Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent Part 2
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia
Pyramids
100

This area in in the Middle East, also known as the Near East, in the shape of a crescent, that is the location of the first great civilizations

What is the Fertile Crescent

100

Calendar based on the movement of the moon

What is the lunar calendar

100

This was used during battles

What is the War Chariot

100

This is the called the Cradle of Civilizations and means the land between two rivers

What is Mesopotamia

100

This was an Egyptian mythical creature that protected the pyramids

What is the Sphinx

200

A person who does not have a permanent home

What is a nomad

200

They most likely created the first alphabet

Who are the Phoenicians

200

Ancient Egyptians buried their pharaohs in linen, these were called a

What is a mummy

200

These 2 rivers form the border of Mesopotamia

What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

200

This large pyramid in Cairo, Egypt housed the pharaohs and their families

What is the Great Pyramid of Giza

300

This is the written language of Sumeria using wedge shaped characters.  It is also the world's first written language. 

What is cuneiform

300

They divided the circle into 360 degrees

Who are the Chaledeans

300

These women had more rights than many other free women around the world in ancient times

What is an Egyptian Free Woman

300

One of the seven wonders of the world built by King Nebuchadnezzar

What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

300

These are terraced-stepped pyramids built for religious reasons

What are the Ziggurats

400

This was a publicly displayed written set of laws of the Hittite Empire

What is Hammurabi's Code

400

According to Ancient history, they were the first people who believed in God

Who are the Hebrews

400

  This is where the Nile River dumps into the Mediterranean Sea, which is the most important sea in the ancient world

What is the Nile Delta

400

King Nebuchadnezzar II built these gardens for whom 

Who is his wife 

400

This pyramid was built in 2500 BC, was the first and  largest of the pyramids

What is the Pyramid of Giza

500

This is the largest river system in the world

What is the Nile River
500
This is the world's oldest story

What is the Epic of Gilgamesh

500

This king united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt around 3100 BC to make the first Egyptian Dynasty

Who is King Menes

500

These modern areas correspond to Ancient Mesopotamia

What are Iraq, Syria and Kuwait

500
The Mesopotamians believe there was one of these at the top of each ziggurat

What is a shrine for a sacred marriage

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