Map Skills
Ancient Asia
India/Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
5 Themes
100
You can split the Earth up into 4 of these
What is a Hemisphere?
100
A type of tall, strong grass.
What is bamboo?
100
This is a language used by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
100
The Egyptian symbol of life.
What is an ankh?
100
To migrate from one place to another.
What is movement?
200
This tells you the symbols on a map.
What is a map key?
200
His primary job was to protect the feudal Lord and his castle.
What is a Samurai warrior?
200
Buddhism is based on his teachings.
Who is Siddartha Guatama (Buddha)?
200
The capital city of Egypt.
What is Cairo?
200
This theme describes all the features and landforms around a location.
What is place?
300
These can be abbreviated as: NW, SW, SE, NE
What are intermediate directions?
300
Strong seasonal winds that create the rainfall patterns in Southeast Asia.
What are monsoons?
300
This is a religion with gods and goddesses, such as Vishnu and Shiva.
What is Hinduism?
300
The written language that belongs to the ancient Egyptians.
What is Hieroglyphics?
300
This theme tells about a group of places that have physical features or characteristics in common.
What is region?
400
This person makes maps.
What is a cartographer?
400
Over 70% is covered in mountains and forest, entire country is made of small islands, most citizens live in cities.
What is the reason for Japan's very dense population?
400
Hammurabi contributed this to ancient culture and it is still relevant today.
What is a code of written laws?
400
A large carnivorous beetle and also an Egyptian God.
What is a scarab beetle?
400
This theme is described when you cut down trees to create a parking lot.
What is Human Environment Interaction?
500
They are: Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica
What are the seven continents?
500
One is slow, stylized movements, One is fast, colorful and has a high energy level.
What is the difference between Noh theater and Kabuki theater?
500
Mesopotamia lies between these two rivers.
What are the Tigres and Euphrates?
500
This can be considered Egyptian paper, a plant to make paper out of, and a reed.
What is papyrus?
500
When you say: I live at 1234 Main Street in Hudson, FL you are giving an example of this.
What is absolute location?