MAP SKILLS
EUROPE GEOGRAPHY
EUROPE CULTURE
EXPLORATION AND EMPIRE
WILDCARD
100
North, South, East, West
What are the CARDINAL DIRECTIONS?
100
The biggest country in the world, it has land in both Europe and Asia
What is RUSSIA?
100
The founder and main prophet of Islam.
Who is MUHAMMAD?
100
The direction Columbus sailed when he went looking for a shortcut to India in 1492
What is WEST?
100
The Christian holiday that celebrates Jesus's resurrection
What is EASTER?
200
The main line of latitude, measured at zero degrees
What is the EQUATOR?
200
The body of water south of Europe, it separates Europe and Africa.
What is the MEDITERRANEAN SEA?
200
Italian and French belong to this language family.
What are ROMANCE LANGUAGES?
200
Europeans greatly desired these raw materials, which only grew in the Tropics, a warm climate.
What are SPICES?
200
The narrow body of water between England and France
What is the ENGLISH CHANNEL?
300
The main line of longitude, measured at zero degrees
What is the PRIME MERIDIAN?
300
The country located between Ukraine and Germany; Warsaw is the capital.
What is POLAND?
300
The belief in one god
What is MONOTHEISM?
300
Vasco da Gama sailed east around Africa and made this European country rich.
What is PORTUGAL?
300
English and German are part of this language family.
What are GERMANIC LANGUAGES?
400
A map feature to explain what the symbols on the map mean
What is a KEY OR LEGEND?
400
This river flows southeast and empties into the Black Sea.
What is THE DANUBE RIVER?
400
Russian and Ukrainian, which are Slavic Languages, both use this alphabet
What is the CYRILLIC ALPHABET?
400
This is part of an empire, and its purpose is to make the homeland rich.
What is a COLONY?
400
Jews pray in this language at the synagogue.
What is HEBREW?
500
Northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest
What are intermediate directions?
500
Spain and this country form the Iberian Peninsula.
What is PORTUGAL?
500
The belief in many gods.
What is POLYTHEISM?
500
Raw materials like cotton go to a factory in Europe and become this type of product (a t-shirt, for example)
What is MANUFACTURED GOODS?
500
The tribe that Columbus encountered when he arrived to the Caribbean islands.
Who are the Taino?