JEOPARDY

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JEOPARDY
FINAL
Themes Map History Navigation Explorers Misc
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Themes for 100

• What type of Region includes one central place
  and the surrounding areas affected by it

Functional Region
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Themes 200

• What is the line that is located at 0º Longitude

Prime Meridian
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Themes 300

• What are the imaginary lines used to measure
  distance North and South of the Equator

Latitude
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Themes 400

• Half of the Globe is called ..

Hemisphere
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Themes 500

• Name of the Line at 180º Longitude

International Date Line
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Map History 100

• The first known maps were created by which
  ancient civilization

Babylonians
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Map History 200

• What was the name of the Greek philosopher who
  created 8 volumes of work titled Geography

Ptolemy
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Map History 300

• During the Middle Ages, the center of maps was
  often occupied by what city?

Jerusalem
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Map History 400

• What role did science play during the Middle Ages

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

Circumnavigate the globe, (even without Magellan
finishing the trip)
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Navigation 100

• Ptolomy created this device to assist with
  navigation

Astrolabe
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Navigation 200

• What was the problem with the Cross Staff

Caused sailors to go blind lining up the angles
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Navigation 300

• A compass will always face which direction?

Magnetic North
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Navigation 400

• What was Columbus looking for when he set sail to
  the West

Westward water path to India/Far East
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Navigation 500

• A device for navigation that can measure up to 60º

Sextant
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Explorers 100

• Juan Ponce de Leon
• went looking for what fabled item

Fountain of Youth
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Explorers 200

• Sailed from France, looking for the Northwest
  Passage

Jacques Cartier
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Explorers 300
Hit San Salvadore and called the inhabitants
Indians
Christopher Columbus
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Explorers 400
Established Jamestown for the Virginia Company
Christopher Newport
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Explorers 500

• Was killed during his trip circumnavigating the
  world when he landed in the Philippines

Ferdinand Megellan
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Misc 100

• Navigation device that worked well, but caused
  blindness to its users

Cross Staff
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Misc 200

• Type of map that is used by navigators while
  sailing on the sea

Portolan Maps
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Misc 300

• The river that connects the Atlantic Ocean and
  the Great Lakes

St Lawrence
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Misc 400

• Produced the first maps with a view other than
  the equator being in the center

Mercator
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Misc 500

• Estimated the earth to be round, and was almost
  exact as to its size (he was greek)

Eratosthenes
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FINAL JEOPARDY

• People

Name the 4 items Ptolomy contributed t the world
of mapping

• Scale
• Long/Lat
• Geography (the word)
• Projections

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