Transcript POWERPOINT JEOPARDY

Culture
Early
Geography
Vocabulary
Civilization
Persians/
Mesopo
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Question 1 - 10
• True or False: Egyptians believed that their
kings were relatives of gods
Answer 1 – 10
• True
Question 1 - 20
• What were Oracle bones?
Answer 1 – 20
• Bones and/or turtle shells that were written
on and then heated or touched with a hot
poker by priests. The priests then interpreted
the bones the cracks in the bones as what
ancestors/spirits were trying to say. A way to
talk to the other world.
Question 1 - 30
• What accomplishment is Hammurabi best
known for, and did this accomplishment
change the world then/shape the world we
live in today?
Answer 1 – 30
• Hammurabi’s Code.
• One of the first legal codes
Question 1 - 40
• Sumer was polytheistic. What was
polytheism?
Answer 1 – 40
• The worships of many Gods (at least more
than one)
Question 1 - 50
• What form of writing did the Sumerians use?
Answer 1 – 50
• Cuneiform
Question 2 - 10
• Point to the area of Mesopotamia and Fertile
Crescent
Answer 2 – 10
Question 2 - 20
• Name 1 geographical problem that
Mesopotamia faced.
Answer 2 – 20
• Unpredictable floods,
• No natural barriers
• Limited natural resources.
Question 2 - 30
• Most early civilizations formed around or near
a _______ because the soil was fertile.
Answer 2 – 30
• River
Question 2 - 40
• What were 3 areas where farming first
occurred?
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India
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia.
Question 2 - 50
• Point to Egypt, Nile river, and the Red Sea on
the map
Answer 2 – 50
Question 3 - 10
• What was 1 way the Indus River Valley’s cities
were unique?
Answer 3 – 10
• Laid their cities on a grid
• Had a plumbing system
Question 3 - 20
• What does ASCAR stand for?
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Advanced Technology
Specialized Workers
Complex Institutions
Advanced Cities
Record Keeping
Question 3 - 30
• What was the Dynastic Cycle?
Answer 3 – 30
• Dynastic Circle was the rise, decline and
replacement of dynasties that was regulated
by the people’s interpretation of the mandate
of heaven.
Question 3 - 40
• What natural disaster did the Indus River
Valley commonly face?
Answer 3 – 40
• Monsoons
Question 3 - 50
• What was the Mandate of Heavan?
Answer 3 – 50
• The mandate of Heaven is when the gods/god
gave someone the right to rule the empire.
Someone could lose the mandate of heaven.
Question 4 - 10
• What were the Paleolithic Era and the
Neolithic Era?
Answer 4 – 10
• The Paleolithic Era was before people settled
down (before farms). All people were nomadshunters and gatherers. The Neolithic Era was
when people began to farm, creating a surplus
of food allowing for specialized workers.
Question 4 - 20
• What is the difference between Archeologists
and Anthropologists?
Answer 4 – 20
• Archeologists are people who study and
excavate early settlements.
• Anthropologists are people who study culture.
Question 4 - 30
• What is the difference between primary and
secondary sources?
Answer 4 – 30
• Primary sources are testimonials, letters,
journals, artifacts, newspaper articles and
picture from the time of the event.
• Secondary sources are textbooks,
encyclopedias and all other articles after the
event happened.
Question 4 - 40
• What is Theocracy?
Answer 4 – 40
• A form of government based off of
religion/religious texts/views/values
Question 4 - 50
• What is prehistory?
Answer 4 – 50
• Prehistory is any point in time before writing.
Question 5 - 10
• Who was the first emperor (that we studied)
that made the Persian Empire?
Answer 5 – 10
• Cyrus the Great
Question 5 - 20
• Persia is located in what modern day country?
Answer 5 – 20
• Iran
Question 5 - 30
• How did the Persian Empire treat the people it
conquered (Overall)?
Answer 5 – 30
• Allowed people to practice their own religion.
• People weren’t turned into slaves.
• Treated people with kindness and toleration.
Question 5 - 40
• How did Mesopotamians fix drought
problems?
Answer 5 – 40
• Irrigation System
Question 5 - 50
• The land that Mesopotamia built its empire on
was known as the ______.
Answer 5 – 50
• Fertile Crescent