Social Scientists
Prehistoric Exploration
Archaeological Mysteries
Elements of a map
Map skills
100

What type of scholars study human society?

Who are social scientists?

100

A time period before written history

What is prehistoric?

100

A human-made feature a geographer might study

What is a road?

100

How do we know what the map is all about?

What is the Title?

100

The lines that run north and south of the equator?

What are parallels or Lines of Latitude?

200

These professionals are most like detectives when studying the past

Who are historians?

200

How did prehistoric reach high areas to create cave paintings?

What is scaffolding/reaching difficult spots?

200

What object found near cave art helped illuminate prehistoric life

What are lamps for burning animal fat?

200

What is the element that shows direction?

What is the compass rose?

200

The lines that run east or west of the Prime Meridian?

What are Meridians or Lines of Longitude?

300

This type of scientist examines objects from past cultures

Who are archaeologists?

300

How did prehistoric artists use cave surfaces

What is incorporating uneven surfaces into art?

300

What can cave art tell us about prehistoric environments

What animals lived in the area?

300

This part of the map has symbols to help us identify places on a map

What is the legend/key?

300

The measurement of both the Equator an the Prime Meridian?

What is zero degrees?

400

A human-made object from the past that helps us understand history

What is an artifact?

400

What did ancient artists use to make paint?

What are ground minerals and berries mixed with animal fat/oil
400

What does a detailed carved spear thrower suggest

What is the maker was skilled?

400

What do we use to measure distance on a map?

What is the scale?

400

What is a trick to remember Latitude Lines?

What is thinking about the lines like the steps on a ladder?

500

Why do historians study personal documents like diaries?

What is to learn what happened and why?

500

What do some scientists hypothesize about prehistoric paintings of handprints?

What is they were possible "signatures"

500

Why might ancient artifacts remain hidden

What is difficult access/unknown location?

500

What is the part of the map that shows the "bigger picture" with a shaded area?

What is the inset map?

500

The earth is divided into 4 of these?

What are hemispheres?