Game Questions - Atlantis

1. What is a canal? Paths of water used for farming

2. Are artifacts natural or made my people? Made by people
3. What is one bad thing that happened to Atlantis? Volcano erupted, ground swallowed, sank into the sea,
big wave covered it
4. Who was the first person to write about Atlantis? Plato
5. How could people have survived the end of Atlantis? Sailed away
6. Where is one place pyramids are found? Mexico, Egypt
7. What could the Egyptians have learned from Atlantis? Move water (canals)
8. What ocean is Atlantis thought to be in? Atlantic
9. Name a character/historical figure talked about in the book. Ana, Grandpa Carlos, Ignatius Donnelly, Plato,
Solon, Minoans, Mayans.
10. What does climate mean? Average temperature/weather conditions
11. What is a temple? Building for worship
12. Why did bad things start to happen in Atlantis? People became greedy and mean.
13. Tell me one thing that supports Atlantis being real. Artifacts, pyramids, stories from the past.
14. Tell me one thing that does not support Atlantis being real. No evidence, story changing over time, could
be adapted from other stories.
15. Tell me about one important event in the book.
16. Tell me one interesting fact from the book.
17. What is the title of the book? Atlantis: Land of Mystery
18. Tell me one thing you learned reading this book.
19. What is a mystery? Something hard to explain/unknown
True or false questions:

T/F Life in Atlantis was terrible. False

T/F Survivors are the people that died. False

T/F Pyramids were made by people. True

T/F The story of Atlantis changed over time. True

T/F Atlantis is 100% made up. False

T/F Atlantis is 100% real. False

T/F Artifacts tell us about the past. True

T/F Atlantis had elephants. True

T/F People in Atlantis became greedy. True

T/F This book is fiction AND nonfiction True