John S. Ott
Portland State University
HST 355U - Late Medieval Europe, 1100-1450

MAP QUIZ GUIDELINES

TAKEN IN CLASS ON
THURSDAY, APRIL 11

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To help you prepare for the quiz, I will be sending out via e-mail a .pdf of a map of Europe for you to print out and practice on. This is the same blank map you will use for the quiz in class.

You will be asked to locate within a reasonably approximate distance the cities and topographical features below. What is "reasonably approximate"? If the city sits on a river located on our map template, then for full credit you must place the city ON the river.

The template I furnish you will have the rivers and mountain ranges already sketched in, along with major bodies of water. Feel free to consult any available sources to prepare for the quiz--internet, atlases, etc. But, frankly, Google is probably easiest/most convenient. The list of places will be projected onscreen during the quiz, so you do not have to memorize the list.

There will be 100 total points awarded (4 points per site), with half credit awarded for close approximations. Should you be forced to miss the quiz due to illness, I will schedule a make-up in the History Department Office at a mutually convenient time. You must let me know in advance if you will miss the quiz.

Locate the following:

Cities

Antioch (modern Hatay, Turkey, on the Orontes River)
Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
Florence (Firenze, Italy)
Blois (France)
Jerusalem
Paris
Mainz (Mayence, Germany)
London
Laon (France)
Rome
Damascus, Syria
Venice
Assisi (Italy)
Ghent (Gand, Belgium)
Toulouse

Rivers

Danube
Rhine
Thames
Orontes (Turkey/Lebanon)
Loire
Ebro

Mountain ranges

Alps
Apennines
Pyrenees
Taurus Mountains (Turkey)