Creation
These large animals roamed the earth before and after the flood
What are dinosaurs?
These enormous structures were built as burial chambers for the pharaohs of Egypt because they believed that they must “take” their important possessions with them into the afterlife
What are pyramids?
This king was anointed by God after Saul’s downfall; he was used by God to slay the Philistine giant, Goliath, and author many of the psalms
Who is David?
God used him to interpret the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar and gave him visions about future events
Who is Daniel?
The Persian king who organized his empire into satrapies and created a postal system
Who is Darius I?
The Greeks started these ancient events in Olympia where men from surrounding city-states competed in a variety of sports
What are the Olympic Games?
This city was founded in 753 B.C. by the Latin and Etruscan tribes; it grew to become a republic where senators were appointed to represent the people
What is Rome?
The process of making this extremely valuable fabric was kept secret by the Chinese for about three thousand years
What is silk?
A time when the earth was partially covered with ice after the flood, which exposed land bridges allowing people to travel more easily from continent to continent
What is the Ice Age?
Jonah warned the people of this Assyrian city of God’s pending judgment, but only after running away from God’s calling
What is Nineveh?
This place was a dwelling place for God when the Israelites lived in tents in the wilderness
What is the Tabernacle of God?
Two major people groups that existed in Mesopotamia, located near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What are the Assyrians and the Babylonians?
Nehemiah, a cup bearer for King Artaxerxes of Persia, showed great leadership by organizing the rebuilding of the wall in this city
What is Jerusalem?
These two city-states often fought against each other due to their different ideas about war and education
What are Athens and Sparta?
The forerunner to Jesus who preached repentance in the wilderness and proclaimed the coming of Jesus
Who is John the Baptist?
The natural barriers of mountains, desert and ocean made travel to this country difficult
What is China?
The place where God confused man’s language
What is the Tower of Babel?
The phonics system was based on the alphabet of these seafaring people who were neighbors of the Hebrew kingdom
Who are the Phoenicians?
Joshua and his men marched around this city for six days and when they shouted on the seventh day, the city walls fell
What is Jericho?
These faithful young men were taken to Babylon and their names were changed to those of Babylonian gods
Who are Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego?
The Hebrew orphan girl who prayed, fasted and approached her husband, King Xerxes, to intervene in a plot to annihilate the Jews
Who is Esther?
Aesop, a Greek former slave, wrote these types of stories using animals to make moral points
What are fables?
The daughter of Ptolemy (one of Alexander the Great’s generals who took over a part of the empire after his death) sought help from Julius Caesar to overcome consistent threats from the Egyptian people
Who is Cleopatra?
The roots of this religion can be traced back to the Vedas and include belief in a supreme spirit found in everything and the law of karma (rebirth into other people and animals)
What is Hinduism?
These abbreviations represent “Before Christ” and “Anno Domini” (in the year of our Lord)
What are B.C. and A.D.?
Anthropologists refer to some ancient Native Americans by this term due to the impressive burial mounds they left behind, sometimes formed in the shape of animals.
What are Mound Builders?
This slave (one of Jacob’s 12 sons) working in Potipher’s house became second to the Pharoah and was used by God to move the Israelites to Egypt during famine
Who is Joseph?
This king was the son of the Babylonian king, Nabopolassar, who conquered Assyria
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
Xerxes I designed this in order to cross the Hellespont, a channel between the Aegean and Black Seas, and attack Greece
What is a floating bridge?
This Greek mathematician and philosopher developed a very important theorem dealing with the geometry of triangles
Who is Pythagoras?
The Last Supper was the celebration of this Old Testament feast, which foreshadowed the death of Jesus
What is the Passover?
This structure was built by the first emperor of China, Shi Huang Ti, and runs over 5,500 miles with towers and strong enough for chariots to run on top
What is the Great Wall of China?
These men were skilled in music and ironmaking, which demonstrates the ingenuity and intelligence of early mankind
Who are Jubal and Tubal-Cain?
This is the only ancient wonder of the world that is still standing today
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This king started out on the right track but soon defied God’s orders and looked to fortune-tellers instead of God and His prophets
Who is Saul?
605 B.C.
What is the date when King Nebuchadnezzar took Judah captive?
The Greek historian who is called the “father of history” and wrote nine books on the Persian Wars
Who is Herodotus?
The name given to a 26-mile race, which comes from a battle between Athens and Persia because a messenger (or a group of soldiers) was sent to Athens with news of the Athenian victory
What is a marathon?
The scriptures prophesied that Jesus would be born of this king’s lineage
Who is King David?
This route was established to improve trade between the East and the West
What is the Silk Road?
This is one of the earliest archaeological discoveries of a code of laws, which governed the people of Babylonia in about 1792 B.C.
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
The judge who anointed Saul, Israel’s first king
Who is Samuel?
This ancient wonder of the world was built by King Nebuchadnezzar for his homesick wife
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
The Medo-Persian king who Isaiah prophesied 200 years earlier would free the Jews of Babylonian captivity
Who is Cyrus the Great?
The method of teaching through questions and dialogue associated with the Greek philosopher, Socrates
What is the Socratic Method?
The Second Triumvirate ended when Mark Antony married Cleopatra and lost the Battle of Actium leaving the opportunity for Octavian to become emperor of Rome and take on this title
What is Augustus Caesar?
This Egyptian ruler was different from others because he worshipped only one god (the sun god) and abolished the other Egyptian gods
Who is Amenhotep IV?
975 B.C.
What is the year when the Kingdom of Israel divided into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and Southern Kingdom of Judah?
This city was founded by a great-grandson of Noah named Nimrod and Nahum prophesied of its destruction by flood
What is Nineveh?
Plato, a pupil of Socrates, taught Aristotle who was hired as a tutor for this Greek warrior
Who is Alexander the Great?
This coalition of three men, Crassus, Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar, fell apart leaving Julius Caesar in complete control of Rome
What is the First Triumvirate?
Egypt began to fade as a world power because it lacked this natural resource used for the making of weapons
What is iron?
This Moabite woman became a follower of the Hebrew God and the great-grandmother of David
Who is Ruth?
This Kingdom fell to the Assyrians in 721 B.C.
What is the Northern Kingdom of Israel?
Abraham was from the city of Ur, a city located in this country which was one of the first advanced civilizations after the flood
What is Sumer?