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

3. $100 Question from Geography What is zero degrees latitude (lines which run east and west)?

4. $100 Answer from Geography The Equator! (7)

5. $200 Question from Geography What term has to do with a land that’s surrounded on three sides by water?

6. $200 Answer from Geography A Peninsula! (like for example, India and Italy) (72)

7. $300 Question from Geography What is the name for goods brought into an area from another country?

8. $300 Answer from Geography Imports (exports are goods sold to another country) (15)

9. $400 Question from Geography What does an ethnicity map show?

10. $400 Answer from Geography The different races/nationalities in an area (12)

11. $500 Question from Geography What’s the difference between absolute and relative location?

12. $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)

13. $100 Question from Early Man This is a symbol of one of the earliest civilizations (organized settlements of people) - What’s its name?

14. $100 Answer from Early Man Stonehenge (other early civilizations include Jericho in the Middle East and Catal Huyuk in Turkey) (32, 34)

15. $200 Question from Early Man What is bronze made out of?

16. $200 Answer from Early Man Tin and Copper (45)

17. $300 Question from Early Man What is the name of the fertile soil of the Tigris and Euphrates River?

18. $300 Answer from Early Man Silt (37)

19. $400 Question from Early Man What’s the term for when someone tames an animal?

20. $400 Answer from Early Man Domesticate! (31)

21. $500 Question from Early Man What is a ziggurat?

22. $500 Answer from Early Man A temple (which also stored jewels, fabrics, and was where people went to pay their taxes and worship the gods)! (43)

23. $100 Question from Egypt, China, and India What is the ancient form of writing of the ancient Egyptians?

24. $100 Answer from Egypt, China, and India Hieroglyphics (it was translated thanks to the Rosetta Stone) (71)

25. $200 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?

26. $200 Answer from Egypt, China, and India The Great Sorrow (because of its destructive flooding) (80)

27. $300 Question from Egypt, China, and India During what empire was the “Golden Age” of India?

28. $300 Answer from Egypt, China, and India Gupta Empire (133)

29. $400 Question from Egypt, China, and India Chinese legalists and the Egyptians believed in keeping law and order by having their government split into many divisions – what’s this called?

30. $400 Answer from Egypt, China, and India A Bureaucracy (we have it here in the US as shown by the President’s Cabinet) (63)

31. $500 Question from Egypt, China, and India Where can you find the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?

32. $500 Answer from Egypt, China, and India India (76)

33. $100 Question from the Greeks and Empires What type of government was Athens?

34. $100 Answer from the Greeks and Empires A Democracy (Sparta was an oligarchy) (195)

35. $200 Question from the Greeks and Empires The Chaldeans (whose most famous leader was Nebuchadnezzar) grew out of what other ancient empire?

36. $200 Answer from the Greeks and Empires The Babylonians (108)

37. $300 Question from the Greeks and Empires What is the other name for a Greek city?

38. $300 Answer from the Greeks and Empires A polis (its center on the hill is called the acropolis) (187)

39. $400 Question from the Greeks and Empires Alexander the Great and his father Phillip II came from which land?

40. $400 Answer from the Greeks and Empires Macedonia (Phillip thought he would rule by having a strong army, uniting the Greek city-states and crushing the remaining Persian empire) (221)

41. $500 Question from the Greeks and Empires Historians today believe that the Trojan War was started over what sea?

42. $500 Answer from the Greeks and Empires The Aegean Sea (Homer stated it was started over a woman named Helen) (175)

43. $100 Question from Religions and Philosophies What is the ability to make a good or bad decision called?

44. $100 Answer from Religions and Philosophies Ethics (152)

45. $200 Question from Religions and Philosophies Who founded the laid back philosophy called Taoism/Daoism written about in the book, the Dao De Jing?

46. $200 Answer from Religions and Philosophies Laozi! (159)

47. $300 Question from Religions and Philosophies What is the name of the Persian religion that supposedly influenced the idea of heaven and hell?

48. $300 Answer from Religions and Philosophies Zoroastrianism (115)

49. $400 Question from Religions and Philosophies What is the chief holy teachings of the Jewish religion called?

50. $400 Answer from Religions and Philosophies The Torah (95)

51. $500 Question from Religions and Philosophies What were the only castes in Hinduism that could examine their holy book, the Vedas?

52. $500 Answer from Religions and Philosophies The Brahmin (or priest caste) and the warrior/ruler caste (124)

53. Final Jeopardy Question What is the name of the ultimate goal of Buddhism (or oneness with Buddha)?

54. Final Jeopardy Answer Nirvana (148)