Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Mali
Explorers
Geography
100
What sporting events today are modeled after the games of Ancient Greece?
Olympics
100
Rome is located in which country?
Italy
100
Mali is located in the continent of
Africa
100
A person from one of the countries in Europe is called a
European
100
Virginia is shaped like a __________.
triangle
200
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
peninsula
200
Where would Ancient Romans use arches?
bridges, monuments, and other buildings
200
The storytellers in Mali who passed on oral traditions and stories from one generation to the next are called
griots
200
Christopher Newport landed near which present day city
Jamestown
200
On which continent are the countries of England, Spain and France located?
Europe
300
Which architectural feature is the Parthenon famous for?
columns
300
Ancient Romans built the ___________ to hold gladiator fights, animal fights, and other sporting events.
Colosseum
300
The people of Mali traded gold for
salt
300
Which explorer landed in St. Augustine Florida and gave Spain a claim to land in North America?
Juan Ponce de Leon
300
An imaginary line that divides the globe into the eastern and western hemispheres
prime meridian
400
Greece is the birthplace of ___________.
democracy
400
What are aqueducts?
Aqueducts were used to bring fresh water from the hills down to the towns.
400
A long line of camels traveling together, carrying people and goods is called a __________.
caravan
400
Which explorer landed in San Salvador and was sponsored by the king and queen of Spain?
Christopher Columbus
400
An imaginary line that divides the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres
equator
500
Type of government where people vote to make their own rules and laws
direct democracy
500
Government in which people choose other people (representatives) to make rules and laws for everyone.
representative democracy
500
What type of rulers led the empire of Mali?
powerful kings
500
Name the area where Jacques Cartier explored.
Saint Lawrence River Valley
500
What is the name of half of a sphere (globe) created by the prime meridian or the equator.
hemisphere
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