Ancient Egypt
Ancient Rome & Greece
American History
World History
Famous Inventions & Discoveries
100

This is the name of the continent where ancient Egypt was located.

What is Africa?

100

This is the name of the ancient civilization known for inventing democracy and the Olympics.

What is Greece?

100

This is the name of the war fought between the North and South from 1861 to 1865.

What is the Civil War?

100

This is the name of the trade route that connected China to Europe and was used to trade silk and spices.

What is the Silk Road?

100

This is the name of the invention that allowed people to see images from space.

What is the telescope?

200

This is the name of the river that was essential to life in ancient Egypt.

What is the Nile River?

200

This is the name of the Greek city-state that was known for its powerful army.

What is Sparta?

200

This is the name of the woman who helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad.

Who is Harriet Tubman?

200

This is the name of the Japanese warriors who served their lords and followed a code called bushido.

Who are samurai?

200

This is the name of the invention that allowed people to travel underwater.

What is the submarine?

300

This is the name we use to refer to the ancient Egyptian kings who were buried in pyramids.

Who are pharaohs?

300

This is the name of the Roman general who was assassinated on the Ides of March.

Who is Julius Caesar?

300

This is the name of the document signed in 1776 that declared the American colonies free from Britain.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

300

This is the name of the country where the Taj Mahal is located.

What is India?

300

This is the name of the invention that allowed people to see inside the human body.

What is the X-ray?

400

This is the name of the famous Egyptian queen who was known for her beauty and her relationship with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.

Who is Cleopatra?

400

This is the name of the Roman stadium that could hold over 50,000 spectators for gladiator games.

What is the Colosseum?

400

This is the name of the first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607 in Virginia.

What is Jamestown?

400

This ancient civilization was located in present-day Iraq and invented the wheel and the first writing system.

What is Mesopotamia?

400

This invention, created by Karl Benz, was the first practical automobile powered by an internal combustion engine.

What is the automobile (or car)?

500

This is the name for the ancient Egyptian writing system that used pictures and symbols.

What are hieroglyphics?

500

This is the name of the legendary twin brothers who were said to have founded Rome.

Who are Romulus and Remus?

500

This is the name of the war fought between the American colonies and Britain from 1775 to 1783.

What is the American Revolution?

500

This ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains.

What is the Inca Empire?

500

This invention, created by Tim Berners-Lee, made it possible to browse the internet.

What is the World Wide Web?

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