Ancient Greece
the Greek god of the sky
Zeus
these were the animals Hannibal used to scare people while crossing the Alps
elephants
the language spoken today in many (but not all!) of the countries in the Americas
Spanish
the United States fought for independence from this country
England
a type of war fought between people of the same country
a civil war
the capital of Greece, also considered the birthplace of democracy
Athens
Androcles becomes friends with this animal and so wins his liberty when he meets the animal again in a gladiator contest
lion
this Native American woman helped Lewis and Clark cross the Rockies Mountains in the early 1800s
Sacajawea
the number of colonies that united together and declared independence
13
this was abolished during the Civil War
slavery
city-state near Athens famous for having a warrior society
Sparta
the name of the city covered in ash from a volcanic eruption; today it is a very important archaeological site
Pompeii
the name of the civilization that spanned the Andes Mountains in South America at the time of the Spanish conquest
the Incas
the name of the event in which angry American colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
the two sides fighting in the U.S. Civil War
North and South
a modern-day race named after a messenger who ran 26 miles to this city to tell the news of a battle
marathon
the two brothers who were the legendary founders of Rome
Romulus and Remus
the builders of the large pyramids in southern Mexico; this civilization had written records that were burned by the Spanish colonizers
the Mayans
the document that the American colonists used to tell the king of England that they would no longer be English subjects
Declaration of Independence
the president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
the most famous Ancient Greek teacher
Socrates
the famous conqueror who said, "I came, I saw, I conquered"
Julius Caesar
the great civilization in central Mexico at the time of Spanish colonization
the new document that is now the basis of the American government
the U.S. Constitution
the famous northern general who won the war and later became president of the United States
Ulysses S. Grant