Transcript Jeopardy Review

EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
Jeopardy Review
Cultures of
Mesopotamia
Ancient
Egypt
Aegean
Culture
Geography
Myths and
Legends
Prehistory
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Cultures of Mesopotamia
100
Gilgamesh, the King of Uruk, was the
leader of these people
Answer: Sumerians
Cultures of Mesopotamia
200
Hammurabi was the leader of these people
Answer: Babylonians
Cultures of Mesopotamia
300
This was perhaps the most important
development of the Sumerian Culture
Answer: Cuneiform, first system of writing
Cultures of Mesopotamia
400
Here is where the
Sumerians
thought gods
would reveal
themselves
Answer: Ziggurat
Cultures of Mesopotamia
500
This group of people would be the last
rulers of the great age of Mesopotamia,
but they too would fall; conquered by
the Medes and later the Persians
Answer: The Assyrians
Ancient Egypt 100
This book of spells and instruction was a guide
for the afterlife
Answer: The Book of the Dead
Ancient Egypt 200
This pharaoh was the first to unite
upper and lower Egypt
Answer: Narmer
Ancient Egypt 300
He built the first step pyramid,
commissioned by Zoser.
His name was __________
and he was later deified as the god of
____________ and _____________.
Answer: Imhotep- god medicine and wisdom
Ancient Egypt 400
The Egyptians were invaded by the Hyksos.
They introduced this new weapon
Answer: Horse drawn carriage
Ancient Egypt 500
This man made “King Tut” famous when he
excavated his tomb
Answer: Howard Carter
Aegean Culture 100
The Aegean Culture developed
in this region
Answer:
Greece and the islands of the Aegean Sea
Aegean Culture 200
This is the capital of the Minoan Empire
Answer:
Knossos
Aegean Culture 300
The King of the Minoan Empire
Answer: King Minos
Aegean Culture 400
The Mycenaean Empire flourished here
Answer: mainland Greece
Aegean Culture 500
This archaeologist, self financed the excavation
of Knossos to prove his theories correct.
Answer: Arthur Evans
Geography 100
Ancient Egypt was dependant on this
Answer: The Nile River
Geography 200
This sea is located to the east of Egypt
Answer: The Red Sea
Geography 300
DAILY
DOUBLE
These two rivers form the Fertile Crescent.
____________ to the East
and ___________ to the West
Answer: Tigris to the East
and Euphrates to the West
Geography 400
The City of Knossos is located here
Answer: The island of Crete
Geography 500
Sumerian communities were located here
Answer: along the floodplain of the lower
Euphrates and Tigris rivers
Myths and Legends 100
Gilgamesh was in search of this
Answer: everlasting life
Myths and Legends 200
_________ was responsible for the death of
Osiris and _______ put Osiris back together
Answer: Seth , Isis
Myths and Legends 300
This great god of sky, often symbolized as a
falcon, avenged the death of his father, Osiris.
Answer: Horus
Myths and Legends 400
King Minos created one of these at his palace to
house a minotaur
Answer: labyrinth
Myths and Legends 500
King Aegean plunged to his death in the Aegean
sea because he did not raise the white sail
Answer: Theseus
Prehistory 100
Name, in order, the three “lithic” periods we
discussed in class.
Answer: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
Prehistory 200
This specific type of homo sapiens made the
first cave art.
Answer: CRO MAGNON
Prehistory 300
Name this famous piece.
One of many statuettes
found, which emphasize the
women’s practical role-
the source of birth and life
Answer: Venus of Willendorf
Prehistory 400
One would have to travel here to view
giant heads called Moai
(give both name and location)
Answer: Easter Island, off the coast of Chile in
the South Pacific Ocean
Prehistory 500
a very large usually rough stone used in
prehistoric cultures as a monument or building
block
Answer: megalith