Transcript china jeopardy

China, Egypt,
Mesopotamia, and
Early Humans
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Early
Humans
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Question: Why was the great wall of
China built?
Answer: To protect China from invaders.
Question: Explain why the great wall of China was a
bad thing.
Possible answers:
Many people died building it.
The emperor forced people to build it.
It separated China from the world.
Question: The ancient Chinese did not
trade. Instead, they used _______.
Answer: Coins/Money
Question: What made Confucius a famous man
in China, and even today?
Answer: He spoke and wrote advice about life
and faith.
Question: During which dynasty was the great
wall built?
Answer: Qin (chin)
Question: Tell on thing that Egyptians did
to make mummies.
Possible answers:
Take out organs.
Wash with salt.
Surround with straw/grass.
Fill the head with sawdust.
Seal the cut with wax.
Wrap with linen.
Question: Why did Egyptians build pyramids?
Answer: For the bodies of dead pharaohs – to
help the pharaohs live in the afterlife.
Question : What is the word for Egyptian writing?
Answer: Hieroglyphics
Name one negative thing about the Egyptians.
Possible answers:
They had slaves
They had divided classes
They invaded/fought with others
Question: What is the name of the famous river in
Egypt?
Answer: Nile
Question: Sumerians were the first people to
a. drink alcohol
b. read and write
c. irrigate crops
d. use boats
Answer: b
Question: Hammurabi was a famous ruler
because:
Answer: he wrote laws
Question: Mesopotamia:
a. Had wonderful dirt for growing crops
b. Was filled with animals, making hunting easy
c. Spoke and wrote in English
d. Invaded many other countries
Answer: motor cortex
Question: How did Phoenicians keep all the trade
for themselves?
Answer: They told stories about sea monsters
Question: About when was Mesopotamia?
Answer: 3000 to 300 B.C.
Question: How did the first humans get food?
Answer: Hunting or gathering
Question: During the _________ age,
glaciers covered the earth.
Answer: ice age
Question: The first humans made tools from
______.
Answer: stone
Question: What word means “to carry water from
one place to another?”
Answer: irrigation
Question: Why didn’t early humans have school?
Answer: Because they were too busy finding
food and surviving.
Question: When did people make fire for the first
time?
Answer: The Stone Age.
Question: When were rulers called emperors?
Answer: China
Question: When did people begin making tools
from metal?
Answer: The Bronze Age
Question: When did people invent the wheel?
Answer: Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Question: Which TWO people believed that rulers
have special powers from gods?
Answer: Egypt AND China
Final Jeopardy
Question: What is the name of the ruler who
built the great wall of China?
Answer: Shi Huangdi