Map Skills
Middle East Map
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Judaism
100
The line of latitude at 0 degrees.
What is the Equator?
100

This sea is north of Africa

What is The Mediterranean Sea?

100
The temple built by the Mesopotamians to worship their gods.
What is a Ziggurat?
100
This process was used to prepare the dead for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
100

The celebration is to remember the Exodus.

What is Passover?

200
The line of longitude at 0 degrees.
What is the Prime Meridian?
200

The land between the two rivers in the Fertile crescent area

What is Mesopotamia?

200
First form of writing, developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
200
This is the river valley where the Egyptian civilization began.
What is the Nile?
200
God made him two promises: One was land and the second was that he would be the father of a great nation.
Who was Abraham?
300

This part of the map tells you what symbols and colors mean.

What is a map key?

300

The capital of Israel

What is Jerusalem?

300

The two rivers that Mesopotamia lies between

What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

300
This word refers to the worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
300
This is the term used for worshiping only one god.
What is monotheism?
400
This shows how small the map is compared to the real size of a place.
What is the map scale?
400

The long salt water sea that is between the Nubian Desert and the Arabian Desert

What is the Red Sea?

400
This had a wall enclosing the city with farmland outside. It also had irrigation canals bringing water from the river.
What is a city-state?
400
Snefru, King Tut and Menes are examples of this.
What is a Pharaoh?
400

This celebration is to remember the defeat of the Greeks and reclaiming the temple.

What is Hannukah?

500

This part of the map tells you direction on a map.

What is the compass rose?

500

The kingdom that is south of Egypt, along the Nile River

What is Kush?

500
They were almost as important as the king because they helped the people know how to please their gods.
What are the priests?
500

This is the written language of the ancient Egyptians

What is hieroglyphics?

500

The most sacred place today for Jews.

What is the western Wall in Jerusalem?