| A | B |
|---|
| archeologist | digs for old tools and items to learn about ancient communities |
| culture | the beliefs and customs of a group of people |
| Ancient Mesopotamia | first civilization located between the Tigres and Euphrates rivers |
| first wheel | made in Mesopotamia 5,500 yrs ago |
| Ancient Egypt | located in the deserts of Africa |
| papyrus | an ancient kind of paper made 5,000 years ago in Egypt |
| Nile river | allowed people in Egypt to farm and have water for drinking |
| Ancient Greece | located in southeastern Europe near the Mediterranean Sea |
| first theaters | built in Greece 2,500 yrs ago with the stage at the bottom of a hill and benches cut into the side of the hill |
| tragedy | a sad play |
| comedy | a funny play |
| aqueduct | a system of channels that moves water |
| Ancient Rome | very large community in what is now Italy |
| first types of plumbing | started with the Ancient Romans 2,700 years ago |
| Wheelbarrow | a cart with one wheel in the front and two handles to push it |
| Ancient China | used the wheelbarrow to take food to markets and to help build the Great Wall |
| Great Wall of China | built to protect the country from outsiders and is 5,500 miles long |
| Ancient Maya | located in Central America |
| Mayan pyramid | had 365 steps |
| Mayan calendar | made in a circle with 365 days |
