Geography
Which two rivers feed the Nile?
Blue and White Nile
During the old kingdom period, Egypt was split into two parts. Name these two parts.
Upper and Lower Egypt
What do we call the writing of ancient Egyptians?
Hieroglyphics
Which famous battle was part of the first Persian invasion of Greece?
Battle of Marathon
In ancient Egypt, at what age were boys circumcised?
12
96% of Egypt is what?
Desert
During the Old Kingdom, the Egyptians built what?
The pyramids of Giza
Who wrote the Iliad?
Homer
Which Macedonian ruler introduced military service as a full-time occupation?
Philip II
Which pyramid did we explore in our VR experience?
The pyramid of Khufu
Each year, the Nile flooded, depositing what?
Silt
Which ancient Greek age proceeded the Minoan Age?
Mycenaean Age
The earliest Greek poets were who?
Homer and Hesiod
In ancient Egypt's New Kingdom, the military began using what military unit?
The war chariot.
Why was the tomb of Tutankhamen an amazing find?
Which geographical feature cut up the mainland of Greece?
Short mountain ranges
Ancient Greece was not a unified nation because it was split into what?
City-states.
Which artifact contains Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic script, and Ancient Greek?
Rosetta stone
The Macedonian pike is called what?
Sarissa.
When the government is ruled by a small wealthy group it is called a what?
Oligarchy.
The climate of Greece allowed for the extensive growing of what fruit?
Grapes
Which people brought the invention of the wheel to Egyptians?
The Hyksos
Which historian wrote 'The Persian Wars'?
Herodotus
Under the leadership of Ramses II, the Egyptians fought the Hittites at the battle of what?
Kadesh
The Ancient Greek boys usually played games naked, so that meant girls...
were forbidden to watch.