M.Y.A. Jeopardy Final Jeopardy Geography Africa Ancient Egypt First People Asia $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 Final Jeopardy

Geography - $100 What are the five themes of geography? Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, and Place. MR. HeLP!!!

Geography - $200 If someone told you their house is located, “across the street from the deli,” they would be telling you their house’s what? Relative location.

Geography - $300 Loggers in Maine forcing wildlife to relocate due to clear cutting sections of a forest is an example of which theme of geography? Human-Environment Interaction. Can you give an example of the environment affecting human actions?

Geography - $400 What are the two ways geographers can pinpoint the absolute location of a place? Coordinates (latitude and longitude) and addresses (196 Main Street, New Paltz, NY 12561).

Geography - $500 A region is a group of places that share common features. What is a place? An area that contains both human and natural features that distinguish it from another area.

Africa - $100 Many ships sail up and down the Hudson River. How come ships cannot use rivers to sail from the interior of Africa to the sea? Cataracts interrupt the rivers’ flow.

Africa - $200 What gigantic physical feature larger than the United States takes up most of North Africa? The Sahara Desert.

Africa - $300 Many countries in Africa are trying to protect their people against economic hardship. What can be done to the economy to accomplish this and what does this word mean? Diversify – to add variety.

Africa - $400 Africa has many large rivers. What are the smaller streams that flow in to these rivers known as? Tributaries.

Africa - $500 Name three major rivers we studied in Africa other than the Nile River. Congo, Zambezi, and Niger.

Ancient Egypt - $100 What river gave the ancient Egyptians many gifts and allowed the civilization to thrive by creating rich farmland in the valley? The Nile River – EVERYONE BETTER KNOW THIS!!!

Ancient Egypt - $200 Ancient Egypt had several different social classes. Which social class had the most people? Slaves, farmers, unskilled workers, lower class, etc.

Ancient Egypt - $300 A plant that grew on the banks of the Nile River used for making many everyday objects, such as paper. Papyrus.

Ancient Egypt - $400 What is the ancient form of Egyptian picture writing? Hieroglyphics.

Ancient Egypt - $500 Name any achievement of the ancient Egyptians and explain why it was so important. Any achievement with an explanation works.

First People - $100 People who hunted and gathered their food were known to live in the ______________ period. Paleolithic.

First People - $200 What do we call people who move from one place to another in search of animals and food? Nomadic.

First People - $300 Also known as the New Stone Age, this time period refers to when people lived in agricultural villages. Neolithic.

First People - $400 What event separates pre-history from history? The invention of writing.

First People - $500 Fill in the blanks: Strong agricultural villages developed a __________ ____________, which meant people no longer spent all of their time looking for food. This led to the idea of ______ __________, where people would carry out only one specific occupation or line of work. Food surplus; job specialization.

Asia - $100 What is the name of the brownish, yellow, and very fertile soil that is found in parts of Asia? Loess.

Asia - $200 Japan is an example of one of these groups of islands. Archipelago.

Asia - $300 A piece of land that is almost completely surrounded by water is considered to be a _______________. Peninsula.

Asia - $400 What are the super strong winds called that drastically affect the climate of East and Southeast Asia? Monsoons.

Asia - $500 What part of Asia do we see the highest population density? Explain why. Lowland and coastal areas. Explanation required.

Final Jeopardy Give an example of a physical feature in a place we have studied (Africa or Asia) and how it affected how people live there. Variety of answers. Points only go to complete answers.