Mrs. Dannefer
The number of daughters Mrs. Dannefer has.
What is three?
The two most important rivers from Mesopotamia that flooded on a yearly basis.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What is the Nile River?
Two famous city states. One is known for its strength and the other is known for its intelligence.
What is Sparta and Athens?
Two mythological brothers raised by a she-wolf and responsible for naming Rome.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
The state that Mrs. Dannefer's daughter plays basketball in.
Where is Oklahoma?
The set of ancient Civil Laws in Mesopotamia that were often cruel and introduced the idea "an eye for an eye."
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The Egyptian form of writing using symbols to represent things and ideas.
What is hieroglyphics?
Example of Greek literature that taught a lesson, usually through speaking animals.
What is a fable?
A leader that held power through the use of force.
Who is a tyrant?
The state that Mrs. Dannefer's oldest daughter teaches 6th grade.
Where is North Carolina?
The first form of writing in Sumerian?
What is cuneiform?
The Major Egyptian building that doubled as a grave for a pharaoh king.
What is a pyramid?
The ancient form of Greek government that the US still uses today.
What is a democracy?
A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
What is Christianity?
The events that Mrs. Dannefer coaches at the high school. Bonus 100 points for if you can tell what events her daughter is in.
What is shot put, discus, and javelin?
BONUS: Shot put and Javelin
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A government ruled by religious authorities.
What is a theocracy?
Macedonian ruler responsible for spreading Greek culture to Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Who is Alexander the Great?
The shape that the country of Italy resembles.
What is a boot?
One of Mrs. Dannefer's dogs names (There are three dogs total.)
Who is Penny, Bandit or Winston?
A way of supplying water to dry land using canals.
What is irrigation?
The group of people that Egyptians used as slaves, then were led to freedom by Moses.
Who are the ancient Hebrews or Israelites?
A government in which only a few people have power.
What is an oligarchy?
Roman general and dictator that transformed Rome from a Republic to an Empire. Et tu, Brute?
Who is Julius Caesar?