What is the Equator?

400

This term describes when people move from one place to another.

What is migration?

400

This term refers to the variety of different ethnic, language, and social groups within a society.

What is diversity?

400

A government controlled by a single ruler with absolute power.

What is a dictatorship?

400

This economic system has private ownership and free markets.

What is capitalism (market economy)?

400

This is the part of the map that identifies what the symbols on it mean.

 What is the legend or key?

500

What is the long-term weather pattern of an area called?

Climate

500

This language is most commonly spoken in Brazil.

What is Portuguese?

500

In this type of government, there are no restrictions on the leadership's power.

Unlimited government.

500

This economic system is based on supply, demand, and private ownership.

What is a free enterprise system?

500

This line at 0° longitude runs through Greenwich, England.

What is the Prime Meridian?

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