Mesopotamia
The wheel
What invention did we read about in ancient Egypt?
Paper
What invention did we read about in ancient Greece?
Theater
What invention did we learn about in ancient China?
The wheelbarrow
What invention did we learn about with the ancients Mayans?
The calendar
Clothes, food, dancing and music were all part of the people of Mesopatamia's ___________.
A. Community
B. Culture
C. Fun
B. culture
What was the name of the river that was next to ancient Egypt?
A. Hudson
B. Susquehanna
C. Nile
C. Nile
What invention did we read about in ancient Rome?
Aqueducts
What is that really long wall called in China?
The Great Wall of China
The ancient Mayans lived in ________ America.
A. North
B. South
C. Central
B. South America
Mesopotamian people used to live on _______ where they could grow their own food and plant many fruits and vegetables.
farms
The flood helped ________ to grow.
Plants
What is an aqueduct?
The first plumbing system
How long did it take to build The Great Wall of China?
A. 100 years
B. 10 years
C. 1,000s of years
C. 1,000s of years
The mayans made calendars out of ___________.
A. Paper
B. Pyramids
C. Water
B. Pyramids
Open ended:
Was the wheel a helpful invention? Why or why not.
Yes! It helped lots of people and made life a lot easier. We wouldn't have many of the inventions we have today without the wheel (cars, wheelbarrows, etc).
One of the important plants that the flood helped to grow was _________ which is the plant they used to make paper.
A. Tree
B. Papyrus
C. Peppers
Papyrus
Sometimes as many as ____________ people would come to watch the Greek plays in the theatre.
A. 2,000
B. 200
C. 20,000
C. 20,000
How did the wheelbarrow help the people of China build The Great Wall of China?
A. It held bricks
B. It made it easier to move things around
C. All of the above
C. All of the above
True or false.
The mayan people watched the stars to make their calendar.
True
Open ended.
Name one invention we have today that uses wheels.
What type of job can you have that lets you look at ancient discoveries and puts them into museums?
A. Archeologists
B. Doctor
C. Indian Jones
A. Archeologist
Aqueducts were the first type of _________ ever invented. Now we can wash our hands, drink water from the faucet, and use the bathroom in our house.
plumbing
Why did China build the Great Wall?
To protect themselves
How many days are in a year on our calendar?
A. 200
B. 400
C. 365
C. 365 days in a year