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JEOPARDY 100 200 100 200 300 400 500 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 ThemesMap HistoryNavigationExplorersMisc FINAL
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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
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Themes 200 What is the line that is located at 0º Longitude Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Prime Meridian
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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
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Themes 400 Half of the Globe is called ….. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Hemisphere
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Themes 500 Name of the Line at 180º Longitude Push the Space Bar to check your answer. International Date Line
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Map History 100 The first known maps were created by which ancient civilization Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Babylonians
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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Navigation 100 Ptolomy created this device to assist with navigation Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Astrolabe
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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
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Navigation 300 A compass will always face which direction? Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Magnetic North
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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
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Navigation 500 A device for navigation that can measure up to 60º Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Sextant
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Early Mapping 100 The oldest known map comes from the Babylonians at approx what date Push the Space Bar to check your answer. 2300 BCE
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Early Mapping 200 The earliest Egyptian Maps were from what date Push the Space Bar to check your answer. 1300 BCE
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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
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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
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Early Mapping 500 In the Middle ages, what was used to display wind Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Gods/Fairies/etc
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Misc 100 Navigation device that worked well, but caused blindness to its users Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Cross Staff
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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
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Misc 300 Both Stick maps and portolan maps display this information Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Wind Patterns
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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
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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
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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
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