2. Directions Select in your group: – 1 spokesperson – 1 scribe Writes the answer – 1 runner Delivers the answer – 2 researchers Everybody helps formulate the answer, but only the researchers can use their notes

3. A Correct Answer Group number written in upper left hand corner In the form of a question

4. Physical Geography Political Geography AfricaSouth Asia Intro, SW Asia 10 20 30 40 50

5. Question 1 - 10

6. Answer 1 – 10 What is the Sahara Desert?

7. Question 1 - 20

8. Answer 1 – 20 What is the Red Sea?

9. Question 1 - 30

10. Answer 1 – 30 What is the Atlas Mountains?

11. Question 1 - 40

12. Answer 1 – 40 What is the Nile River?

13. Question 1 - 50

14. Answer 1 – 50 What is Lake Victoria?

15. Question 2 - 10

16. Answer 2 – 10 What is Nepal?

17. Question 2 - 20

18. Answer 2 – 20 What is South Sudan?

19. Question 2 - 30

20. Answer 2 – 30 What is Pakistan?

21. Question 2 - 40

22. Answer 2 – 40 What is Central African Republic?

23. Question 2 - 50

24. Answer 2 – 50 What is Lesotho?

25. Question 3 - 10 This material was responsible for the fall of the New Kingdom:

26. Answer 3 – 10 What is iron?

27. Question 3 - 20 Its regularity and ability to easily and predictably fill basins led to the rise of Egyptian civilization:

28. Answer 3 – 20 What is the Nile River?

29. Question 3 - 30 The Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, smallpox and Bartolome “of the houses” all led to the rise of this international institution in the 16 th century:

30. Answer 3 – 30 What is the slave trade?

31. Question 3 - 40 Planes, trains, and automobiles; one of Europe’s biggest contributions to its colonies:

32. Answer 3 – 40 What is transportation infrastructure?

33. Question 3 - 50 Hello 1808; apparently slaves don’t work well in this facility:

34. Answer 3 – 50 What is a factory?

35. Question 4 - 10 This mountain range is responsible for the distinct Indian cultures that developed above and below it:

36. Answer 4 – 10 What are the Vindhya mountains?

37. Question 4 - 20 This cultural trend has decreased the influence of the caste system tremendously:

38. Answer 4 – 20 What is urbanization?

39. Question 4 - 30 Sanskrit, Brahmanism, and the caste system can thank these light-skinned ancestors for their introduction to the subcontinent :

40. Answer 4 – 30 What are the Aryans?

41. Question 4 - 40 Robert Clive served as “maid-in-chief” in filling the “power-vacuum” created by the disintegration of this empire:

42. Answer 4 – 40 What is the Mughal empire?

43. Question 4 - 50 The first partition in 1947 led to the death of hundreds of thousands of Indians as Hindu- Muslim tensions flared with the formation of Pakistan and this sovereign country:

44. Answer 4 – 50 Who is India?

45. Question 5 - 10 Tutored by Aristotle, this Macedonian is responsible for spreading his culture throughout the ancient world:

46. Answer 5 – 10 Who is Alexander the Great?

47. Question 5 - 20 Ironically sacking Constantinople in the 13 th century, the crusades began when the easterners began threatening this empire:

48. Answer 5 – 20 What is the Byzantine empire?

49. Question 5 - 30 This Roman emperor is probably most responsible for the official recognition of Christianity in the empire:

50. Answer 5 – 30 Who is Constantine?

51. Question 5 - 40 Although this secret was heavily guarded, the Hittites ability to make this led to their victorious military campaigns in the region:

52. Answer 5 – 40 What is iron?

53. Question 5 - 50 The emergence of coinage under Darius I of Persia would be considered a breakthrough in this theme of World History?

54. Answer 5 – 50 What is commerce and finance?

55. Final Jeopardy: The Boer War occurred at the height of European control of Africa. It pitted the British against the Boers, which were settlers descended from this European country:

56. What is the Netherlands?