POWERPOINT JEOPARDY

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Pre-AP Midterm
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Vocab River Valleys Neo/Paleo People Classic Asia Rando Cardisian
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Question 1 - 10

• Define Prehistory

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Answer 1 10

•  The Period of time BEFORE written history.

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Question 1 - 20

• What is slash-and-burn farming?

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Answer 1 20

• clearing land for farming

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Question 1 - 30

• What is a Theocracy?

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Answer 1 30

• A form of government in which the religious
  leader is also the leader of the state.

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Question 1 - 40

• Define oracle bones

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Answer 1 40

• Bones used for predicting the future in Ancient
  China

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Question 1 - 50

• Explain the mandate of Heaven?

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Answer 1 50

• The idea that the gods picked a person to rule.
  
• It has 5 stages, coming to power, period of
  prosperity, political corruption, natural
  disasters/loss of mandate, new ruler comes to
  power through the mandate of heaven.

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Question 2 - 10

• What are the 4 river valleys?

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Answer 2 10

1. Nile River Valley
2. Mesopotamia
3. Tigris
4. Euphrates
5. Haung He River Valley
6. Indus River Valley

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Question 2 - 20

• What are the 3 reasons early settlements started
  around River Valleys?

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Answer 2 20

• 1. Fertile soil
• Access to water (trade and farming)
• Protection

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Question 2 - 30

• Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley
  civilization?

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Answer 2 30

• Its written language has not been deciphered

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Question 2 - 40

• Name 2 of the 4 reasons that Egypts geography
  give Egyptians an advantage over Mesopotamians?

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Answer 2 40

• Protection
• Consistent flooding
• Access to trade
• Resources

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Question 2 - 50

• What are Ziggurats, where were they used and what
  did they symbolize?

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Answer 2 50

• The Mesopotamians felt the need to build
  ziggurats high enough to afford them a panoramic
  view of the world. They believed, simulated the
  power of the peaks.

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Question 3 - 10

• Where do archaeologists think the earliest Homo
  sapiens came from?

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Answer 3 10

• Africa

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Question 3 - 20

• Describe hunter-gathering and who had what roles.

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Answer 3 20

1. Hunting was done by the males in the tribe
2. Gathering was done by the females in the tribe
3. This was a nomadic life-style where people lived
   off the land.

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Question 3 - 30

• What type of tools were used during the
  Pelolithic age?

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Answer 3 30

• Simple stone tools

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Question 3 - 40

• What was the settlement differences between the
  Paleolithic and Neolithic people?

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Answer 3 40

• Paleolithic people were nomadic clans of 50-100
  people
• Neolithic people lived in permanent settlements
  that could have up to 1000 people.

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Question 3 - 50

• What are 3 important changes occurred in human
  life as a result of the Neolithic Revolution?

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Answer 3 50

1. Settlement
2. Farming/Domestication
3. Increased population (large groups)
4. Specialized workers

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Question 4 - 10

• Who brought the caste system to India?

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Answer 4 10

• The Aryans

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Question 4 - 20

• In Buddhism, the release from selfishness and
  pain that comes from complete understanding is
  known as

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Answer 4 20

• Nirvana

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Question 4 - 30

• Who is the Hebrew God and what agreement did they
  make?

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Answer 4 30

• The Hebrew god is Yahweh, he made a covenant with
  Abraham (father of the Hebrews) to take the
  Hebrews to the promise land and worship him.

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Question 4 - 40

• Why was Cyrus so great?

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Answer 4 40

• He created the Persian Empire, was know for his
  kindness and tolerance of other peoples.

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Question 4 - 50

• Give 1 examples as to how were the Mauryan and
  Gupta Empires alike? Give 1 example as to how
  were they different

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Answer 4 50

• Mauryan is the first while Gupta is the Golden
  Age of India
• They are both Classical Indian Empires
• Both had cultural achievement
• Gupta was Hindu while Mauryan was Buddhist
• Mauryan Empire is bigger while Gupta is smaller

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Question 5 - 10

• How many days are there in a year?

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Answer 5 10

• 365.23

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Question 5 - 20

• Who wrote the American National Anthem?

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Answer 5 20

• Francis Scott Key

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Question 5 - 30

• What percent of the average human brain is fat?

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Answer 5 30

• 60

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Question 5 - 40

• What is the only mammal that cant jump?

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Answer 5 40

• An Elephant.

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• What is the fastest land animal?

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Answer 5 50

• The Cheetah at 70mph