World History Jeopardy Round 3 Pre-Columbian Civilizations Maya Inca Aztec Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Rise of the Greeks What was a polis?

$100 Answer from Rise of the Greeks A Greek City-State.

$200 Question from Rise of the Greeks To relieve population pressure on the Greek mainland, Greeks established _________ throughout the Mediterranean.

$200 Answer from Rise of the Greeks Colonies

$300 Question from Rise of the Greeks They were citizen-soldiers whose job it was to defend their city-states.

$300 Answer from Rise of the Greeks Hoplites

$400 Question from Rise of the Greeks How might the absence of a professional military class in ancient Greece have contributed to the growth of democracy?

$400 Answer from Rise of the Greeks Standing armies couldn’t be used against the people by tyrants who wanted to establish power and control.

$500 Question from Rise of the Greeks What role did the Phoenicians play in bringing the Greeks out of the Dark Ages?

$500 Answer from Rise of the Greeks They brought the Greeks out of their isolation by opening up trading relations with them.

$100 Question from Maya Name one modern country where you could go to visit the ruins of a classical Mayan city.

Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, $100 Answer from Maya Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador.

$200 Question from Maya The classical Maya used this destructive form of agriculture to grow their staple crop of corn..

$200 Answer from Maya Slash and Burn

The center of any classical Mayan city. $300 Question from Maya The center of any classical Mayan city.

$300 Answer from Maya The stepped pyramid

The Mayan writing system developed $400 Question from Maya The Mayan writing system developed in this form..

$400 Answer from Maya Hieroglyphs

$500 Question from Maya If archeologists could prove that the Maya were suffering from _____________, this would lend evidence to the theory that Mayan cities were abandoned due to problems with food production.

$500 Answer from Maya malnutrition

$100 Question from the Inca The Inca civilization was centered in what is today the country of…

$100 Answer from the Inca Peru

$200 Question from the Inca Despite constructing a civilization among the towering peaks of the _______ Mountains, the Inca managed to connect their vast empire using an intricate system of roads.

$200 Answer from the Inca Andes

$300 Question from the Inca The people the Inca conquered were forced to participate in the _______ system of forced labor constructing roads, buildings, bridges, etc.

$300 Answer from the Inca Mit’a

$400 Question from the Inca The Inca did not have formal writing. However, they did manage to keep basic mathematical records through the use _______, a system of cords and knots

$400 Answer from the Inca quipu

$500 Question from the Inca The most famous Inca structure located high in the Andes Mountains.

$500 Answer from the Inca Machu Picchu

$100 Question from the Aztec A myth related to the founding of what became a great Aztec city is symbolized on the modern flag of ________.

$100 Answer in the Aztecs Mexico

$200 Question from the Aztecs It resembled a giant metroplex floating on a pond.

$200 Answer from the Aztecs Tenochtitlan

$300 Question from the Aztecs The people the Aztecs conquered paid ________ to them in the form of valuable trade items, food, or subjects for human sacrifice.

$300 Answer from the Aztecs Tribute

$400 Question from the Aztecs "The divine drink, which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food.” What was the last Aztec emperor, Montezuma, talking about?

$400 Answer from the Aztecs Cocoa

$500 Question from the Aztecs What is this Aztec artifact and what was it used for?

$500 Answer from the Aztecs A calendar 2) Mark time throughout the year for religious observances.

$100 Question from Alexander Where was Alexander from?

$100 Answer from Alexander Macedonia

$200 Question from Alexander After Alexander’s father Philip died, Alexander mounted a military campaign against Greece’s old enemy the _____________.

$200 Answer from Alexander Persians

$300 Question from Alexander Name one new military technology the Macedonians developed that gave them an advantage over their enemies.

$300 Answer from Alexander Belly Shooters, Oxybeles, Phalanx, Seige Tower

$400 Question from Alexander What is Hellenism?

$400 Answer from Alexander Expansion of Greek culture through Alexander’s conquests.

$500 Question from Alexander Its destruction might have set civilization back hundreds of years.

$500 Answer from Alexander Library at Alexandria

It is still considered a great delicacy Final Jeopardy It is still considered a great delicacy among the Inca today.

Final Jeopardy Answer