Ancient Egypt
This massive triangular structure served as a tomb for pharaohs and is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This god, often depicted with a jackal head, was the god of mummification and the afterlife.
Who is Anubis?
Most Ancient Egyptians worked in this type of occupation, growing crops like wheat and barley along the Nile.
What is farming or agriculture?
This river system was the cradle of Mesopotamian civilization.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This 18th-century movement emphasized reason, science, and individual rights over tradition.
What is the Enlightenment?
These tall, narrow, four-sided monuments with a pyramid-shaped top were often erected at the entrances of temples
What are obelisks?
The Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the earthly representative of this sun god.
Who is Ra?
This group of people, including scribes and priests, held higher status because they could read and write hieroglyphs.
Who are the educated or literate class?
Mesopotamia is often called this because it sits in between two them.
"Land Between Two Rivers"
This empire, led by Genghis Khan, became the largest contiguous land empire in history.
What is the Mongol Empire?
The walls of many Egyptian temples were covered in these, which told stories of pharaohs and gods.
What are hieroglyphics?
This goddess, often shown as a woman with a throne on her head, was the mother of Horus and goddess of motherhood and protection.
Who is Isis?
In Ancient Egypt, the family structure was important, and this role was typically in charge of the household and raising children.
Who is the mother or wife?
This ancient Mesopotamian writing system involved wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
This 14th-century pandemic killed millions across Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
This famous Egyptian structure features the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, guarding the Giza plateau.
What is the Great Sphinx?
The “Book of the Dead” was used by Egyptians for this purpose in religious practice.
What is guiding and protecting the soul in the afterlife?
Egyptians enjoyed leisure activities, including board games. This game, often played by nobility, is considered one of the oldest known board games.
What is Senet?
This Mesopotamian king is famous for creating one of the world’s earliest law codes.
Who is Hammurabi?
This ancient civilization built pyramids in present-day Sudan and Egypt, often ruling over the Nile region.
What is the Kingdom of Kush (or Ancient Egypt)?
These massive stone gateways, often decorated with carvings of gods and pharaohs, marked the entrance to temples.
What are pylons?
This annual event honored the flooding of the Nile, which the Egyptians believed was caused by this god’s tears of joy.
Who is Hapi?
Clothing and appearance were important in society; men and women often wore these items made from linen to keep cool in the hot climate.
What are kilts, dresses, and linen garments?
The Sumerians built these large, step-like temples as places of worship for their gods.
What are ziggurats?
This 20th-century conflict, lasting from 1914 to 1918, was known as “The Great War.”
What is World War I?