JEOPARDY ThemesMap HistoryNavigationExplorersMisc FINAL

Themes for 100 What type of Region includes one central place and the surrounding areas affected by it Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Functional Region

Themes 200 What is the line that is located at 0º Longitude Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Prime Meridian

Themes 300 What are the imaginary lines used to measure distance North and South of the Equator Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Latitude

Themes 400 Half of the Globe is called ….. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Hemisphere

Themes 500 Name of the Line at 180º Longitude Push the Space Bar to check your answer. International Date Line

Map History 100 The first known maps were created by which ancient civilization Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Babylonians

Map History 200 What was the name of the Greek philosopher who created 8 volumes of work titled Geography Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Ptolemy

Map History 300 During the Middle Ages, the center of maps was often occupied by what city? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Jerusalem

Map History 400 What role did science play during the Middle Ages Push the Space Bar to check your answer. None, it was a time dominated by religious belief

Map History 500 Magellan and his crew will forever be famous for being the first to do what Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Circumnavigate the globe, (even without Magellan finishing the trip)

Navigation 100 Ptolomy created this device to assist with navigation Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Astrolabe

Navigation 200 What was the problem with the Cross Staff Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Caused sailors to go blind lining up the angles

Navigation 300 A compass will always face which direction? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Magnetic North

Navigation 400 What was Columbus looking for when he set sail to the West Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Westward water path to India/Far East

Navigation 500 A device for navigation that can measure up to 60º Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Sextant

Early Mapping 100 The oldest known map comes from the Babylonians at approx what date Push the Space Bar to check your answer BCE

Early Mapping 200 The earliest Egyptian Maps were from what date Push the Space Bar to check your answer BCE

Early Mapping 300 Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Ptolomy What was the name of the Roman citizen who was Greek, living in Egypt, who unlike most Romans was very interested in land outside the Roman Empire

Early Mapping 400 Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Land masses too big and oceans too small – produced a globe that was 18,000 miles round at the Equator rather than the 25,000 miles it actually is. What were the two big mistakes Ptolomy’s made While creating a “map” of the

Early Mapping 500 In the Middle ages, what was used to display wind Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Gods/Fairies/etc

Misc 100 Navigation device that worked well, but caused blindness to its users Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Cross Staff

Misc 200 Type of map that is used by navigators while sailing on the sea Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Portolan Maps

Misc 300 Both Stick maps and portolan maps display this information Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Wind Patterns

Misc 400 Produced maps that displayed everything between 60°N and 60°S accurately, but outside of those lines was distorted Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Mercator

Misc 500 Estimated the earth to be round, and was almost exact as to its size (he was greek) Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Eratosthenes

FINAL JEOPARDY Push the Space Bar to check your answer. 1.Scale 2.Long/Lat 3.Geography (the word) 4.Projections People Name the 4 items Ptolomy contributed t the world of mapping