Essential Questions

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Essential Questions

• Jeopardy Review Game
• 6th Grade S.S.

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Early Man Meso.
Egypt
India and China
Greece
Rome
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Early Man/MesopotamiaAnswer 1.Hunters/gatherers

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Early Man/ Meso./EgyptQuestion 1What do we call
early members of society that found food for
survival?
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Early Man/ Meso. Answer 2domestication and
agriculture
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Early Man/ Meso. Question 2What two terms mean
the taming of plants and animals and growing
plants for food?
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Early Man/ Meso. Answer 3Tigris and Euphrates
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Early Man/Meso. Question 3What are the two
rivers of Mesopotamia thatflooded annually?
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Early Man/ Meso. Answer 4The set of civil laws
of Mesopotamia.
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Early Man/ Meso. Question 4What is Hammurabis
Code?
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Early Man/ Meso. Answer 5cuneiform
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Early Man/ Meso. Question 5What is the early
writing of the Mesopotamians using clay and a
stylus?
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Egypt Answer 1The Gift of the Nile
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Egypt Question 1What is the nickname for the
longest transportation river highway in the
world?
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Egypt Answer 2An important achievement in the
developmentof written language, like that of the
Mesopotamians.
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Egypt Question 2What are hieroglyphics?
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EgyptAnswer 3Frontalism and pyramids
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Egypt Question 3What is the major form of
Ancient Egyptian art and architecture?
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Egypt Answer 4Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the
Great
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Egypt Question 4Who are two (female and male)
significant rulers of Egypt that united the
country and expanded trade?
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EgyptAnswer 5The belief in more than one god.
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Egypt Question 5What is polytheism?
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India/China Answer 1Indus and Huang-He
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India/China Question 1What are the major river
systems in India and China that supported the
early civilizations?
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India/ ChinaAnswer 2caste system
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India/ ChinaQuestion 2What is the division of
Indian society based onrank, wealth, or
occupation?
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India/ChinaAnswer 3Buddhism
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India/ ChinaQuestion 3What is the religion
based on thespiritual teachings of
SiddharthaGautama?
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India/China Answer 4Confucius
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India/ China Question 4Who was the Chinese
philosopher that focusedon family, society, and
government values?He is really the first person
to teach Character Counts!
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India/China Answer 5Silk Roads
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India/China Question 5What is the trade route
across China used to exchange good?
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GreeceAnswer 1Athens and Sparta
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GreeceQuestion 1Which two city-states, one
known for its strength and the other known for
itsintelligence, were fighting in
thePeloponnesian War?
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Greece Answer 2 Illiad and Aesops Fables
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GreeceQuestion 2What are the examples of
literature,one written by a blind poet and the
otherto teach a lesson, in Greek mythology?
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Greece Answer 3democracy
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Greece Question 3What is the Ancient Greek form
of government used today in which the
peoplerule themselves?
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Greece Answer 4Alexander the Great
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GreeceQuestion 4Who was the Macedonian ruler
responsible for spreading Greek culture to Asia,
Europe, and Africa?
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Greece Answer 5philosophy
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Greece Question 5What is the system of
thoughtthat gave explanations of worldmysteries
and began the ideaof thoughts to understand life?
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Rome Answer 1Romulus and Remus
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Rome Question 1Who are the two mythological
brothers, raised by a she-wolf, responsible for
the naming of Rome?
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Rome Answer 2written constitution
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Rome Question 2What is one of Roman
Republicscontributions to government?
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Rome Answer 3Christianity
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Rome Question 3What is the first monotheistic
religion, in whichJesus of Nazareth describes
the teachingsof God?
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Rome Answer 4Julius Caesar
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RomeQuestion 4Who was the Roman dictator and
generalthat helped transform the Republic
intoan Empire?
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Rome Answer 5math, science, and architecture
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Rome Question 5What are three contributions of
Roman civilization?
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Final Jeopardy AnswerThe Fall of Rome
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Final Jeopardy QuestionWhat did the following
events cause problems in the empire, Barbarian
invasions, corruption,taxes, and
communicationdifficulty?