History Map Quiz

1. Constantinople occupied a strategic position on the Bosporus between Europe and Asia. Which modern city occupies that location?

2. A historical map shows a peninsula extending south from northeast Asia, positioned between China and the Japanese archipelago. Which region is it?

3. For the 1944 Normandy landings, Allied forces crossed the English Channel from southern England. On which coast did they land?

4. A map of the Inca Empire shows a long, narrow territory following the western side of South America. Which physical feature most strongly shaped that pattern?

5. Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island, was settled by Polynesian voyagers. It lies in the Pacific Ocean west of which continent?

6. A Roman-era ship taking a direct route from the Italian Peninsula to Carthage in North Africa would cross which sea?

7. A map of the medieval Mali Empire includes the trading and learning center of Timbuktu. In which present-day country is Timbuktu located?

8. A historian traveling to the ancient city of Athens would visit which modern country?

9. Machu Picchu stands high in the Andes above the Urubamba Valley. In which modern country is it located?

10. A Silk Road caravan traveling west from China toward Persia would pass through oasis cities such as Samarkand. Which region would it be crossing?

11. The Indus Valley cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are archaeological sites in which modern country?

12. Petra, the rock-cut city associated with the ancient Nabataeans, is located in which modern country?

13. On a modern map, the ancient Mesopotamian cities of Ur, Uruk, and Babylon would all be found in which country?

14. Portuguese ships sailing from Europe to India rounded the Cape of Good Hope. In which modern country is that cape located?

15. The ancient Kingdom of Kush developed along the Nile south of Egypt. Most of its major centers, including Meroë, were in which modern country?

16. The Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was built on islands in Lake Texcoco. Its site is now part of which country?