Updated: April 2009 JEOPARDY Origins of Agriculture Economic Difficulties Agriculture in MDC’S Wheat Farming Agriculture in LDC’S GAME RULESFINAL ROUND
- Jeopardy - This method of existence existed before the invention of agriculture and is still used by 5 % of people today Category A 100
- Jeopardy - What is hunting and gathering? Category A 100
- Jeopardy - According to Carl Sauer plants were first reproduced by cloning from the original plant in this process Category A 200
- Jeopardy - What is vegetative planting? Category A 200
- Jeopardy - The first plants domesticated through vegetative planting were probably taro, yams, bananas, and palm and diffused from this cultural hearth Category A 300
- Jeopardy - What is Southeast Asia? Category A 300
- Jeopardy - Seed agriculture diffused from western India, northern China, and Ethiopia to Southwest Asia where these two grains were domesticated Category A 400
- Jeopardy - What is wheat and barley? Category A 400
- Jeopardy - In the Western Hemisphere there are two seed hearths that were the point of origin for squash, maize, beans, and cotton Category A 500
- Jeopardy - What is southern Mexico and northern Peru? Category A 500
- Jeopardy - This type of farming allows the farmer to feed his family and maybe have some leftover to barter Category B 100
- Jeopardy - Who is subsistence farming? Category B 100
- Jeopardy - This type of farming involves slashing and burning a field, growing crops for a few seasons and then moving to a new area Category B 200
- Jeopardy - What is shifting cultivation? Category B 200
- Jeopardy - Generally the only fertilizer available in LDC”s Category B 300
- Jeopardy - What is potash? Category B 300
- Jeopardy - These people depend on their animals for milk, clothing, and tents, however they eat mainly grains Category B 400
- Jeopardy - Who are pastoral nomads? Category B 400
- Jeopardy - How much would you like to bet? DAILY DOUBLE
- Jeopardy - The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture land Category B 500
- Jeopardy - What is transhumance? Category B 500
- Jeopardy - This system was developed in Northern Europe as early as the fifth century A.D. to grow grains Category C 100
- Jeopardy - What is two-field crop rotation? Category C 100
- Jeopardy - The area of mixed crop and livestock farming in the U.S. that extends from Ohio to the Dakotas and is also known by this name Category C 200
- Jeopardy - What is the corn belt? Category C 200
- Jeopardy - How much would you like to bet? DAILY DOUBLE
- Jeopardy - A major food source made from soybean milk and eaten by the people of China and Japan Category C 300
- Jeopardy - Category C 300 What is tofu?
- Jeopardy - A labor intensive type of farming that had to be close to markets until the advent of the railroad Category C 400
- Jeopardy - What is the dairy farm? Category C 400
- Jeopardy - Commercial grazing of livestock over an extensive area Category C 500
- Jeopardy - What is ranching? Category C 500
- Jeopardy - The most important crop grown Category D 100
- Jeopardy - What is wheat? Category D 100
- Jeopardy - The main use for wheat Category D 200
- Jeopardy - What is bread flour? Category D 200
- Jeopardy - Invented in the 1830’s this machine does the reaping, threshing, and cleaning of wheat in commercial farms Category D 300
- Jeopardy - What is the McCormick reaper? Category D 300
- Jeopardy - The largest wheat producer in the world Category D 400
- Jeopardy - What is the United States? Category D 400
- Jeopardy - The area known as the world’s “breadbasket” Category D 500
- Jeopardy - What are the North American prairies? Category D 500
- Jeopardy - Agricultural practices that will enhance the quality of the landscape Category E 100
- Jeopardy - What is sustainable agriculture? Category E 100
- Jeopardy - Wrote the book The Isolated State and theorized that farmers decided what to grow or raise based on the market location Category E 200
- Jeopardy - Who is Johann Heinrich von Thunen? Category E 200
- Jeopardy - These crops are a huge problem in LDC’s and in many cases ruin the land Category E 300
- Jeopardy - What are drug crops? Category E 300
- Jeopardy - Place your bets! DAILY DOUBLE
- Jeopardy - Government payments to farmers to keep them from growing a crop or to get farmers to grow a crop that is less valuable then one they would normally grow DAILY DOUBLE
- Jeopardy - What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Category E 400
- Jeopardy - This failed legislation tried to keep New Mexico and California from becoming states that allowed slavery. Category E 500
- Jeopardy - What are subsidies? Category E 500
- Jeopardy - Welcome to Jeopardy! The fun and sneaky way to review material for the upcoming test!
- Jeopardy - And now… a brief introduction to the RULES of the GAME…
- Jeopardy - Each group must: a) SIT TOGETHER, and b) Designate a SPEAKER who will respond to the prompts (You may NOT change speakers).
- Jeopardy - The game consists of FIVE categories, each containing FIVE questions
- Jeopardy - Questions are randomly arranged, NOT by degree of difficulty
- Jeopardy - Each speaker may select only ONE question per round
- Jeopardy - Once the selected question is posted on the screen, the SPEAKER of the team has 10 seconds to respond.
- Jeopardy - The speaker may consult with teammates before responding
- Jeopardy - During the game, whispering is OK, but LOUD talking and/or disruptions DURING THE GAME may result in point loss for the entire team.
- Jeopardy - The response should be phrased in the FORM OF A QUESTION. (Words, phrases, and statements – even if correct – may be disqualified)
- Jeopardy - A CORRECT ANSWER earns the team the amount of points indicated on the jeopardy board.
- Jeopardy - If the speaker does not respond correctly within 10 seconds, the question passes on to the next team speaker, who has 5 seconds to respond.
- Jeopardy - The number of points for the correct answer at this stage are the same as for the previous team.
- Jeopardy - Questions that are not answered correctly by the selecting team are offered to the other teams in turn until a correct answer is given or all teams have guessed incorrectly.
- Jeopardy - For the Daily Double, the speaker designates the number of points – up to the max. points earned by the team. If correct, the team earns the designated points; if incorrect, they lose the designated points.
- Jeopardy - Again, whispering is OK, but remember, LOUD TALKING and/or DISRUPTIONS DURING THE GAME may result in point loss for the entire team.
- Jeopardy - The judge’s decisions are FINAL and whining, pouting, and/or complaints will NOT BE ENTERTAINED…
- Jeopardy - Ready to play?
- Jeopardy - Final Jeopardy Topic: The Cold War You may wager up to the amount of points your team has earned. Write your wager on a piece of paper and submit it.
Updated: April 2009 Final Jeopardy Question This was the first artificial satellite successfully launched into Earth’s orbit.
Updated: April 2009 The Cold War What is Sputnik?