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Phoenicians: You Know It Game of Trade. Phoenicians were Traders. These used sailboats to travel on rivers and especially on the Mediterranean Sea. Great Invention: An Alphabet. Used it to keep track of trades Spread it through trading. Rules of the Game.
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Phoenicians were Traders • These used sailboats to travel on rivers and especially on the Mediterranean Sea
Great Invention: An Alphabet • Used it to keep track of trades • Spread it through trading
Rules of the Game • All correct answers are worth 2 points • All in incorrect answers will penalize your group 1 point. • Answers that are not collected and returned in time, will not count.
Purpose of Game: Collect the Most Correct Answers while Avoiding Wrong Answers so that You Can Defeat the Other Groups.
Q #1: What two civilizations were located in the Indus River Valley? • Q #2: What group of Indo-Europeans invaded India, asserted dominance and brought the idea of the social caste system? • Q #3: What 2 religions started in India? • Q #4: Name three geographical barriers that made invading India difficult. • Q #5: What two rivers are especially important to India?
Q #1What two civilizations were located in the Indus River Valley? • Mohenjo-Daro • Harappa
Q #2: What group of Indo-Europeans invaded India, asserted dominance and brought the idea of the social caste system? Aryans
Q #3: What two religions started in India? • Buddhism • Hinduism
Q #4: Name three geographical barriers that made invading India difficult. • Himalayas • Hindu-Kush Mountains • Indian Ocean
Q #5: What 2 Rivers are especially important to India? • Indus River • Ganges River
Q #6: Name three contributions during the Mauryan Empire. • Q #7: Name three contributions during the Gupta Empire of India. • Q #8: How did Asoka contribute to the spread of Buddhism?
Q #6: Name three contributions during the Mauryan Empire. • Spread of Buddhism • Free hospitals • Vet clinics • Good roads
Q #7: Name three contributions during the Gupta Empire of India. • Mathematics—concept of 0 • Medical advances—setting broken bones • Astronomy—idea that Earth is round • Textiles—fabrics to make clothes • Literature—stories and writing
Q #8: How did Asoka Contribute to the Spread of Buddhism? • Asoka sent missionaries and writing to China and other parts of Asia
Q #9: Who started Buddhism?Q #10: What do Hindus believe happens after they die?Q #11: What are the beliefs of Buddhists?
Q #12: What was the name of the Chinese emperor who built the Great Wall?Q #13: Why was the Great Wall built?Q #14: What was the Silk Road?
Q #9: Who started Buddhism? • Siddhartha Gautama
Q #10: What do Hindus believe happens after they die? • They believe that they will be reborn into a new life (reincarnation), based on karma (good or bad).
Q #11: What do Buddhists believe? • 4 Noble Truths—Life is full of pain, caused by desire. The way to end this pain is to follow the . . . • 8-Fold Path—right speech, right effort, right work, etc. (Finding the middle way).
Q #12: What was the name of the Chinese emperor who built the Great Wall? • Qin Shi Huangdi
Q #13: Why was the Great Wall built? • Defense against invaders
Q #14: What was the Silk Road? • A trade route that went from China to Mesopotamia
Q #15: What two religions co-exist in Japan?Q #16: What does it mean that “Japan is an archipelago”?Q #17: What did Japanese Shintos believe about their emperor?Q #18: What three ideas came to Japan from China?
Q #15: What two religions co-exist in Japan? • Shintoism and Buddhism
Q #16: What does it mean that Japan is an archipelago? • It is made up of a group of islands.
Q #16: What did Japanese Shintos believe about their emperor? • They believed he was divine—he was worshipped as a god.
Q #17: What three ideas came to Japan from China? • Writing • Architecture • Buddhism
Q#19: What did the Persians build to make travel and trade easier? Q #20: What religion did the Persians practice? Q#21: How did the Persians treat the people the conquered?
Q#19: What did the Persians build to make travel and trade easier? • Royal Road
Q#20: What religion did the Persians practice? • Zoroastrianism
Q#21: How did the Persians treat the people they conquered? • They treated them with tolerance. They freed Hebrew slaves in Babylon.
Time for another trading mission . . .The most valuable yet. This very valuable good is worth 7 points.
On the Map: • Color Indus River Valleygreen • Color the Huang-He River Valleyyellow • Color Mesopotamiaorange • Color Egyptred • Color Phoeniciapink • Color Japan gray • Circle the Persian Empire (perfection not required)