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MENTAL MAP PRACTICE QUIZ
Read the question, answer it with your partner.
URAL MNTS.
1. Which mountain range divides Europe from Asia?
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2. What feature is this? SEA (BUT LOOKS LIKE A LAKE!)
Give evidence that supports your answer…
3. What direction does the Indus River flow?
East to West
What direction does the Ganges River flow?
West to East
Support your answer with evidence from the map.
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ANDES
MNTS.
4. What feature contributes most to the water in the Amazon and its tributaries?
The mountain range in the west!
What is it’s name?
Hint: The Amazon flows from west to east, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
5. Where do the Prime Meridian and Equator meet?
In the ATLANTIC OCEAN, southwest of AFRICA
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TIGRIS
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
ASIA
EUPHRATES
ARABIAN PENNINSULA
PERSIAN GULF
INDIAN OCEAN
AFRICA
RED SEA
6. Create a list of as many features or places you can identify on this satellite image.
7. What is the historical significance of the information on this map?
The Fertile Crescent is a crescent‐shaped region containing moist and fertile land compared to the rest of the region. The region is often called the cradle of civilization, because it was home to some of the earliest human civilizations, which flourished thanks to the water supplies and agricultural resources available in the Fertile Crescent.
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8. What is the name of the green continent?
AFRICA
What is the river on this map?
NILE RIVER
Which direction does it flow?
SOUTH TO NORTH!
9. What type of lines affect time? LONGITUDE
10. What type of lines affect climate? LATITUDE
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