Mohenjodaro & Themes

The purpose of a map key is to: ______________

• show the distance between 2 cities.

• explain the symbols on a map.

• help locate the equator

Sixty six degrees north is called: ___________

• the beginning of the Arctic Circle

• Antarctica

• The Tropic of Capicorn

• Russia

This picture would depict which of the 5 Themes of History?

• Government

• Cities

• Art & Technology

• Social Structures

Where was the ancient city of Mohenjodaro located?

• current day India

• Nile River valley

• On the Arabian Sea

• In the Indus River Valley

*Vocabulary: This is described as a fortress that protects a city.

• a moat

• the Great Wall of China

• a citadel

• a large and tall guard tower.

This is the line that marks 0 degrees longitude on a map/globe.

• the prime meridian

• the Prime Meridian

• the Equator

• Africa

The lines on this globe represent which lines of direction?

• Latitude

• Longitude

The climate between 23.5 North and 23.5 South are called:

• the tropics

• the arctic

• the mid latitudes

This picture represents which of the following 5 Themes of History?

• Social Structure

• Art

• Cities

• Government

How did modern historians learn that Mohenjodaro had ever existed?

• old maps

• historians read old maps

• archeologists found its ruins

• a farmer stumbled onto the ruins.