History Jeopardy Prehistory River Valleys India & China Greece Rome Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 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

Now time for Part II END OF PART I