Valentine's Day
In elementary schools, students often exchange these small decorated cards on February 14th.
What are Valentine's?
Even if you don't get one from your Valentine, you can still get a Kiss from this chocolate company, which was founded in Pennsylvania.
What is Hershey?
These giant triangular building served as tombs for the most powerful people in ancient Egypt.
What are the pyramids?
The Phoenicians used their superior boat building and sailing skills to establish this: A system a routes that connected different parts of the Mediterranean through trade.
What is a trade network?
This hockey-mask wearing murderer is the star of the Friday the 13th movie series.
Who is Jason?
This shape is most commonly associated with Valentine's Day.
What is a heart?
This ingredient is added to some chocolates to make them sweeter and creamier.
What is milk?
These rulers of ancient Egypt were considered gods among mortals.
Who were the Pharaohs?
To keep other people from competing with them as traders on the sea, the Phoenicians spread stories of these mythical creatures.
What are sea monsters/Krakken/Leviathons?
Ever wondered why this day became unlucky? Well, In Christianity, this event featured 13 men sitting at a table, followed by Jesus being crucified on a Friday.
What was the Last Supper?
This flying baby with a bow and arrow is often associated with making people fall in love on Valentine's Day.
Who is Cupid?
Since chocolate's melting point is right around the temperature of the human body (98 degree Farenheit), this candy would often brag that they melt in your mouth, not your hand.
What are M&M's?
The Egyptians invented the world's first paper, which was named for the plant it was made from.
What is papyrus?
The Phoenicians used wood from this tree to build their boats, since it was abundant in their homeland, and did not rot or break down in water.
What is the cedar tree?
Breaking this object is said to bring 7 years of bad luck.
What is a mirror?
Got aa big date tonight? You should probably buy your Valentine a dozen of these flowers.
What are roses?
Chocolate is actually made from beans harvested from this tropical tree.
What is the cacao tree?
The Nile River flows from South to North, letting out into this major sea.
What is the Mediterranean?
The Phoenicians made the color the color of royalty, due to the expensive dye that they made out of boiled snails.
What is purple?
Some building simply pretend this doesn't exist in their buildings, simply due to its unlucky nature.
What is the 13th floor?
This ancient civilization (which we have not learned about this year) is often credited for spreading the message of St. Valentine. It makes sense, considering they were the first empire to make Christianity their official religion.
What is the Roman Empire?
These ancient civilizations used chocolate as money, and drank melted chocolate as a bitter treat.
Who were the Maya or Azteks?
This famous tablet helped us translate Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Perhaps their biggest innovation, the Phoenicians changed written language forever when they invented the world's first version of this.
What is the alphabet?
To fully make Friday the 13th an unlucky day in Western society, this disciple betrayed Jesus.
Who was Judas?