Stone Age
The earliest period of the Stone Age, when people hunted and gathered.
What is the Paleolithic Era?
Mesopotamia means “land between two rivers.” Name both of them.
What is the Tigris or Euphrates?
These rulers were considered both kings and living gods.
Who are pharaohs?
This seasonal wind pattern brings heavy rains to India each year
What are monsoons?
This red-suited character is known for delivering presents.
Who is Santa Claus?
The later Stone Age period when farming began.
What is the Neolithic Era?
The first known written language, created by Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
What made Egyptian life possible.
What is the Nile River?
This river was home to the earliest Indian civilization.
What is the Indus River?
What do kids often leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve?
Cookies (Maybe Milk)
The single change that ended the nomadic lifestyle.
What is the development of agriculture?
This king created one of the earliest written law codes.
Who is Hammurabi?
Egyptians preserved bodies using this process.
What is mummification?
This Maurya emperor converted to Buddhism after a brutal war
Who is Ashoka?
In the song "Frosty the Snowman," what made Frosty come to life?
What is an old silk hat?
Early humans used these to improve their chances of survival—made from stone, bone, or wood
What are tools?
These pyramid-like temple structures were used for worship and government.
What are ziggurats?
The massive stone structures built as tombs during the Old Kingdom.
What are the pyramids of Giza?
This empire is known as India’s Golden Age, famous for math, art, and literature
What is the Gupta Empire?
In Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, what does Hermey the elf want to be instead of a toymaker?
What is a Dentist?
Along what geographic features had most agriculture developed by 5000 BC?
What are Rivers?
Nebuchadnezzar II created this "Wonder" of the ancient world?
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
He was the first pharaoh of Egypt, he also united Lower & Upper Egypt
Who was Menes?
This social structure divided Indian society into strict hereditary groups.
What is the caste system?
In “A Christmas Story,” what happens to Ralphie’s friend as a result of a “triple-dog dare” from another classmate?
He gets his tongue stuck to a flagpole