| A | B |
|---|
| Table of Contents | The place in the text where all chapters and units are listed? |
| Atlas | The place in the text where all maps of the world are together? |
| Mesopotamia | This word means "between the rivers" and was the first farming area of mankind? |
| Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia | What was the location of the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers? |
| City | If you are an urban dweller, do you live in the country or city? |
| Country | If you are a rural dweller, do you live in the country or city? |
| Mediterranean | What body of water would the Phoenicians sail to reach Egypt's coast? |
| Hanging Gardens | This was one of the 7 Wonders of the World located in ancient Babylon? |
| Delta | The triangular area of land located at the mouth of the Nile is called? |
| Source | The place where all rivers have their beginnings, usually in the mountains? |
| Valley of the Kings | Where were the cliff tombs located for Egyptian Pharaohs? |
| Crete | Where did King Minos and his bull monster, the minotaur, live? |
| Greece | In which country is Athens? |
| Sparta | Name the rival city-state of Athens run entirely by the army? |
| Marathon | When the Persians first landed in Greece, by order of King Darium, they were defeated by the Greek commander Miltiades on the Plain of ? |
| Gymnasium | An open field where Greeks would take part in sports or exercise? |
| Parthenon | The largest temple to Athena located on the Acropolis of Athens was ? |
| Forum | The open market place where Romans met to shop and talk? |
| Rome | Which city won the Punic Wars? |
| Provinces | These were conquered territories outside Italy and ruled by Romans? |
| Colosseum | Name the Roman arena for gladiators? |
| Pompeii or Herculaneum | Name one Italian city covered completely by an erupting volcano? |
| Baths | In what large buildings would Romans go to swim, exercise, talk, relax, and get clean? |
| Scriptorium | In what part of a monastery was writing done? |
| Norway, Denmark, or Sweden | If you were a Viking, what country might you come from? |
| France | King Charlemagne was ruler of what country? |
| Dungeon | A castle's prison was a ? |
| Carthage | What rival city did Rome fight for control of the Mediterranean Sea? |
| Lascaux | A cave in France where prehistoric paintings were discovered by schoolboys? |
| Indus River Valley | A region (river valley) in present-day Pakistan that was the birthplace of Indian civilization? |
| Himalayas | The world's highest mountain range, forming part of the northern boundary of India. |
| Acropolis | A hilltop fortress built by the people of Athens? |
| Polis | An independent city-state in ancient Greece? |
| Sparta | An ancient Greek city-state famous for its military way of life? |
| Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa | Two great cities of the ancient Indus Valley civilization? |
| Agora | A central marketplace of an Athenian city? |
| Mediterranean Sea | Into what sea does the Nile River flow? |
| Mesopotamia | This word means "land between two rivers." Its location was in present day Iraq. |
