Jeopardy Migration Early American Cultures Rise of Empires RandomVocabulary 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 Migration What is the name of the land bridge that the people crossed to get from Asia to North America?

$100 Answer from Migration The Bering Strait

$200 Question from Migration Why did the first people migrate to America?

$200 Answer from Migration They followed animals over.

$300 Question from Migration Where did people live during the Ice Age?

$300 Answer from Migration Wherever food was found

$400 Question from Migration What did the people do for living situations when the Ice Age was over?

$400 Answer from Migration They were able to build permanent homes and make a community.

$500 Question from Migration What did the people do for food When the Ice Age ended?

$500 Answer from Migration They became hunter-gatherers and farmed in their communities

$100 Question from Early American Culture How were the Anasazi and Mound Builders similar?

$100 Answer from Early American Culture They both lived in permanent settlements

$200 Question from Early American Culture Why did the Mound Builders choose to live east of the MS River? (give two reasons)

$200 Answer from Early American Culture rich soil, fertile land, rivers, forests

$300 Question from Early American Culture Why did the Mound Builders build mounds (3 reasons )

$300 Answer from Early American Culture Religious ceremonies To honor animal spirits Bury chiefs and kings

$400 Question from Early American Culture Why did the Anasazi build their homes into the side of cliffs?

$400 Answer from Early American Culture 1.Protection from weather 2.protection from enemies

$500 Question from Early American Culture How did the Anasazi become Successful farmers in the desert?

$500 Answer from Early American Culture They dug ditches to carry water From streams to their crops. (built an irrigation system!)

$100 Question from Rise of Empires Who are the three Native American Tribes we studied in the “Rise of the Empires”

$100 Answer from Rise of Empires The Maya The Aztec The Inca

$200 Question from Rise of Empires How did the Aztec extend their borders across the land?

$200 Answer from Rise of Empires They conquered other nations and took the people as slaves.

$300 Question from Rise of Empires What three ways did the Aztec Get more land for farming?

$300 Answer from Rise of Empires Floating gardens Developed irrigation systems Carved into the side of the hills

$400 Question from Rise of Empires Because the Mayan were successful farmers, what were some able to do?

$400 Answer from Rise of Empires Because they were successful farmers, some Mayan people were able to specialize in other jobs.

$500 Question from Rise of Empires What are three contributions the Mayans made to our culture. (things we still have today!)

$500 Answer from Rise of Empires 1. Calendar 2. Pyramids 3. System of Writing 4. number zero

$100 Question from random Why did the Anasazi suddenly leave their village?

$100 Answer from random drought

$200 Question from random What did the Inca and the Aztec have in common?

$200 Answer from random They both won their land through war and conquest.

$300 Question from random Name three areas that the Maya specialized?

$300 Answer from random 1.Basket weaving 2.Jewelry Making 3. Stone carving

$400 Question from random Why did the early people have to find a new food source at the end of the Ice Age?

$400 Answer from random After the Ice Age, all the animals started to die so the people had to start learning how to grow crops and fish.

$500 Question from random Name two things the Inuit people created that we still use today.

$500 Answer from random igloos kayaks

$100 Question from vocabulary What people are known As “cliff dwellers”?

$100 Answer from vocabulary Anasazi

$200 Question from vocabulary What word means “more than Needed”

$200 Answer from vocabulary surplus

$300 Question from vocabulary What does specialize mean?

$300 Answer from vocabulary To do only one kind of job

$400 Question from vocabulary A group of lands or people ruled by one leader

$400 Answer from vocabulary Empire

$500 Question from vocabulary What is the definition of Slavery?

$500 Answer from vocabulary Practice of holding people against their will and taking away their freedom

Final Jeopardy Where did the Aztec rule? Where did the Inca’s rule? Where did the Maya rule?

Final Jeopardy Answer The Maya: Mexico The Aztec: Central Mexico The Inca: South America