Map Skills
Ancient Culture
World Geography
Vocabulary
Other Stuff I Happened to Think of at the Last Minute
100
These lines on a map are also called Parallels
What are lines of Latitude
100
This structure would have been the center of worship
What is a ziggurat
100
The continent you're on right now
What is North America
100
Canals were used to do this to farmland
What is irrigate
100
This person would have been writing on clay tablets
Who is a scribe
200
This line marks 0 degrees longitude
What is the Prime Meridian
200
The Sumerians are credited with this invention making it easier to get around
What is the wheel
200
Warmer climates center around this line located at 0 degrees latitude
What is the Equator
200
When learning to be a scribe, a student would have attended a school of this name
What is an Edubba
200
B.C.
What is Before Christ
300
Of the two tropics, which is the northern most?
What is the Tropic of Cancer
300
The Hanging Gardens of this society was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
What is Babylon
300
Half of the world is know as one of these
What is a hemisphere
300
People known as Sumerians lived in this area
What is Sumer
300
The fertile crescent is located between these two bodies of water
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
400
All lines of longitude converge at these two locations
What is the North Pole and the South Pole
400
This King of Mesopotamia was know for creating the first set of written laws.
Who was Hammurabi
400
True or False, the fertile crescent is located in North America.
What is False
400
This instrument was used to write on clay tables
What is a stylus
400
A.D.
What is Anno Domani
500
Bring your coat to this line located at 75 degrees south latitude
What is the Antarctic Circle
500
Legends of old of this Kings quest to find immortality still exist
Who is Gilgamesh
500
The first nomads that settled as farmers would have done so along these because of the rich land for farming
What are Rivers
500
This is the name of the writing that would have appeared on clay tablets
What is Cuneiform
500
Mesopotamia is part of what modern country
What is Iraq
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