World History Scavenger Hunt ANSWER KEY
This hunt is for you to find a wide variety of answers from World History. These answers
will be found in a number of places from art and music to people and places.
There are 20 answers to be found. You must write what you found to satisfy each clue
and where you found it. Some things can be found on line, others in your text book or
even the ‘library.’ You may even find something at home. You just never know.
The hunt counts as a full letter grade and you have one week to accomplish it on your
own time. There is extra credit for finishing early (Early being by wed.).
Good luck and good hunting!
Clue
Example: It has the body of a lion
and sits by the three largest
near the town of Giza.
Answer
The Great Sphinx
Where did you find it?
WH text book page 61.
1. It was worshipped by the Egyptians as a God and had a hymn written for it. The Nile
2. They were sacred hymns of praise and among the earliest texts of Hinduism. Vedas
3. According to mythology it was invented by Hermes and was given to Apollo. The
Lyre
4. He is known for his ability with a piano even though he was completely deaf.
Beethoven
5. He painted what ceiling and who was he? Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo
6. They’ve been called art, teaching tools, and religious and some are found in a dark
place in Lascaux France.
Cave Art
7. It’s a movement that relates to the Roman and Greek styles.
8. His statue is near by and he’s who we named the place after.
9. Democracy was born there?
Classical
Gen. Lawton
Athens
10. It was once a sacred site in England but more recently was done over in America with
old cars.
Stonehenge
11. They are two river valley civilizations. India and China
12. He started as a prince, gave up a kingdom, and became enlightened. Buddha or
prince Siddhartha Gautama
13. Written in hieroglyphic, demotic, and ancient Greek it was called what? Rosetta
Stone
14. He became revered as a God but started as an architect and physician. Imhotep
15. Primarily built during the Old Kingdom they are found in Giza. The Pyramids
16. They were brought down from Mount Sinai by Moses. The Ten Commandments
17. It was the very first of its kind and came from the Sumerians. Cuneiform writing
18. The valley of the Tigris and Euphrates is called what then and what now? Fertile
Crescent and Iraq
19. It means “wise man.” Homo sapiens
20. Known as the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human
beings. Anthropology