Transcript Jeopardy

Jeopardy
Phoenicia
Israel
Persia
Mesopotamia
Egypt
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question - Phoenicia
The Phoenicians were considered the
greatest__________ and __________
of the ancient world.
$100 Answer Phoenicia
Sailors and Traders
$200 Question - Phoenicia
Geographically, where did
the Phoenicians live?
$200 Answer - Phoenicia
In city states around the
Mediterranean Sea
$300 Question - Phoenicia
For what would the Phoenicians
be best known?
$300 Answer - Phoenicia
Designing an Alphabet
$400 Question - Phoenicia
From what did the Phoenicians make
purple dye?
$400 Answer Phoenicia
Glands of snails
$500 Question - Phoenicia
Name another invention of
the Phoenicians that we
still use today.
$500 Answer- Phoenicia
Glass
$100 Question - Israel
What is the name given
to the clay tablets brought
down from Mount Sinai?
$100 Answer - Israel
The Ten Commandments
$200 Question - Israel
Fill in the blank. . .
The Israelites/Hebrews were called
The ___________people.
$200 Answer - Israel
Chosen
$300 Question - Israel
The Israelites/Hebrews believed they had
a ________ with God.
$300 Answer - Israelites
Covenant
$400 Question - Israel
Who was one of the first Israelite/Hebrew
and the root of Judaism,
Christianity and Islam?
$400 Answer - Israel
Abraham
$500 Question - Israel
What is the term that is applied to
the Israelites/Hebrews when they
were exiled to Mesopotamia?
(used in more recent history as well)
$500 Answer - Israel
Diaspora
$100 Question - Persia
Fill in the blank….
The kingdom of Persia spread all over
The Mediterranean region.
Historians acknowledge this as the
world’s first ________________.
$100 Answer - Persia
Empire
$200 Question - Persia
Name one of Persia’s
famous kings.
$200 Answer - Persia
King Cyrus
King Darius or
King Xerces
$300 Question - Persia
Which Persian king conquered
The Babylonians?
$300 Answer – Persia
Cyrus
$400 Question - Persia
Name two contributions the
Persians made to society.
$400 Answer - Persia
1. System of Money
2. System of Roads
3. System of Communication (Pony Express)
$500 Question - Persia
What is the main philosophy
of Zoroaster that many
religions still believe?
$500 Answer – Persia
Belief in Judgment Day a heaven and a hell
$100 Question - Mesopotamia
What is the name given to a belief
in one god?
$100 Answer - Mesopotamia
Monotheism
$200 Question - Mesopotamia
What is the name given to the
belief in more than one god?
$200 Answer - Mesopotamia
Polytheism
$300 Question - Mesopotamia
What is the name of the geographic
area in the
Middle East which is thought to be the
first cradle of civilization?
$300 Answer - Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
$400 Question - Mesopotamia
What is the name of the method
of writing developed by
Mesopotamians?
$400 Answer - Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
$500 Question - Mesopotamia
What was the name of the first
city-state?
$500 Answer - Mesopotamia
Sumeria
$100 Question - Egypt
Egypt is located along
which important river?
$100 Answer - Egypt
The Nile
$200 Question - Egypt
What was the form of
written communication
in Egypt?
$200 Answer - Egypt
Hieroglyphics
$300 Question - Egypt
How did Egyptians view
their pharaohs?
$300 Answer - Egypt
As rulers and gods
$400 Question - Egypt
What made agriculture
possible along the Nile?
$400 Answer - Egypt
Irrigation
$500 Question - Egypt
What did Egyptians believe
happened after death?
$500 Answer - Egypt
Osiris weighed
their heart against a feather
to determine which had
more substance.
Final Jeopardy
What are six of the eight
Characteristics of Civilizations?
Final Jeopardy Answer
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Cities
Writing
Public Works
Complex Religion
Art and Architecture
Government
Specialized Jobs
Social Classes