Ancient Egypt
Writing on stone by the ancient Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphics?
The great hero who the Odyssey is named after.
Who is Odysseus?
Legend says that he founded Rome.
Who is Romulus?
Insects used to make purple dye?
What are snails?
A large river that overflowed every year and runs through Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
Tombs built by thousands of Egyptian workers for the pharaohs.
What is pyramid?
A one-eyed monster.
What is Cyclops?
Romulus' twin brother.
Who is Remus?
For fun he hunted lions with bows and arrows.
Who is Ashurbanipal?
The largest desert in West Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
A great pharaoh buried in the Valley of the Kings.
Who is King Tut?
Odysseus and his men forgot to thank him for their victory over Troy.
Who is Poseidon?
The system that carried water into the city of Rome.
What are aqueducts?
A family that rules one country for years and years.
What is a dynasty?
The area that the Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through.
What is the fertile crescent?
What is polytheism?
A country where people vote on the laws and on who becomes the leaders.
What is a democracy?
They fought with each other or with wild animals for entertainment.
Who were gladiators?
A huge Egyptian statue shaped like a half lion and half man.
What is the Great Sphinx?
The Israelites fled here from Egypt.
What is Canaan?
She disguised herself as a man, wore a false beard, and fought with her army because Egyptians didn't think that a woman could be a ruler.
Who was Hatshepsut?
A famous philosopher from Athens.
Who is Plato?
He fought the Romans with elephants.
Who was Hannibal?
God sent plagues until pharaoh finally let them go?
Who are the Israelites?
The little Phoenician colony that grew into a big city.
What is Carthage?