The Gift of the Nile
This structure was built during the Old Kingdom as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This city-state is famous for being the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
These common people made up the majority of the Roman population.
Who are the plebeians?
The Prince who became the "Enlightened One," or the Buddha.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
The sequence of events that make up the "action" of a story.
What is the plot?
The plant used by Egyptians to make a paper-like writing material.
What is papyrus?
The high, fortified hill in a Greek city where the Parthenon sits.
What is the Acropolis?
The 200-year period of relative peace and stability in the Roman Empire.
What is the Pax Romana?
These seasonal winds bring heavy rains to India and are vital for farming.
What are monsoons?
This is the perspective from which a story is told, such as first or third person.
What is point of view?
She was the first female pharaoh who promoted trade during the New Kingdom.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This city-state focused almost entirely on military training and strength.
What is Sparta?
This massive amphitheater was used for gladiator fights and public spectacles.
What is the Colosseum?
The rigid social hierarchy in India that determined a person's job and status.
What is the caste system?
Conversation between two or more characters, usually shown with quotation marks.
What is dialogue?
This famous artifact allowed modern scholars to finally decipher hieroglyphs.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
He was the Macedonian leader who conquered the Persian Empire and spread Greek culture.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Rome’s first code of laws, displayed in the Forum for all to see.
What are the Twelve Tables?
This Mauryan Emperor gave up violence and converted to Buddhism after a bloody war.
Who is Ashoka?
The turning point or most intense moment of a narrative.
What is the climax?
This process was used to preserve bodies, based on the belief in an afterlife.
What is mummification?
This philosopher was known for a teaching method that involved asking constant questions.
Who is Socrates?
He became "dictator for life" before being assassinated on the Ides of March.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The "Golden Age" of India occurred under this empire, known for math and art.
What is the Gupta Empire?
Narratives often center on these 5 types of struggle, such as Person vs. Self or Person vs. Nature.
What is conflict?