Continents and Oceans
Map Tools
Early Civilizations
Cities and Migration
Exploration and Imperialism
100
This continent is North America.
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100
This map tool tells you which direction is North.
What is a compass?
100
The River in the Indus Valley
What is the Indus River?
100
When someone comes into (enters) a new country
What is immigration?
100
This man sailed from Spain in 1492 and is credited for discovering the New World.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
This continent is Antarctica
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200
This map tool tells you what colors and symbols mean.
What is a key, or legend?
200
The river in Egypt
What is the Nile?
200
When someone exits (leaves) a their home country
What is emigration?
200
This was when plants, animals, food, and disease began moving around the world due to trading done by European explorers.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
300
This continent is Europe
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300
The imaginary vertical lines on a map that indicate how East or West one is from the Prime Meridian. 
What are longitude lines?
300
The rivers in Mesopotamia, also known as the Fertile Crescent
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
300
Positive and negative reasons for someone moving to a new place
What are push and pull factors?
300
When a strong country takes over a weaker one for power, money, resources, and prestiege.
What is imperialism?
400
This ocean is the Pacific Ocean.
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400
Imaginary horizontal lines that show how far North or South one is compared to the equator.
What are latitude lines?
400
When someone believes in more than one god
What is polytheism?
400
When a small town becomes a city, or when people move from the country to the city
What is urbanization?
400
The idea that white people have a responsibility to 'civilize' non-white people, justifying imperialism.
What is White Man's Burden?
500
This ocean is the Indian Ocean
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500
This map tool tells you how big the map is compared to real life.
What is a scale?
500
This good dirt is brought from mountains by floodwaters, and helps ancient civilizations thrive.
What is silt?
500
This is high when a city has a lot of people crammed together.
What is population density?
500
Applying "survival of the fittest" to people, justifying racism and imperialism
What is Social Darwinism?