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Period: ______
Date: ______
The Great Classroom Scavenger Hunt!
(European Edition)
Search the classroom for the answers to the following questions.
What country did the Myceneans go to war with? ______
Name two works (writings) by Homer? ______
What year did the first Olympics take place? ______
What was the only event in the first Olympics? ______
Who was the leading statesman in Athens from 461 to 429 B.C.?
Who used a scientific approach to healing the sick and is known as the “Father of Medicine”?______
Who won the Peloponnesian War? ______
Alexander the Great conquered what empire from 334—326 B.C.? ______
Who conquered Greece in 146 B.C.? ______
Who won the Punic Wars? ______
What was the name of the Carthaginian general who lost the Second Punic War? ______
What was the Colosseum in Rome used for? ______
What year did the Roman Empire split into the West Roman Empire and East Roman Empire? ______
List three major Ancient Greek city-states that also had a religious sanctuary? ______
What sea is/was in the middle of the Roman Empire? ______
Which year did the Roman Empire control more land, A.D. 14 or A.D. 117? ______
In what country do children wear traditional costumes of their region as they perform folk dances to celebrate the harvested crops? ______
In what country do Morris dancers ring bells and wave handkerchiefs to ward off the evil spirits of winter and welcome the good spirits of spring, and jump high in the air to make the corn grow? ______
Name a country next to Norway? ______
Name a country next to Portugal? ______
Where was the legendary home of the Greek gods? ______
The Olympic Games honored what Greek god? ______
At the time of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ what empire controlled Jerusalem? ______
In 1215 King John signed what? ______
Joan of Arc fought in what war? ______
Who invented the printing press? ______
How many years after America declared its independence from England did the French Revolution begin? ______
What year did World War I begin? ______
How many years after Adolf Hitler and the Nazi’s took over Germany did World War II begin? ______
Put a number 1 by the event that happened first in history, number 2 by the event that happened second and a 3 by the event that happened third.
______Berlin Wall came down
______The Crusades
______Civilizations spring up in Mesopotamia
Put a number 1 by the event that happened first in history, number 2 by the event that happened second and a 3 by the event that happened third.
______Greek city-states fight the Persians
______Rome conquers Greece
______Alexander the Great conquers the Persian Empire
If it is 9:00pm in Japan what time is it in the United Kingdom? ______
If it is 2:00pm in the United Kingdom what time is it in Japan? ______
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is located in what country? ______
Big Ben is located in what country? ______
The Parthenon is located in what country? ______
The Eiffel Tower is located in what country? ______
The Brandenburg Gate is located in what country? ______
The Arc de Tromphe is located in what country? ______
What are the colors of the French flag? ______
What body of water lies/lied between Athens and Troy? ______