Mesopotamia
These two rivers formed the borders of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigress and Euphrates
He is the Egyptian sun god
Who is Re
Spartan King who led 300 Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae
Who is Leonidas
The first permeant English colony in America
What is Jamestown
a person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force.
What is a Usurper
His code is thought to be the earliest form of "law"
Who is Hammurabi
This is the river that flows through Egypt
What is the Nile
the name of the battle where a runner ran back to Athens, yelled Nike, and died
What is the battle of Marathon
He is said to be the first European to "discover" the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus
a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
What is a peninsula
This is the form of writing used in ancient Mesopatamia
What is Cuniform
the name of the fertile, fan shaped area in Egypt
What is the Nile Delta
Name of the Persian god king who conquered the Greek
Who is Xerxes
The main crop produced by the colonies
What is Tobacco
a formation of armed soldiers invented by the Greeks
What is a Phalanx
He is the hero of an epic who travels the world performing great deeds
Who is Gilgamesh
This is the name given to the ruler of ancient Egypt
What is a Pharaoh
This city state is said to be the first to use democracy
What is Athens
This is the document the Puritans signed to help them govern their new settlement
a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs
What is a Fjord
This is a pyramid shaped structure with a temple on the top
What is a Ziggurat
The continent that Egypt is in
What is Africa
This sporting events, which has multiple sports and whos athletes competed naked, was started in ancient Greece
What are the Olympics
This first battle of the American revolution took place here
Ideas that go against Church teachings
What is Heresy