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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Match each of the Seven Wonders with the correct description.
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| Pyramids of Egypt | At Giza, Egypt - built as royal tombs from 3000 to 1800 B.C. |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon | Terraced gardens built by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 B.C. for his wife |
| Temple of Artemis | At Ephesus (now part of Turkey), built mostly of marble around 550 B.C. in honor of the Greek goddess Artemis |
| Statue of Zeus | At Olympia, Greece - made about 462 B.C. by the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias from ivory and gold showed the king of the gods sitting on a throne |
| Mausoleum of Halicarnassus | Now part of Turkey, built about 353 B.C. in honor of King Mausolus, ruler of ancient Caria |
| Colossus of Rhodes | Overlooking the harbor on the Greek island of Rhodes, a bronze statue of the sun god Helios, built about 280 B.C., probably 120 feet high |
| Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt | Built about 270 B.C. during the reign of King Ptolemy II, may have been around 500 feet tall |
| The 8th Wonder? | There isn't one! |
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World History II, AP European History, Psychology I, Modern Global Studies & EPF |
Atlee High School |
| Mechanicsville, VA |
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