Mapmaking Quiz

What is another name for mapmaking?

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

• Cartography

• Geography

What did mapmakers historically place in unexplored areas of maps?

• Forests

• Monsters

• Mountains

• Cities

What is the phrase 'Here Be Dragons' believed to have been inscribed on?

• Clay tablet

• Stone tablet

• Mammoth tusk

• 16th-century globe

What was used to create what is believed to be the oldest map ever discovered?

• Clay tablet

• Papyrus scroll

• Stone tablet

• Mammoth tusk

Which culture is believed to have etched a map onto a stone tablet around 13,500 years ago?

• Neolithic culture

• Babylonian culture

• Mesopotamian culture

• Magdalenian culture

Where is the site of a Neolithic village known as Çatalhöyük located?

• Greece

• Italy

• Turkey

• Egypt

Who is considered the inventor of geography and created a system of latitude and longitude?

• Hecataeus

• Anaximander

• Ptolemy

• Ortelius

Which ancient philosopher produced the first map of the world in Greece?

• Ptolemy

• Hecataeus

• Ortelius

• Anaximander

What did the Babylonian World Map show at the center of the world?

• Assyria

• Greece

• Babylon

• Delphi

Which ancient culture produced the first known map of the planet?

• Greek

• Egyptian

• Roman

• Mesopotamian