CLAS230 Classical Mythology
Department of Classics, Monmouth College

Sample Map/Geography Quiz for World Mythology

Part I MAP

Directions: Find each of the following ten places on the map provided. Click here for a sample map of the world.

GREECE / ROME / JERUSALEM / MESOPOTAMIA / ICELAND / EGYPT / NIGERIA / ZUNI / HOPI / NAVAJO

Part II GEOGRAPHY
Directions: Provide some significant information about each of the places in Part I. Relate each place to a specific mythic event or character connected with the study of important names in world mythology discussed in the course.

Here are some examples of appropriate answers:
Greece: Sisyphus is the Greek trickster who is punished in the Underworld with the never-ending task of rolling a rock up a hill.

EGYPT: Isis is the Egyptian goddess who is married to Osiiris and is the mother of Horus.
 

List of Places and ID's you should know for the first quiz
List of Places and ID's you should know for the second quiz

This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his students at Monmouth College. If you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.

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