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Instructions: 1) Students become members of a Social Studies Team. 2) Each student on team will be given a number ) Spin wheel to see which student gets question. 4) Both the team and individual student will answer question separately. 5) Each question worth 1 point for team / 2 points for individual. Potential to earn 3 points total. Play

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The ANCIENT WORLD final challenge

4 Q1 How many hemispheres are there in the world?

Historian, Archeologists and Geographer Q2 What are the three types of social scientists?

Geographer Q3 Which social scientists would be interested in river valleys?

Archeologist Q4 Which social scientist would be interested in a dagger?

Geographer Q5 Which social scientist would be interested in a map?

Historian Q6 Which social scientist would be interested in a scroll?

Why would a social scientist not find any writing during the Stone Age? Writing did not exist. (prehistoric) Q7

Paleolithic and Neolithic Q8 What are the two parts of the Stone Age?

Paleolithic Q9 What word means old stone age?

What does Neolithic mean? New Stone Age Q10

the use of stone for tools Q11 What discovery started the Stone Age?

What discovery started the Paleolithic Age? the use of stone tools Q12

the discovery of farming Q13 What discovery ended the Paleolithic Age?

agriculture Q14 What term refers to the business of farming?

the discovery of metal Q15 What discovery ended the Neolithic Age?

the discovery of metal Q16 What discovery ended the Stone Age?

What terms means to train a wild animal to be useful to humans? domesticate Q17

they hunted and gathered food Q18 How did the earliest humans get enough food to survive?

stable food supply Q19 When agriculture was discovered, which of the five features was first to develop?

specialization of labor Q20 When people had a stable food supply, what was the next feature to be developed?

trade Q21 Because people had different jobs, what were they able to do with their surplus of goods?

Mesopotamia Q22 What word means the land between two rivers?

The first cities started to developed in the southern part of Mesopotamia. What was this area called? Sumer Q23

An area that had their own ruler and their own farmland was called what? a city state Q24

Name two defense systems city-states used to defend themselves against enemies? moats and walls Q25

What new invention allowed the people of Sumer to grown enough food for it’s people? the irrigation systems Q26

What was the first problem the people of Mesopotamia faced in the hills? food shortage Q27

uncontrolled water supply Q28 When the people of Mesopotamia moved from the hills to the river plains, what problem did they face?

attacks by neighboring villages Q29 Once Sumerians built an irrigation system and agreed to maintain it, what was the last problem they faced?

social levels Q30 In order for a society to be considered a civilization, It must meet five features. Which feature is missing…. Highly developed culture system of government specialization of labor stable food supply

system of government, social levels, and specialization of labor Q31 Which feature(s) would include a pharaoh, vizier, and scribe?

Highly developed culture - writing Q32 Which feature would cuneiform be found?

Neo-Babylonian Q33 There were four empires found in Mesopotamia. Which one is missing: Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian

being the worlds first empire Q34 What was the Akkadian empire most known for?

Which of the empires of Mesopotamia developed the first code of laws? Bablyonian Q35

Which of the empires were known for their military strategy and ruthlessness? Assyrian Q36

Which of the empires was known for the Hanging Gardens? Neo-Babylonian Q37

What is the word that means “before written history?” prehistoric Q38

artifact Q39 What is a manmade object called?

civilization Q40 A complex society has five features. What is another name for a complex society?

they had to work together / grew into towns Q41 What was the effect of many Sumerian villages using the same irrigation system?

Which civilization we studied got their food supply mostly through trade? Ancient Greece Q42

one has a leader/emperor, larger area of land is covered Q43 Name one major difference between a city-state and an empire?

The Nile River Q44 What was the most important physical feature of Egypt? Be specific when naming this physical feature.

protection from invaders Q45 What is a possible benefit of living near a desert or a mountain range?

vegetation Q46 What environmental factor includes plants?

topography Q47 Which environmental factor includes river plains and mountains?

What geographical feature is surrounded by water on 3 sides? peninsula Q48

vegetation Q49 Papyrus would fit under which environmental factor?

water Q50 Out of the three environmental factors, which was the MOST important to early civilizations?

Mediterranean Sea Q51 What body of water did the Nile River empty into?

The Red Sea Q52 What body of water is found east of Egypt?

