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Jeopardy
Early Man
Egypt and
And Civilizations Mesopotamia
Early India
and China
Geography
Judaism
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Geography
What is the study of the Earth, its resources, and
how it is used by the people who live on it?
$100 Answer from Geography
Geography!
(2)
$200 Question from Geography
What’s the difference between a primary
source of information and a secondary
source of information?
$200 Answer from Geography
A primary source is written by someone who was actually
at an event
A secondary source of information is written by someone
who was not at an event
(1)
$300 Question from Geography
What is the name for the triangle shaped piece of
land formed from items carried downstream by a
river and deposited at its mouth?
$300 Answer from Geography
A Delta!
(17)
$400 Question from Geography
What is zero degrees longitude
(lines which run up/down and north/south)?
$400 Answer from Geography
The Prime Meridian
(6)
$500 Question from Geography
What are the 5 themes of geography?
$500 Answer from Geography
Place, Region, Movement, Location
And Human Environment Interaction
(3)
$100 Question from Judaism
Why is Judaism a monotheistic
religion?
$100 Answer from Judaism
Because they only worship one god!
(Unlike the Sumerians and Egyptians who were polytheistic
because they worshipped many gods)
(41, 96)
$200 Question from Judaism
What religious figure led the Jews out of
Egypt and was also given the 10
Commandments?
$200 Answer from Judaism
Moses
(99)
$300 Question from Judaism
What was the massive departure of the Jews
from Egypt back to Canaan called?
$300 Answer from Judaism
Exodus
(100)
$400 Question from Judaism
Jewish kings Saul and David established
what capital city that is still important to the
Jews today?
$400 Answer from Judaism
Jerusalem
(101)
$500 Question from Judaism
The Jewish religious figure Abraham is
also important to what other two religions?
$500 Answer from Judaism
Christianity
And
Islam
(98)
$100 Question from Early Man
and Civilizations
The first stage of man, Australopithecus
Afarenis started on which continent?
$100 Answer from Early Man
and Civilizations
Africa
(21)
$200 Question from Early Man
and Civilizations
Name one of 6 characteristics of a
civilization
$200 Answer from Early Man
and Civilizations
Cities with a Constant Food Supply
Specialized Jobs
Social order of those jobs
Government
Religion System
Arts
(35)
$300 Question from Early Man
and Civilizations
During the Neolithic Age
was man hunter and
gatherers or farmers?
$300 Answer from Early Man
and Civilizations
Farmers!
(during the Paleolithic Period they were
hunters and gatherers)
(29,22)
$400 Question from Early Man
and Civilizations
What is an artisan?
$400 Answer from Early Man
and Civilizations
Someone who makes things by hand
(33)
$500 Question from Early Man
and Civilizations
Which stage of man was
the first stage to migrate
(leave) out of Africa?
$500 Answer from Early Man
and Civilizations
Homo Erectus
(25)
$100 Question from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
What 2 rivers run through Mesopotamia
(which connected Asia, Europe, and Africa
together)?
$100 Answer from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates River
(36)
$200 Question from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt is considered a perfect
example of a theocracy - What is a theocracy?
$200 Answer from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
A government in which the ruler
is also in charge of the religion
(The King = the High Priest)
(for example, the pharaoh is both god and king)
(40, 61, 62)
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$300 Question from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
The Sumerians created one
of the first forms of writing –
what is that form of writing called?
$300 Answer from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
(which was later used to write
their greatest story – the Epic of Gilgamesh)
(46, 48)
$400 Question from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
What king united Upper and Lower Egypt?
$400 Answer from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
King Menes
(Egypt was divided into Upper and
Lower Egypt thanks to the Nile River
which flowed upstream thanks to
various landforms)
(52, 60)
$500 Question from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
The ancient system of laws known
As Hammurabi’s Code (which worked
On the basis of “an eye for an eye, a
Tooth for a tooth” was from where?
$500 Answer from Egypt and
Mesopotamia
Babylon
(50)
$100 Question from Early India
and China
What is the name of the Indian seasonal storms that bring India
during the summer either too much or too little precipitation
which effects how crops grow?
$100 Answer from Early India
and China
Monsoons!
(75)
$200 Question from Early India
and China
What is the Chinese idea that states
that the gods choose who should rule
and that if the ruler goes against the will
of the gods, the people will suffer?
$200 Answer from Early India
and China
Mandate from Heaven
(85)
$300 Question from Early India
and China
What are the names of the 2 rivers
that go through Ancient India?
$300 Answer from Early India
and China
The Indus River and the
Ganges River
(74)
$400 Question from Early India
and China
What was the name of the bones that were
used not only to predict the future but also
inspired the Chinese writing system?
$400 Answer from Early India
and China
Oracle Bones
(83, 84)
$500 Question from Early India
and China
What is a group of related rulers who
govern/rule over an extended period of time
(like in China or Egypt)?
$500 Answer from Early India
and China
A Dynasty
(81)
Final Jeopardy Question
Archaeologists (people who dig up early settlements),
anthropologists (scientists who try to recreate civilizations), and
paleontologists (scientists who try to recreate ancient civilizations),
all try to use what specific element/isotope to find out how old a fossil is?
Final Jeopardy Answer
Carbon 14!
(18, 19, 20)