Blank Jeopardy

1
Early Civilizations
Sparta
Athens
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
10
10
10
10
10
20
20
20
20
20
30
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
40
50
50
50
50
50
2
10.00
The Mycenaeans learned to use the sun and stars
to help them with navigation from this early
civilization
3
The Minoans
4
20.00
The Minoans made their living from ___.


5
trading
6
30.00
The time period when the Greeks forgot how to
read and write is called the ___.


7
Dark Ages
8
40.00
Instead of money, Myceanaeans paid taxes in ___.


9
Things like wheat, livestock and honey
10
50.00
People in early Greece made money from these main
occupations.


11
- Trading - Fishing - Farming caring for
animals
12
10.00
Spartan males left their homes at age ___ and
returned at age ___.
13
Left at age 7 and returned at age 30
14
20.00
When the Spartans population grew and they needed
more room for the people they would ___.
15
Conquer more lands
16
30.00
Who was trained in running, wrestling and javelin
throwing?
17
Spartan women
18
40.00
Sparta had this type of government
19
oligarchy
20
50.00
What do you call the people who enforced laws and
collected taxes in Sparta?
21
ephors
22
10.00
What was the name of the group that was formed
to protect the Greeks from more attacks by the
Persians
23
The Delian League
24
20.00
The name of the conflicts between Athens and the
other city-states, led gby Sparta
25
The Peloponnesian War
26
30.00
What do you call the conflict between the Greek
city-states and Persia?
27
The Persian War
28
40.00
What were the requirements to be a citizen in
early Athens?
29
You had to be free, native born and own land
30
50.00
Athens had this type of government where all of
the people voted on important government matters.
31
A direct democracy
32
10.00
What do you call the form of government where
only a few people are in charge?
33
An oligarchy
34
20.00
What do you call an open area in Greece that was
used as a meeting place and a market?
35
An agora
36
30.00
What do you call someone who rules with total
authority?
37
A tyrant
38
40.00
What do you call a body of land with water on
three sides?
39
A peninsula
40
50.00
This was the first civilization to arise in
ancient Greece.
41
The Minoan
42
10.00
What do you call a body of water with land on
both sides?
43
A strait
44
20.00
What do you call people who ponder questions
about life?
45
philosophers
46
30.00
These people, sometimes called the defenders of
the kingdom were in charge of the smaller parts
of Persia.
47
Satraps
48
40.00
What vocabulary term is used to describe the
Greek city-states that functioned like small,
independent countries?
49
polis
50
50.00
This religion was practiced in ancient Greece
51
Zoroastrianism
52
Final Jeopardy
The category is novels
How much would you like to wager?
Who wrote the book Harry Potter?
J.K. Rowling