Midterm Jeopardy

Midterm Jeopardy Early Man Egypt, China, and India The Greeks and Empires Geography Religions, Sciences &Philosophies Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Geography What is zero degrees latitude (lines which run east and west)?

$100 Answer from Geography The Equator! (7)

$200 Question from Geography What term has to do with a land that’s surrounded on three sides by water?

$200 Answer from Geography A Peninsula! (like for example, India and Italy) (74)

$300 Question from Geography What is the name for goods brought into an area from another country?

$300 Answer from Geography Imports (exports are goods sold to another country) (15)

$400 Question from Geography What does an ethnicity map show?

$400 Answer from Geography The different races/nationalities in an area (12)

$500 Question from Geography What’s the difference between absolute and relative location?

$500 Answer from Geography Absolute location has to do with finding the precise location of a place using longitude and latitude while relative location has to do with what a place is near (4)

$100 Question from Early Man This is a symbol of one of the earliest civilizations (organized settlements of people) - What’s its name?

$100 Answer from Early Man Stonehenge (other early civilizations include Jericho in the Middle East, Catal Huyuk in Turkey, the Olmecs in Central America, and ) The Chavin and Moche in South America) (32, 34)

$200 Question from Early Man What is bronze made out of?

$200 Answer from Early Man Tin and Copper (46)

$300 Question from Early Man What story by the Sumerians is considered one of the oldest in the world?

$300 Answer from Early Man Epic of Gilgamesh (which was written by early trained writers called scribes) (48,49)

$400 Question from Early Man What’s the term for when someone tames an animal?

$400 Answer from Early Man Domesticate! (31)

$500 Question from Early Man What is a bureaucracy?

$500 Answer from Early Man Divisions of Government (Like those found in Persia, China, Egypt, and the US as evident by the President’s Cabinet)! (65)

$100 Question from Egypt, China, and India What is the ancient form of writing of the ancient Egyptians?

$100 Answer from Egypt, China, and India Hieroglyphics (it was translated thanks to the Rosetta Stone) (73)

$200 Question from Egypt, China, and India What structure was built by poor workers under the orders of Shi Huangdi to keep invaders out of China?

$200 Answer from Egypt, China, and India The Great Wall of China! (those workers who refused to work were killed) (169)

$300 Question from Egypt, China, and India During what empire was the “Golden Age” of India?

$300 Answer from Egypt, China, and India Gupta Empire (136)

$400 Question from Egypt, China, and India What is the Yellow River (also known as the Huang He River) also unfortunately known as even though it brings rich soil called loess?

$400 Answer from Egypt, China, and India The Great Sorrow (because of its destructive flooding) (82)

$500 Question from Egypt, China, and India Where can you find the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?

$500 Answer from Egypt, China, and India India (78)

$100 Question from the Greeks and Empires Name one of the requirements to be a citizen of Greece!

$100 Answer from the Greeks and Empires Could not be a woman Had to own land Had to be born in Greece Could not be a slave! (195)

$200 Question from the Greeks and Empires The Chaldeans (whose most famous leader was Nebuchadnezzar) grew out of what other ancient empire?

$200 Answer from the Greeks and Empires The Babylonians (111)

$300 Question from the Greeks and Empires What is the other name for a Greek city?

$300 Answer from the Greeks and Empires A polis (its center on the hill is called the acropolis) (193)

$400 Question from the Greeks and Empires Alexander the Great of Macedonia, after successfully conquering Egypt and Persia (in 334 BCE), could not Conquer what area because his overworked troops refused to follow him?

$400 Answer from the Greeks and Empires India! (228, 230, 231)

$500 Question from the Greeks and Empires Historians today believe that the Trojan War was started over what sea?

$500 Answer from the Greeks and Empires The Aegean Sea (Homer stated it was started over a woman named Helen) (180)

$100 Question from Religion. Sciences, and Philosophies What is Taoist symbol below?

$100 Answer from Religions, Sciences, and Philosophies Yin Yang (it means such things as male/female and light/dark and was created by Laozi through his book the Dao De Jing) (164)

$200 Question from Religions, Sciences, and Philosophies Herodotus and Thucydides are considered the founders of what social science?

$200 Answer from Religions, Sciences, and Philosophies History! (Herodotus is considered the “father of history” while Thucydides wrote about the Peloponnesian War) (222, 223)

$300 Question from Religions, Sciences, and Philosophies What is the name of the Persian religion that supposedly influenced the idea of heaven and hell?

$300 Answer from Religions, Sciences, and Philosophies Zoroastrianism (118)

$400 Question from Religions, Sciences, and Philosophies The Parthenon (built and rebuilt by Pericles) was built in honor of what Greek goddess of wisdom?

$400 Answer from Religions, Sciences, and Philosophies Athena (as opposed to the king of the gods Zeus, god of war Ares, god of truth Apollo, god of the sea Poseidon, and goddess of love Aphrodite) (189, 190, 208)

$500 Question from Religions, Sciences, and Philosophies What was the only caste in Hinduism that could examine their holy book , the Vedas?

Midterm Jeopardy