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JEOPARDY
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Let’s Get
Civilized!
World’s
First
Name that
River
What they
were known
for
Vocab
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Final Jeopardy
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• This feature of civilization describes the
way a civilization keeps accurate records
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What is ………..
• System of Writing
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• This feature of civilization describes how
civilizations divide up their workforce.
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What is………….
• Specialized Jobs
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• These are centers for trade in a civilization
and usually are well-planned and have
high walls for protection
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What is……………..
• Cities
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• This is a feature of civilization that
describes efforts by the civilization to
invent things to make their lives easier.
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What are……..
• Improved
Technology
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• This feature of
civilization describes
extremely organized
parts of the
civilization, which
includes religion and
government.
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What is ………….
• Complex
Institutions
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• The world’s first system of writing
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What is …………..
• Cuneiform
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• Ancient civilization that invented gun
powder, umbrellas, and wheelbarrows
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What is………
• Ancient China
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• This was the world’s first code of written
laws
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What is…………..
• Hammurabi’
s Code or
the Code of
Hammurabi
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This was the world’s first civilization.
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What is ………..
• The city-state of Sumer
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• The Akkadians led by
Sargon I (the first)
created the world’s
first one of these, but
it didn’t last after the
ruler died.
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What is ……..
• The world’s 1st Empire
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• This is the longest
river on earth and
where the Ancient
Egyptian civilization
was located.
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What is………..
• The Nile River
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• These two rivers make up the Fertile
Crescent.
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What is …….
• Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers
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• This river contains
Loess and is called
China’s Sorrow
because it floods and
can kill people and
destroy property.
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What is…..
• The Hwang
He
River or The Yellow
River
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• The Ancient Indians
founded their
civilization on this
river.
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What is…
• The Indus River
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• The Genesee River is
like the Nile River
because it……
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What is…..
• Flows North
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• They are known for having rulers who are
gods on earth and building elaborate
tombs and temples.
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Who are…..
• The Egyptians
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• This civilization valued the group over the
individual, valued family above all else,
and believed in the Mandate of Heaven.
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Who are…..
• The Ancient Chinese
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• They are known for
their planned cities
but we can’t
understand their early
writing so we don’t
know a lot about this
culture.
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Who are….
• The Ancient Indians
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• These ancient people had working
plumbing and sewers.
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Who are….
• The Indians
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• This region was the first to create
codified laws.
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What is….
• Mesopotamia
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• Means a belief in many gods
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What is……
• Polytheistic
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• Egyptian writing based on pictograms
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What is…..
• Hieroglyphics
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• Seasonal wind that brings weather and
rains to India.
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What are
• Monsoons
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• This means a government run by religious
leaders.
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What is…..
• A Theocracy
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• Permission that the Chinese ruler’s
claimed they had from a higher power.
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What is….
• The Mandate of
Heaven
Category:
• Common Themes of River Valley
Civilizations
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Let’s Play Final
Jeopardy!!!
FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION
• Early civilizations developed around rivers.
They learned to use the rivers to meet
their needs. What were two ways these
early civilizations adapted environment to
make life easier?
Answer
Possible Answers
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Use irrigation to expand farmland
Control flooding
Store extra water
Build canals
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Instructions
• Each team will ask questions in turn.
• If the team answers correctly they receive
the points
• If they answer incorrectly they lose points
and another team gets a chance to steal
the points
Final Jeopardy
• You can wager up to your total number of
points.
• If you answer correctly you add your
wager to your total
• If you answer incorrectly you lose the
amount of points you wagered.
• The team with the most points at the end
wins