Ancient Egypt
This river was called the "gift" of Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
This city-state was famous for strong warriors.
What is Sparta?
This was the language spoken in Ancient Rome.
The two rivers that define Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This ancient Chinese structure was built to keep out northern invaders.
What is the Great Wall of China?
These huge stone structures were built as tombs for pharaohs.
What are the pyramids?
This city-state was famous for art, democracy, and philosophy.
What is Athens?
The Romans built these structures to carry fresh water into their cities.
What are aqueducts?
Who is Hammurabi?
This Chinese philosopher taught about respect, family, and order.
Who is Confucius?
This boy king’s tomb was found almost untouched in 1922.
Who is King Tutankhamun (King Tut)?
These athletic games began in Greece more than 2,000 years ago.
This arena in Rome held gladiator fights and could seat 50,000 people.
What is the Colosseum?
The Mesopotamians wrote on clay tablets using this ancient writing style.
What is cuneiform?
Ancient India’s Indus Valley Civilization is known for well-planned cities like this one.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
Ancient Egyptians wrote on this paper-like material made from a plant.
What is papyrus?
He was the most famous conqueror from Macedonia, known as “the Great.”
Who is Alexander the Great?
The council of government in Rome.
What is the Senate?
This was the greatest city of the Mesopotamians.
What is Sumer?
This religion is the oldest in the world.
What is Hinduism?
This female pharaoh ruled Egypt and built great temples.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This Greek philosopher taught Alexander the Great and studied science and logic.
Who is Aristotle?
This Roman emperor was originally named Octavian.
Who is Augustus?
This Mesopotamian hero is the main character in the world’s oldest known epic story.
Who is Gilgamesh?
What is the Silk Road?