Ancient Civiizations
This river was central to ancient Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile River?
The largest continent on Earth.
What is Asia?
The scientist who discovered gravity after watching an apple fall.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
He is credited with discovering America in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The writing system used by the ancient Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
This imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
The planet known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
The system that includes bones and joints.
What is the skeletal system?
This explorer was the first to sail around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The empire known for its roads and messenger system in South America.
What is the Inca Empire?
The mountain range that runs along the western coast of South America.
What are the Andes?
The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
The part of the body responsible for thinking and controlling actions.
What is the brain?
The explorer who led the first European expedition to India by sea.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu.
What is the Inca?
The desert known as the largest hot desert in the world.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This scientist is famous for the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
The tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
This Viking explorer is believed to have reached North America before Columbus.
Who is Leif Erikson?
The famous code of laws created by a Babylonian king.
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
The body of water that separates Europe from Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The smallest unit of life.
What is a cell?
The process by which the body breaks down food to get energy.
What is digestion?
The Portuguese prince who sponsored many early explorations.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?