The Black Death
Ancient Greece
Greek Mythology
Mesopotamia
Friday Specials
100

This is the more common name for the Black Death, it's also used as a word for negative things that spread. 

Plague

100

This greek city state was named after the Goddess Athena and prided itself on creating thinkers and philosophers

Athens

100

He is the King of the Gods

Zeus

100

Translated from Greek Mesopotamia literally translates to this. 

Between rivers

100

This president started the CIA in 1948

Harry S. Truman

200

The Mongols made the Silk Road safer by deterring people from stealing, with this slicing penalty. 

Being cut in half

200

He was a philosopher who coined the method of teaching in which the teacher helps the student deepen their understanding through a series of questions. 

Socrates

200

She was the patron goddess of Athens and the goddess of wisdom and war strategy. 

Athena

200

These two rivers were around Mesopotamia and made the land fertile and good for farming. 

Tigris and Euphrates

200

This is what the S. in Harry S. Truman stands for

Nothing

300

This was the tool used by the Mongols in the Siege on Caffa, which enabled the Mongols to throw their dead over the city walls and infect the city with the Plague

Catapult

300

This city-state, the rival of Athens, prided itself on its intense military training of boys. 

Sparta
300
She was the daughter of Demeter, and the imprisoned wife of Hades. 

Persephone

300

This began because seeds were accidentally dropped and grew into new plants. 

Agriculture 

300

This country fought and defeated the Germany army during the 1944 Battle of Stalingrad

 Soviet Union

400

He was one of the great rulers of the Mongol Empire. His successors included men like Kublai Khan. 

Ghengis Khan
400

This is the greek name for the Market place. Alphabetically, it's first. 

Agora

400

This is the three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades. 

Cerberus 
400

This is the name for soil that is good for farming; its also the first part of this second name for Mesopotamia, the _____ Crescent. 

Fertile

400

The United States had this many failed attempts on the life of Fidel Castro, the dictator of Communist Cuba. 

19

500

When in the swimming pool you might hear the name of this man, who spent years traveling along the Silk Road in Asia and returned to his home country of Italy with many ideas and cultural advancements. 

Marco Polo

500

This geographical feature is the reason why civilizations developed into city-states. 

Mountains or Mountain Ranges

500

He was the son of Thetis and was killed in battle by Paris. Apollo guided the arrow which pierced his heel, the only week spot on his body. 

Achilles
500

This is the agricultural technology that helped farmers control water supply to their farm fields. 

Irrigation

500

He was the 39th president, is from Plains, Georgia, is known for his 'toothy grin,' southern drawl, and being Ms. Cabral's favorite president. 

Jimmy Carter

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