Jeopardy PhoeniciaIsraelPersiaMesopotamia $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Final Jeopardy Egypt $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

$100 Question - Phoenicia The Phoenicians were considered the greatest__________ and __________ of the ancient world.

$100 Answer Phoenicia Sailors and Traders

$200 Question - Phoenicia Geographically, where did the Phoenicians live?

$200 Answer - Phoenicia In city states around the Mediterranean Sea

$300 Question - Phoenicia For what would the Phoenicians be best known?

$300 Answer - Phoenicia Designing an Alphabet

$400 Question - Phoenicia From what did the Phoenicians make purple dye?

$400 Answer Phoenicia Glands of snails

$500 Question - Phoenicia Name another invention of the Phoenicians that we still use today.

$500 Answer- Phoenicia Glass

$100 Question - Israel What is the name given to the clay tablets brought down from Mount Sinai?

$100 Answer - Israel The Ten Commandments

$200 Question - Israel Fill in the blank... The Israelites/Hebrews were called The ___________people.

$200 Answer - Israel Chosen

$300 Question - Israel The Israelites/Hebrews believed they had a ________ with God.

$300 Answer - Israelites Covenant

$400 Question - Israel Who was one of the first Israelite/Hebrew and the root of Judaism, Christianity and Islam?

$400 Answer - Israel Abraham

$500 Question - Israel What is the term that is applied to the Israelites/Hebrews when they were exiled to Mesopotamia? (used in more recent history as well)

$500 Answer - Israel Diaspora

$100 Question - Persia Fill in the blank…. The kingdom of Persia spread all over The Mediterranean region. Historians acknowledge this as the world’s first ________________.

$100 Answer - Persia Empire

$200 Question - Persia Name one of Persia’s famous kings.

$200 Answer - Persia King Cyrus King Darius or King Xerces

$300 Question - Persia Which Persian king conquered The Babylonians?

$300 Answer – Persia Cyrus

$400 Question - Persia Name two contributions the Persians made to society.

$400 Answer - Persia 1. System of Money 2. System of Roads 3. System of Communication (Pony Express)

$500 Question - Persia What is the main philosophy of Zoroaster that many religions still believe?

$500 Answer – Persia Belief in Judgment Day - a heaven and a hell

$100 Question - Mesopotamia What is the name given to a belief in one god?

$100 Answer - Mesopotamia Monotheism

$200 Question - Mesopotamia What is the name given to the belief in more than one god?

$200 Answer - Mesopotamia Polytheism

$300 Question - Mesopotamia What is the name of the geographic area in the Middle East which is thought to be the first cradle of civilization?

$300 Answer - Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent

$400 Question - Mesopotamia What is the name of the method of writing developed by Mesopotamians?

$400 Answer - Mesopotamia Cuneiform

$500 Question - Mesopotamia What was the name of the first city-state?

$500 Answer - Mesopotamia Sumeria

$100 Question - Egypt Egypt is located along which important river?

$100 Answer - Egypt The Nile

$200 Question - Egypt What was the form of written communication in Egypt?

$200 Answer - Egypt Hieroglyphics

$300 Question - Egypt How did Egyptians view their pharaohs?

$300 Answer - Egypt As rulers and gods

$400 Question - Egypt What made agriculture possible along the Nile?

$400 Answer - Egypt Irrigation

$500 Question - Egypt What did Egyptians believe happened after death?

$500 Answer - Egypt Osiris weighed their heart against a feather to determine which had more substance.

Final Jeopardy What are six of the eight Characteristics of Civilizations?

Final Jeopardy Answer 1. Cities 2. Writing 3. Public Works 4. Complex Religion 5. Art and Architecture 6. Government 7. Specialized Jobs 8. Social Classes