Ancient Greece
What are a group of cities called?
Polis
What famous Roman building was used for gladiator fights?
The Colosseum
What river was essential to life in ancient Egypt?
The Nile
What popular sporting event began in ancient Greece?
The Olympic Games
Which were the two most
powerful polis?
Sparta and Athens
Who was Rome founded by?
Romus and Remus
What did ancient Egyptians do to preserve a body?
Mummification
What did ancient Romans build to carry fresh water into their cities?
Aqueducts
What system of goverment did Greece have?
Democracy
When did the fall of Rome take place?
In the 5th century after Greece attacked them.
What was the name of the special tombs built for some Egyptian pharaohs?
Pyramids
What did ancient Egyptians use to make a paper-like material for writing?
Papyrus
What seas surrounded Greece?
Mediterranean and Aegean Sea
What sea surrounded Rome?
The Mediterranean Sea
What did ancient Egyptians call their picture-based writing system?
Hieroglyphics
What natural resource did farmers in all three civilizations need to grow crops?
Water
What other things have we adapted from the greek in the us today? (Name 2)
Buildings, democracy, olympics, and more.
How was society divided?
Nobles, people, and slaves.
What were important ways ancient Egyptians used the Nile River? (Name 2)
For fishing farming, and transportation.
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