Transcript Jeopardy - Montgomery County (VA) Public Schools

SOL Review (2.1, 2.4)
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Mrs. Grant
Geography
Contributions
Inventions
Misc.
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What is Africa?
Egypt is located in the northern
part of this continent.
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What is contribution (B)?
A _________ is giving or
doing something positive.
A. invention
B. contribution
C. problem
D. architecture
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What is the sun(solar calendar)?
The Ancient Chinese developed
a calendar based on the moon.
The Ancient Egyptians invented
a calendar based on the ______.
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What are fished, farmed, and irrigated land (F)?
The three things the Egyptian
people did to survive:
F. fished, farmed, irrigated land
G. fished, hunted, gathered
H. farmed, relaxed, farmed
J. irrigated land, fished, hunted
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What is the Nile River?
The longest river in the world.
2,1
What is papyrus?
Invention Clues:
Egyptian contribution
Kind of paper
Used for hieroglyphics
2,2
What are hieroglyphics (H)?
A picture writing used by the
Ancient Egyptians.
F. character writing
G. cartoons
H. hieroglyphics
J. architecture
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Who was King Tut, the Boy King?
He became a pharaoh when
he was just nine years old.
He was a kind pharaoh.
A solid gold mask was found
in his tomb.
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What are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
Egypt is bordered by these
two seas.
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What is a clock?
Most people wear this Egyptian
invention on their wrist so they
are not late.
A. silkworm
B. ice cream
C. freckle
D. clock
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What are pyramids?
A form of architecture where
pharaohs and their
queens were buried.
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What is all of the above (D)?
People lived near the Nile
River because:
A. the flooding left behind rich,
fertile mud to grow crops.
B. they used it for transportation
and trade.
C. it provided fish to eat and water
to drink.
D. all of the above.
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What is the Nile River?
Egypt is the gift of the
______________ because it
helped Ancient Egyptians in so
many ways.
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What is the 365 day calendar?
An invention that is used
today. The U.S. starts theirs
in January. The Ancient
Egyptians started theirs in June
with the flooding of the Nile.
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What is a triangular prism ( C )?
A pyramid looks more like what
polygon:
A. cube
B. sphere
C. triangular prism
D. cylinder
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What is the Sphinx?
This structure was built to
guard the pyramids. It has
a lion’s body and a man’s head.
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What are deserts ( C )?
Egypt’s climate is very hot and
dry. It is made up of many:
A. forests
B. glaciers
C. deserts
D. rainforest
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What are hieroglyphics?
Egyptian language
written in pictures
carved or painted on walls
and tombs
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What is an original idea (A)?
An invention is
A.
B.
C.
D.
an original idea.
someone else’s idea.
a map of a pyramid.
an ancient thing.
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What is an Egyptian (B)?
A person from Egypt is called
an:
A. American
B. Egyptian
C. Indian
D. Chinese
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