Xerxes I - Socrates
Hippocrates to Nehemiah
Pericles to Plato
Philip II to Division of the Empire
Archimedes to Qin Dynasty
100

Xerxes I was known for having a massive ______ that topped over 200,000 men and women. 

Army

100

Hippocrates believed that doctors should be ___________ men. His ideas helped to create the __________ Oath, a pledge that doctors take to this day that is a standard for doctors to live by.  Originally, it included a statement against ________ (killing an unborn baby).  

trustworthy, Hippocratic, abortion, 

100

Pericles was the strongest ________ leader during the Golden Age of Greece.  He inspired ________ for the country by giving encouraging speeches. 

political, patriotism

100

Macedonia is the name of a __________ region in ______. 

Northern, Greece

100

Archimedes was a Greek ________________ and ________ whose ideas we still use today.  He understood the power of the _____ and pulley, figured out a clever way to move ______, calculated the value of "___," and thought of the idea of ________. 

mathematician, inventor, lever, water, pi, displacement

200

While trying to defeat the Greeks, he built a clever floating _____ made of ships and took part in probably the first major _____ battle of all time!

bridge, ocean


200

The Statue of Zeus is one of the Seven _______ of the Ancient _____. 

wonders, world

200

The Peloponnesian War was a 27 year old war between ______ and ______ in Greece. 

Sparta, Athens

200

King Philip II improved the strength of his ____ and expanded Macedonia. 

army

200

The Lighthouse of Alexandria is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.  It was ______ feet tall, but fell during an __________. 

400, earthquake

300

Esther, who was married to King _____, saved the Jewish nation form extermination by approaching the king with courage through prayer and ________. The king listened to her and gave her permission to _____ the Jews so they could defend themselves against the attack.

Xerxes, fasting, warn

300

Ezra was faithful and went back to ________ to teach the Jews there to live right in the ways of God. 

Jerusalem

300

In the book of Malachi, the Lord foretells of the coming of a "messenger," _____ the _______, who would be the next prophet of God to come. 

John, baptist

300

Alexander the Great was known as a great ______, and he conquered more ____ than had even been ruled by one person before. 

leader, land

300

Emperor Asoka was a famous ruler of _____.  He planted ______ trees under which travelers could rest and changed the major ______ of India to Buddhism. 

India, banyan, religion

400

The Golden Age of Athens was a time of peace, wealth, and creativity.  During this time, Greeks experimented with _________ (the theatre), ___ (statues, pottery), ____ __________ (mathematicians, philosophers, scholars & doctors), and ____________ (columns, the Parthenon).

entertainment, art, deep thinking, architecture

400

Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, not only gave Ezra _________ to go but _______ (paid for) his journey. 

permission, funded

400

Plato, _______ student, created the ________, which was one of the first universities. 

Socrates, Academy

400

He named a city in India after his favorite horse, ________. 

Bucephalus

400

The Septuagint are a group of ancient manuscripts that are the oldest ______ translation of the Old Testament. 

The Colossus of Rhodes is also and Ancient Wonder. It is a huge bronze statue of the sun god, ______. 

Greek

Helios

500

Socrates was a _________ who tried to understand man's behavior, and challenged people to see the difference between ________ and ________.  Because of these teachings, Socrates was ________ and sentenced to _____. 

philosopher, opinions, knowledge, arrested, death

500

Nehemiah organized group of people to rebuild the _____ around Jerusalem in just ___ days! He also took a ______ of the people, placed ______ around the wall, and restored the ____ of God. 

wall, 52, census, guards, word

500

Aristotle, _____ student, was the tutor of the famous _________ the _____. 

Plato, Alexander, great

500

After Alexander the Great's sudden death, his ________ fought over who would rule next and decided to break the kingdom into ____ portions, which fulfilled the prophesy of ______!

generals, four, Daniel

500

The country of _____ is named after the emperor, Qin or Ch'in.  He is best known for building the Great ____ of China and for the 7,500 ________ life-size soldiers buried with him in his grave. 

China, Wall, terra cota