Ancient Civilizations
Digital Breakout
Scenario
Think you know all things "Ancient Civilizations?" Now's your time to prove what you know! Read all of the clues very carefully to decipher each lock! If you answer each one correctly, you will successfully breakout! Good luck! Click submit on the Google Form when you think you have them all correct.
Word Lock:
Mesopotamia
The answer to the riddle will unlock the word lock.
ABC Lock: Ancient Egypt
Answer each question below. The letter of each correct answer will unlock the ABC lock.
Use this website as a resource.
1. In Egypt's Late Period, what caused the Egyptians to reunite to fight off foreign invaders?
A. Invasion of the Assyrians
B. Too many internal wars
C. When the Persians conquered Egypt
2. How did Upper and Lower Egypt get their names?
A. From their locations relative to the Nile River
B. From their location in the country
C. From the flow of the Nile River
3. Egyptian art covered much of what topic?
A. Women & Children
B. Religion
C. War
4. Scribes of hieroglyphics didn't have to do which two tasks?
A. Buy a house or pay taxes
B. Enter the army of buy a house
C. Pay taxes or enter the army
5. During mummification, what was their main task?
A. To maintain peace in the afterlife
B. To get out all of the water and moisture
C. To pull the brains out with a hook
Number Lock: Ancient Greece
Watch the video above about about Ancient Greece. Then, answer each question below. The answer to each question will be a number that will unlock the Number Lock.
1. How many years ago was Greece born on the Aegean Sea?
2. How many territories were there that acted as sovereign nations?
3. What year was the Iliad written?
4. How many types of columns is Greece known for?
5. How many heroes are shown when they mention the "regard for heroes?"
Letter Lock: Ancient China
Match each Chinese invention with the correct image below. Each correct answer will unlock the Letter Lock. Use this website as a resource.
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G.
H.
1. Gunpowder
2. Silk
3. Porcelain
4. Moveable Typing Print
5. Seismograph
6. Mechanical Clock
7. Kite
8. Compass
Directional Lock: Ancient Rome
Take this virtual tour of Ancient Rome. Use the tour and map below to answer each question. Your answers will be the code to decipher the mixed lock. Use U=Up R=Right D=Down L=Left
1) Start at the Colosseum. Which direction would you travel to reach the location where people make wishes to Neptune?
2) Which direction would you travel next if you then decided to go visit the world's smallest state?
3) Which direction you travel next if you then decided to go to a famous stairway with Trinita dei Monti church at the top.
4) Lastly, you want to travel from your current location to the airport.
Vocabulary Lock:
Ancient India
Solve this crossword puzzle on Ancient India. The first letter of each answer will open the vocabulary lock. There are 18 letters. Use this website as a resource.
