Ancient Civilizations
This river in Egypt was the lifeline of the ancient Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile River?
The ancient Mesopotamians invented this simple round object that changed transportation forever.
What is the wheel?
This large country in South America is mostly covered by the Amazon Rainforest.
What is Brazil?
What came first: the building of Stonehenge or the construction of the Pyramids of Giza?
What is Stonehenge?
This early American colony vanished mysteriously, leaving behind only the word “CROATOAN” carved into a tree.
What is Roanoke Colony?
This ancient civilization built ziggurats and invented one of the first systems of writing called cuneiform.
What is Mesopotamia?
Ancient Egyptians used this form of picture writing on papyrus scrolls.
What are hieroglyphics?
This famous river in China helped ancient civilizations farm and thrive along its banks.
What is the Yellow River (Huang He)?
What came first: the founding of Athens or the founding of Rome?
What is Athens?
This legendary creature is said to live in a Scottish lake, and despite many searches, no one has proven it exists.
What is the Loch Ness Monster?
This ancient Greek city-state is known as the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
This Chinese invention used explosive powder to make fireworks and, later, weapons.
What is gunpowder?
This island nation southeast of India is known for spices like cinnamon and pepper.
What is Sri Lanka?
What came first: the life of Julius Caesar or the start of the Han Dynasty in China?
What is the Han Dynasty?
This pioneering female pilot disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 during an attempt to fly around the world, and her fate remains a mystery.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This empire, ruled by Cyrus the Great and later Darius, built the Royal Road to connect its vast lands.
What is the Persian Empire?
This mathematical concept, first developed in India, is the idea of “nothing” represented by a symbol.
What is zero?
This mountain range forms a natural border between Europe and Asia and is home to Russia’s highest peak, Mount Elbrus.
What are the Caucasus Mountains?
What came first: the rise of the Maya civilization or the rise of the Inca civilization?
What is the Maya civilization?
This “lost gold city” was rumored to exist in South America.
What is El Dorado?
This Mesoamerican civilization created a 365-day calendar and built step pyramids in places like Chichén Itzá.
What are the Maya?
Around 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented this machine in Europe, making books cheaper and spreading ideas faster.
What is the printing press?
This African country was home to the ancient city of Carthage, a major power before the rise of Rome.
What is Tunisia?
What came first: the signing of the Magna Carta or Christopher Columbus reaching the Americas?
What is the Magna Carta?
These giant lines etched into the desert in Peru form shapes of animals and humans, and no one knows exactly why they were made.
What are the Nazca Lines?