Nile is fresh water, seas are salty Q53 What is a major difference between the Nile River and the other seas surrounding Egypt?

Tigris and Euphrates Q54 What are the names of the two rivers the Mesopotamians used for irrigation?

Age of Pyramids Q55 What was the nickname of the Old Kingdom in Egypt?

Why was the Middle Kingdom in Egypt nicknamed the “Period of Reunification?” it followed years of chaos when no one was in charge Q56

A Golden Age Q57 The New Kingdom was known for being a time of peace and wealth. What else can this time period be called?

Ramses Q58 Which of the four Egyptian pharaohs we studied is missing? Senusret I Khufu Hatshepsut

Senuesret I and Hatshepsut Q59 Which two pharaohs ruled during the Period of Reunification?

Obelisk Q60 What thin, tall monument could be find outside of Hatshepsut’s temple? Hint: looks like the Washington Monument

Khufu Q61 Which Egyptian pharaoh was known for building the Great Pyramid?

to bury himself and his family Q62 Why did Khufu build the Great Pyramid?

Name two things Hatshepsut was known for: first woman pharaoh / expedition to Punt Q63

Senusret I Q64 Which pharaoh was known for his religious architecture, such as the White Chapel?

Ramses Q65 Which pharaoh made a peace treaty with the Hittites and was known for having 100 wives?

artisan Q66 What’s another word for a craftsperson?

peasants Q67 A person who does farm work for wealthy landowners were called this.

vizier Q68 Besides the pharaoh, the highest ranking Egyptian government official is called this.

the chief treasurer Q69 There were three important government officials the vizier the general of the armies and whom (hint: he collected taxes)?

What was a main leisure activity for the high government officials in Egypt? banquets Q70

What word means “to treat a dead body with preservatives to prevent it from decaying?” embalm Q71

priests Q72 In Egypt, who advised the pharaoh, oversaw religious activities and were responsible for embalming individuals?

sarcophagus Q73 What was the name given to an Egyptian coffin?

to become a scribe Q74 What was the only way to move up the social pyramid in Egypt?

because they were the record keepers Q75 Why were the scribes more important than the artisans in Egypt?

work on projects for the pharaohs Q76 During the flooding season, what did the farmers do in ancient Egypt?

What word means a severe shortage of food? famine Q77

extra food/crops Q78 What did farmers use to pay taxes?

Ziggurat Q79 What was the name of the temple where the Sumerians believed the gods lived?

Sparta was located on a plain between the mountains and the sea in which part of Greece? Name of the area Peloponnesus Q80

direct democracy Q81 Athenians had this type of government

Oligarchy Q82 Spartans had this type of government

Council of 500 Q83 This governing body was responsible for running the day to day business of Athens and suggesting new laws.

The Council of Elders Q84 The Spartan government had an assembly, but the main power was in the hands of this governing body

economy Q85 The way a community organizes the manufacture and exchange of money, food, products and services is called

farming and conquering neighbors Q86 Spartan economy was based on these two things

helots Q87 Spartans conquered neighbors, made them slaves and insisted they give Sparta the food they grew. What were these slaves were called?

Sparta Q88 In which city-state, Athens or Sparta, did the boys start their military training at age 7?

Acropolis Q89 What is the name of the hill that sits high about Athens?

as a dwelling place for the gods Q90 Why were temples built in Athens?

Apollo Q91 Who were the Greeks hoping to hear from at the Temple of Delphi?

philosophy Q92 What is the word used to describe “The love of wisdom”

to have better sound Q93 Why were Greek theaters shaped like a bowl?

Phidias Q94 Who was a famous sculptor from Athens who created the 30 foot Athena in the Parthenon?

wealthy, landowner Q95 What made an aristocrat, an aristocrat? Name two characteristics

a tyrant Q96 What was the name given to the person who overthrew the Oligarchy with the support of his supporters?

city-states Q97 Due to Greece’s geography, most Greeks lived in a place where it had their own laws, army, money and form of government. What were these places called?

2 kings and 28 men over 60 years old Q98 Who was included in the Council of Elders?

oligarchy Q99 Which form of government in ancient Greece was ruled by aristocrats?

citizen Q100 What was the name given to the members in the assembly?