Places
Most cities started along these types of land formations.
What are rivers?
This is what we call the hardened remains of living things that existed long ago. (Hint: Dinosaurs left behind a lot of them!)
What are fossils?
Lacrosse was invented over 900 years ago by the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) in this continent.
What is North America?
Arabic numerals were invented in this country--NOT in Arabia! (Hint: Rhymes with zinnia.)
What is India?
This is the longest river in the world. (Hint: It rhymes with STYLE.)
What is the Nile River?
Scientists believe the first human ancestors lived on this continent.
What is Africa?
Wolves were among the first animals people domesticated. To DOMESTICATE means this.
What is to tame?
This fruit/vegetable from South America was thought to be poisonous by Europeans until the 1800s.
What is the tomato?
She was one of the rulers of ancient Egypt.
Who was Cleopatra OR Hatshepsut?
This trade route stretched from China to Italy: the __________ Road. (HINT: It is a material that rhymes with MILK.)
What is the Silk Road?
This is the tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mount Everest?
If POLYTHEISM (poly = many, theism = gods) is the belief in more than one god, _________THEISM is the belief in one god.
What is monotheism? (MONO = ONE)
This country was the first to use paper money.
What is China?
A term meaning several countries ruled by one person. (Hint: The Rebel Alliance fought against one in Star Wars.)
What is an empire?
The Inca Empire was located in this modern-day country. (Hint: It rhymes with KAZOO.)
What is Peru?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This material, similar to paper, was made by Egyptians from reeds that grew along the river.
What is papyrus?
The Sumerians were the first to create this over 5100 years ago. It's a method of keeping track of time over the course of a year.
What is a calendar?
Ancient people from this country believed cats were sacred (holy).
What is Egypt?
Hippocrates was one of the most famous one of these in ancient Greece. (Hint: Rhymes with SHOCKED HER.)
What is a doctor?
The Olympic Games started in this country.
What is Greece?
Each person speaks directly for themselves in this type of government, started in ancient Greece.
What is democracy?
The first of these was made over 5,000 years ago. It revolutionized transportation.
What is the wheel?
The first person in space, Yuri Gagarin, represented this country.
What is the Soviet Union? (Modern-day Russia.)
This ancient civilization gave the founders of the United States the idea for a republican (representative) government. (HINT: Rhymes with HOME.)
What is Rome?