Map Skills
People
Mesopotamia
Eygpt
Vocabulary
100
Cartographer
What is a person who makes maps?
100
paleontologist
What is a person who studies the life forms of the past, especially prehistoric life forms, using animal and plant fossils
100
carnelian
What is a clear red gemstones
100
scribe
What is someone who reads and writes for other people
200
International date line
What is 180 degrees meridian
200
archaeologist
What is a person who studies the life and culture of the past, especially ancient peoples.
200
Epic
What is a long peom about a heroic character called
200
arouns 3000 bc
What is the egyptian kingdom was unified around
200
zigguart
What is a temple tower
300
compass rose
What is drawing on a map that shows directions
300
paleontologist
What is a person who studies the life forms of the past, especially prehistoric life forms, using animal and plant fossils
300
Jordan River
Jericho was located near the
300
Giza
Where is the largest pyramid ever built located
300
caravan
What is a group of people and goods traveling together
400
plateau
What is flat, high land
400
nomad
What is a person who keeps moving around, looking for food or pasture for his or her animals
400
Fertile Cresent
The area enclosed by broken lines was called the
400
Kush
Piankhi came from the kingdom
400
parallels
What is lines of latitude
500
coordinates
What is the latitude and longitude of a place on a map
500
anthropologist
What is a person who studies humans, espically the physical and cultural characteristics, customs, and social relationships
500
monarchy
What is a government run by king/queen
500
Ahmose drove out the Hyksos
The New Kingdom began after
500
geologist
What is a person who studies the earth's crust and the way in which its layers were formed