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Directions: Scroll through the presentation and enter the answers (which are really the questions) and the questions (which are really the answers). Enter in the categories on the main game boards. As you play the game, click on the TEXT DOLLAR AMOUNT that the contestant calls, not the surrounding box. When they have given a question, click again anywhere on the screen to see the correct question. Keep track of which questions have already been picked by printing out the game board screen and checking off as you go. Click on the “Game” box to return to the main scoreboard. Enter the score into the black box on each players podium. Continue until all clues are given. When finished, DO NOT save the game. This will overwrite the program with the scores and data you enter. You MAY save it as a different name, but keep this file untouched!
Round 1 Final Jeopardy
Explorers Words Schmurds I think I know… Important People Where in the World? $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Final Jeopardy Scores
$100 Who was the leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas?
$100 Who was Leif Eriksson? Scores
$200 This was the European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.
$200 Who was Ferdinand Magellan? Scores
$300 This person was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
$300 Who was Bartholomeu Dias? Scores
$400 This was the explorer to first reach the Pacific Ocean.
$400 Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa? Scores
$500 Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia.
$500 Who was Amerigo Vespucci. Scores
$100 A mapmaker
$100 What is a cartographer? Scores
$200 A decision or idea reached by thoughtful study.
$200 What is a conclusion? Scores
$300 The study of how to plan and control the course of a ship.
$300 What is navigation? Scores
$400 This was used by sailors to determine their location in the 1400s by finding the position of the sun and stars.
$400 What is an astrolabe? Scores
$500 An adventure story that tells about the brave deeds of people long ago.
$500 What is a saga? Scores
$100 This is a small round, hill.
$100 What is a knoll? Scores
$200 The definition of a monarch.
$200 What is a king or queen? Scores
$300 A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
$300 What is an isthmus? Scores
$400 This is a sickness caused by not getting enough vitamin C.
$400 What is scurvey? Scores
$500 This is an instrument used to find direction. It always points north.
$500 What is a compass? Scores
$100 The first European people known to have visited the Americas.
$100 Who were the vikings? Scores
$200 The first European to make a globe.
$200 Who was Martin Behaim? Scores
$300 Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators.
$300 Who was Prince Henry? Scores
$400 This European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia.
$400 Who was Marco Polo? Scores
$500 This Portuguese explorer found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa.
$500 Who was Vasco da Gama? Scores
$100 This was the name of the first European settlement in the Americas.
$100 What was Vinland? Scores
$200 This was the body of water reached by Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
$200 What was the Pacific Ocean? Scores
$300 This is the name of the city that was captured by the Turks closing off trading between Europe and Asia.
$300 What was Constantiople? Scores
$400 This was the local name for the island on which Columbus first landed.
$400 What was Guanahani? Scores
$500 The name China was called during the time of Marco Polo’s visit.
$500 Cathay? Scores
Influential Tribes Final Jeopary Question
Many early tribes were influenced by other ideas. The Mayas were influenced by the Olmecs, and the Navajos by Hopis. How were these tribes influenced by earlier civlizations?
Scores MAYASNAVAJOS STONE BUILDINGSBASKETS LARGE CITIESPOTTERY AND WEAVING SOCIAL CLASSESTOOLS SOCIAL PYRAMIDSCROPS