THIS IS
With Host... Your
VocabularyEast AsiaSouth Asia Central Asia/SW ASia Hodge Podge Grab Bag: Animals
A series of emperors from the same family A 100
What are dynasties? A 100
Winds that change direction with the change of seasons A 200
What are monsoons? A 200
A group of islands. A 300
What is an archipelago? A 300
Flat leveled areas on the side of a hill, for farming. A 400
What are terraces? A 400
The average # of people living in a square mile.. A 500
What is population density? A 500
Six nations in this region. B 100
What are China, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and Taiwan? B 100
The reason the Great Wall of China was built. B 200
What is to keep out foreign invaders? B 200
A system in which government owns all lands and businesses. B 300
What is communism? B 300
This philosophy, centered on increasing harmony through order and control, was founded in China. B 400
What is Confucianism? B 400
Name the Vinegar Tasters who believed that Life is Bitter and Life is Sweet. B 500
Who are Buddha and Lao Tzu? B 500
This is the main geographic theme of South Asia. C 100
What are monsoons. Bonus: Give a reason HOW monsoons affect life. C 100
This stands as a natural boundary between East Asia and South Asia C 200
What are the Himalayas? C 200
This nation is just northwest of India, in the region of South Asia. C 300
What is Pakistan? C 300
DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager
The two main rivers in the region of South Asia, that support life in India and Pakistan. C 400
What are the Indus and Ganges? C 400
This philosophy/religion, founded in India, includes the belief that nirvana can be attained by following the middle path. C 500
What is Buddhism? C 500
A small area in a desert region where fresh water is usually available from an underground spring. D 100
What is an oasis? D 100
This is the main type of vegetation in Central Asia, which made travel over this region easy due to its mostly level, treeless plains. D 200
What is steppe? D 200
This region was for many years part of which empire? D 300
What is the Soviet Union (or USSR)? D 300
Life around this Sea changed dramatically because the Soviets drained much of its tributary water to irrigate cotton crops. D 400
What is the Aral Sea? D 400
The two most important natural resources in this South West Asia; also, the major geographic themes of the region.. D 500
What are oil and water? D 500
The two main ethnic groups in Rwanda. E 100
What are Hutus and Tutsis? E 100
The region that the Chang River and Taiwan are located. E 200
What is East Asia? E 200
These are ways the Chinese government encourages the One Child Policy. E 300
Answers will vary? E 300
This East Asian country depends on the “cult of personality” to keep their population isolated from the world. E 400
What is North Korea? E 400
This desert is the largest sand desert in the world. (p.s. you need to pronounce it correctly!) E 500
What is the Rub al-Khali? E 500
This type of bear has a blue tongue F 100
What are black bears? F 100
A ‘jenny’ is a female version of this “hoofy” animal! F 200
What is a donkey? F 200
This pinkish animal can get sunburned! F 300
What is a pig? F 300
This rodent can go longer than a camel without water. F 400
What is a rat? F 400
During World War II, the Allies tried to train this nocturnal flying animal to drop bombs. F 500
What are bats? F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Southwest Asia! Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin
Name six nations in this region. Click on screen to continue
Answers (possible): Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Syria, Israeli, Jordan, Lebanon, etc. etc. Click on screen to continue
Thank You for Playing Jeopardy! Game Designed By C. Harr-MAIT