Africa – Geography and Early History JEOPARDY!

1. Africa – Geography and Early HistoryJEOPARDY! S2C13 Jeopardy Review

2. And the categories are… “Let’s Get Physical (geography)”

3. “Hot Stuff”

4. “Egyptians”

5. “Don’t Kush It!”

6. “Places and People”

7. Let’s Get Physical (geography) Hot Stuff Egyptians Don’t Kush It! Places and People 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

8. Round 2: Double Jeopardy…

9. Let’s Get Physical (geography) Hot Stuff Don’t Kush It! Places and People 400 400 400 400 800 800 800 800 1000 1000 1000 1000

10. Final Jeopardy The Category is… History in Film Make your wager now…

11. And the answer is… Famous evil WWII group who chased Indiana Jones after the Ark of the Covenant in the movie, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”… Who were…the Nazis?

12. Let’s Get Physical (geography)100 Africa is the second largest continent next to this one… A: What is Asia? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

13. Let’s Get Physical (geography) 200 One of the bodies of water which both separate and link Africa to the rest of the world… A: What is Mediterranean, Red Seas, Indian, Atlantic Oceans? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

14. Let’s Get Physical (geography) 300 Locate the nation of Libya on the map provided A: What is? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

15. Let’s Get Physical (geography) 400 Africa is ringed by these continuous lines of steep cliffs… A: What are escarpments? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

16. Let’s Get Physical (geography)500 This structure was built to control the flooding of the Nile River… A: What is the Aswan Dam? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

17. Let’s Get Physical (geography)400 This is the name given to large waterfalls and rapids that made access to the interior of Africa difficult for early explorers… A: What were cataracts? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

18. Let’s Get Physical (geography)800 Lake which was formed by the damming of the Nile River was named after this Egyptian leader… A: What is Nasser? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

19. Let’s Get Physical (geography)1000 Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, is found in this nation… A: What are Tanzania? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

20. Hot Stuff 100 Name of this region means “shore of the desert”… A: Who are the Sahel? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

21. Hot Stuff 200 This factor influences the climate of Africa more than latitude… A: What is altitude (height)? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

22. Hot Stuff 300 80% of Africa’s land lies between the lines 23.5 degrees north and south, known as these… A: What is the Tropics? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

23. Hot Stuff 400 Most of Africa’s population centers are found in this particular climate… A: What are Tropical Wet and Dry? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

24. Hot Stuff 500 Name of the process which is causing the Sahara to grow in size… A: Who are desertification? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

25. Hot Stuff 400 Another name given to the Tropical Wet and Dry climate… A: What is the savanna? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

26. Hot Stuff 800 Name of this region means “shore of the desert”… A: Who was Sahel? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

27. Hot Stuff 1000 Creation of this geographical feature tells us about the movement of East Africa… A: What was the Great Rift Valley ? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

28. Egyptians 100 River which provided the basis for the establishment of Egyptian civilization… A: What is the Nile? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

29. Egyptians 200 This “sacred writing” began with pictures, and developed into symbols that stood for words… A: What is hieroglyphics? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

30. Egyptians 300 These structures were built as tombs and monuments to the pharoahs… A: What is a pyramid? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

31. Egyptians 400 Modern-day capital of Egypt A: What is Cairo? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

32. Egyptians 500 Name of the Egyptian monument pictured here…. A: What is the Sphinx? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

33. 400 A: Who were mastaba? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

34. 800 A: What is an ankh? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

35. 1000 A: Who is Ma’at? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

36. Don’t Kush It!100 Name given to the super- continent which existed about 250 million years ago… A: What is Pangea? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

37. Don’t Kush It! 200 The Kush kingdom was also known by this name… A: What is Nubia? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

38. Don’t Kush It! 300 This is the name given to our theoretical “ancestral mother” who may have lived in Africa thousands of years ago… A: What is ”Eve”? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

39. Don’t Kush It! 400 Pictured here, the burial markers of Axum A: What are stelae?

40. Don’t Kush It! 500 African kingdom of Axum spoke this particular language, one of the oldest… A: What is Ge’ez?

41. Don’t Kush It! 400 Pictured here, the burial markers built by the African kingdom of Axum… A: What are stelae?

42. Don’t Kush It! 800 In this place, fossil remains were found that may have belonged to the first humans… A: What is Olduvai Gorge? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

43. Don’t Kush It! 1000 One of the purposes of African rock art…. A: What is the superstition, hunting or religious purposes, record key events? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

44. People and Places100 This early African kingdom grew up along the Red Sea, and may have been the first Christian state… A: What is Axum? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

45. People and Places 200 Circle the nation of Sudan… A: What is S2C13 Jeopardy Review

46. People and Places300 The man-made feature shown here… A: What is the Aswan dam? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

47. People and Places 400 This is the main economic activity of the majority of Africans… A: What is farming? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

48. People and Places…and Things500 Locate the nation of Ethiopia… A: What is? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

49. People and Places400 This became the capital of Kush after the Egyptians re-conquered it in 750BC… A: What is Meroe? S2C13 Jeopardy Review

50. People and Places 800 The country indicated here… A: Who is South Africa? S2C13 Jeopardy Review