Ancient Civilizations
This civilization built the Great Pyramid of Giza.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This explorer reached the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The colonies fought this country for independence.
What is Great Britain?
The largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
First President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This river helped Egyptian civilization thrive.
What is the Nile River?
This explorer led the first expedition to sail around the world.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
This document declared American independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This desert covers much of northern Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This Egyptian queen allied with Julius Caesar.
Who was Cleopatra?
This Mesopotamian writing system was pressed into clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
This explorer claimed Canada for France.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
This event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This Roman emperor was assassinated in 44 BCE.
Who was Julius Caesar?
This city-state is often called the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
This explorer searched for the Fountain of Youth.
Who was Juan Ponce de León?
The first battles of the Revolution occurred here.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This mountain range stretches along the western coast of South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
This leader united Mongol tribes into a vast empire.
Who was Genghis Khan?
This code of laws was created by a Babylonian king.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This explorer's voyages helped map the Pacific coast of North America.
Who was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo?
This French nobleman helped George Washington's army.
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
This river is the longest in South America.
What is the Amazon River?
This South African leader fought apartheid and became president.
Who was Nelson Mandela?