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Greece
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Prehistory
What did Paleolithic man first use to
make tools?
$100 Answer for Prehistory
Stone
$200 Question from Prehistory
Name two uses for fire during the
Paleolithic Era.
$200 Answer for Prehistory
cook food, protection, light, warmth
$300 Question from Prehistory
What kind of scientist studies fossils and
artifacts?
$300 Answer for Prehistory
Archeologists
$400 Question from Prehistory
Lucy was discovered in what modern-day
African country?
$400 Answer for Prehistory
Ethiopia
$500 Question from Prehistory
The Old Stone Age lasted how long
(from what year to what year?)
$500 Answer for Prehistory
2 Million BC to about 10,000 BC
$100 Question from River Valleys
China developed first along what
river?
$100 Answer for River Valleys
Huang He or Yellow River
$200 Question from River Valleys
What was the writing system of
ancient Egypt?
$200 Answer for River Valleys
Hieroglyphics
$300 Question from River Valleys
What was the only monotheistic
civilization in Mesopotamia
$300 Answer for River Valleys
Hebrews/Israel
$400 Question from River Valleys
Who founded the new religion in
Persia around 600 BC? It was a
similar to monotheism.
$400 Answer for River Valleys
Zoroaster
$500 Question from River Valleys
Which Babylonian ruler
codified laws for his
people?
$500 Answer for River Valleys
Hammurabi
$100 Question from India and
China
What was the name of either of the well-planned cities
found in India by Mortimer Wheeler? One of the
cities is pictured below.
$100 Answer for India and
China
Harappa and/or Mohenjo-Daro
$200 Question from India and
China
What was the only way to change
your social class in Hindu India?
$200 Answer for India and
China
Reincarnation
$300 Question from India and
China
The oldest examples of Chinese
writing are on what?
$300 Answer for India and
China
Oracle Bones
$400 Question from India and
China
This Picture shows the
famous trade route from
China to the west. It was
named for the main
product shipped from
China. Also in the image
you can see the Great
Wall of China. What is
the name of the famous
trade route.
$400 Answer for India and
China
The Silk Road
$500 Question from India and
China
What was Buddha’s birth
name?
$500 Answer for India and
China
Siddhartha Gautama
$100 Question from Greece
What sea is north of Crete and east of Athens?
$100 Answer for Greece
Aegean Sea
$200 Question from Greece
What philosopher was the
teacher of Plato?
$200 Answer for Greece
Socrates
$300 Question from Greece
What type of government
exists when one person
seizes power?
$300 Answer for Greece
Tyranny
$400 Question from Greece
Which war was fought between
Athens and Sparta?
$400 Answer for Greece
Peloponnesian War
$500 Question from Greece
Alexander the Great Conquered an
empire that stretched from Greece to
which River?
$500 Answer for Greece
Indus River
$100 Question from Rome
Italy is this type of landform, which
means it is surrounded on three sides
by water.
$100 Answer for Rome
Peninsula
$200 Question from Rome
Who was the first Roman
Emperor?
$200 Answer for Rome
Augustus Caesar
$300 Question from Rome
What was the name given to the
200 years of peace and
prosperity at the beginning of the
Roman Empire?
$300 Answer for Rome
Pax Romana (Roman Peace)
$400 Question from Rome
What general led Carthage’s army
through the Alps on elephants to
attack Rome in the second Punic
War?
$400 Answer for Rome
Hannibal
$500 Question from Rome
Name three of the four main
causes for the fall of the
Roman Empire
Example – Social Causes
$500 Answer for Rome
Military Causes, Political
Causes, Economic Causes,
EXAMPLE WAS Social Causes
Final Jeopardy
The Punic Wars lasted from
________ to ________ (years)
Final Jeopardy Answer
264 to 146 BC
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