The Great Pyramid
Who is Kufu?
Builder of the Great Pyramid
Who had the Hanging Gardens built?
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Who had the temple built?
King Crosesus
Where was Olympia located?
Greece
What is the modern day location of this ancient wonder?
Turkey
The Great Pyramid is made of this materials
What is limestone?
What made irrigating the hanging gardens possible?
chain buckets
Why was the temple built?
Honor the goddess of the moon and protector of animals and young girls.
What happened every four years at Olympia
Olympic games were played
Why was this wonder built?
It was a tomb
Where are the Great Pyramids located?
Giza, Egypt
Where is modern day Babylon?
Bagdad, Iraq
What caused the destruction of the temple?
Fire or Arson
How long ago did the olympic games begin?
3000 years
Who had the tomb built?
Mausolus, who ruled part of Persia
When were the pyramids built?
4,000 years ago
Why were the hanging gardens built?
Homesick Persian wife, Amytis
How many years was the statue of Zeus one of the wonders of the world?
800 years
How was the temple destroyed?
Earthquakes
How was this wonder destroyed?
Earthquakes
who were the pyramids built for?
Kufu (or Cheops - Greek), his son, grandson and their wives
How did we know the gardens existed?
people wrote about them
Where was the statue moved?
Constantinople
What modern day term is taken from this structure?
Mausoleum
Who was Mausolus?
Ruler of part of the Persian Empire