Transcript The Mr. Ford Challenge Reading Roundabout

Social Studies Chapter 1
Jeopardy!
Note: This is a great review for your upcoming Social Studies test and
contains most, but not all, of the information on your study guide!
The Ice Age
Peoples of Mexico
North America
Definitely Not North
America
Vocabulary
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Jeopardy
Early settlers hunted these
animals, which looked like
elephants with tusks and thick,
shaggy hair
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mammoths
Back to the board
Thousands of years ago, Earth
went through a period of extreme
cold called ____
Ice Age
During the Ice Age, there were land
bridges such as this one, which
connected Asia to the Americas
Beringia
When glaciers began to melt, this is
what happened to land bridges
Land bridges were covered by
rising ocean water
Around 7000 BC, people started
planting seeds (settling) in these
two areas
South America and Central
Mexico
This group of early settlers built
LaVenta, a trading city.
Olmec
This group traded jade and
obsidian
The Mayans
Most of this group’s food came
from chinampas
Aztecs
The Aztecs were conquered by
Hernando Cortes. What was his
nationality?
Spanish
This group was the first to use
stone in sculpture and
architecture
The Olmec
The Four Corners is made up of
these four states
Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and
New Mexico
DAILY
DOUBLE
This Spanish word means “table” in
English and describes one of the
places under which the Anasazi
built villages
mesa
Historians believe the Hopi and
Pueblo are their descendants
The Anasazi
This large mound was built near
Cincinnati, Ohio near 100 BC
Great Serpent Mound
The Mound Builders had these
three main groups between 800 BC
and AD 1000. Please name them in
the order in which they settled.
Adena, Hopewell, Cahokia
The Inca recorded information
using quipu. What is quipu?
Colored and knotted strings
This country in South America
was home to the Inca
Peru
The Inca capital was located
here
Cuzco
This is the name of the Inca sun
god.
Inti
The Inca had this farming
method in common with the
Anasazi
Irrigation of crops
This word means to exchange
goods or services for other goods
or services without using money
barter
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This is a culture that has
complex systems of
government, education, religion,
and often many people living in
cities
civilization
This Spanish conquistador
conquered Montezuma and the
Aztecs in 1520
Hernando Cortes
This is what you call a large
area where different people are
controlled by one ruler or
government
empire
A method of supplying dry land
with water through a series of
ditches or pipes
Irrigation
FINAL
JEOPARDY
Rulers of the 1400s & 1500s
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the person running the game.
One was the Aztec ruler that fell
to Cortes & the Spanish, one
was a 1400s emperor who
enlarged the Inca empire. Name
these two men in order.
Aztec ruler: Montezuma
Inca emperor:
Pachakuti Inca
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