Latin
1st Declension Noun Endings
-a -ae -ae -am -a
-ae -arum -is -as -is
What are the kingdoms of living things?
Animalia, plantae, fungi, protista, archaea, bacteria
What is a preposition?
A preposition relates a noun or a pronoun to another word.
Tell me about the Romans.
The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire when Augustus was crowned emperor in 27 BC. This was followed by the Pax Romana. In AD 286, the empire divided into the Western and Eastern Empires until Germanic barbarians defeated the Western Empire in AD 476.
What are the parts of the Assyrian Empire?
Red, Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Black Sea, Babylon
2nd Declension Noun Endings
-us -i -o -um -o
-i -orum -is -os -is
sponges, stinging-cell animals, flatworms, roundworms, segmented worms, mollusks, sea stars, arthropods
What are some prepositions, starting with "along?"
along, amid, among, around, at, atop
Tell me about some ancient Greeks.
Homer, a famous poet; Pythagoras, a famous mathematician; Socrates, a famous philosopher; and Archimedes, a famous inventor, shaped Western ideas. Ancient Greek city-states were among the first democracies.
What are some parts of the Hebrew Empire?
Judah, Israel, Jordan River, Dead Sea, Phoenicia, Sea of Gaililee
various -is -i -em -e
-es -um -ibus -es -ibus
What are some leaf shapes?
Linear, oval, lobed, cleft, scalelike, needlelike
What are some prepositions starting with "down?"
Down, during, except, for, from
Tell me about the age of Imperialism.
During the Age of Imperialism, the British established rule over India in 1858, and Queen Victoria was declared the Empress of India in 1877. Before his assassination in 1948, Mohandas Gandhi led the passive resistance movement, which helped win India's independence.
What are some parts of the Indus River Valley?
Ganges River, Himalayas, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Great Indian Desert
4th Declension Noun Endings
-us -us -ui -um -u
-us -uum -ibus -us -ibus
What are some parts of a flower?
Petal, stamen, anther, pistil, sepal
What are some prepositions starting with "outside?"
Outside, over, past, regarding, since
Tell me about Lao-Tzu and Confucius in China
Around the sixth century BC, Lao-Tzu founded Taoism, which emphasizes harmony with nature, and Confucius taught compassion and obedience.
What are some parts of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople, Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Antioch
5th Declension Noun Endings
-es -ei -ei -em -e
-es -erum -ebus -es -ebus
What are some plant systems?
photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration
Chant ALL the prepositions
about above across after against along amid among around at atop before behind below beneath beside between beyond but by concerning down during except for from in inside into like near of off on onto out outside over past regarding since through throughout to toward under underneath until up upon with within without
Tell me about Japan's Heian period.
Around 794, Japan's emperors moved to Heian, present-day Kyoto. The Heian period ended in the twelfth century when civil war gave control to military commanders called shoguns in a feudal system where knights called samurai protected wealthy landowners.
What are some parts of the Muslim Empire?
Mecca, Medina, Baghdad, Damascus, Tours, Syria