Continents & Countries
South America.
What is the imaginary line that splits the globe in half down the middle.
The equator.
Name the type of writing the Mesoptamians used.
Cuneiform
What is the longest river in Egypt called?
The Nile River
What is the symbol for people who practice Christianity?
The cross.
Name a country in North America.
Possible Answers (Canada, U.S.A., Mexico.)
Name the four cardinal directions.
North, South, East, West.
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
The land between two rivers.
What were the rulers of Egypt called.
Pharoahs.
Who is the key figure for the religion of Islam?
Muhammad
What continent do Panda's live on?
Asia
What is the symbol on a map that shows direction.
What is a compass rose.
Made good or bad things happen.
Name an Egyptian God/Goddess.
Possible Answers (Osiris, Iris, Anubis, Ra, Ne'et, Horus.)
Name the key figure of Judaism
Moses
Which continent is the Great Barrier Reef located?
What are the two hemispheres called?
North and South hemisphere.
Who was Hammurabi and what did he do?
A king who had laws written.
What was the type of writing used in Ancient Egypt?
Heiroglyphics.
What is the symbol for people who practice Judaism?
Star of David
What is the largest hot desert?
Bonus point; What continent is it on?
Sahara
Africa
Name something a map shows.
Possible answers... (cities, states, lakes, rivers, towns, weather, mountains.)
What did the Mesopotamians do that made them a great civilization?
written laws, writing, and farming.
Why did the Egyptians leave the mummies heart in their body?
To be weighed by the gods to determine if they were good or bad.
Name a similarity between all three world religions.
Possible answers (all have holidays, believe in one God, etc.)