Geography & Farming
Roll the Dice! If you are wrong, you have to roll. If you are right, you can choose to roll or take the regular points
1- Lose 100 points, 2 - Gain 300 points, 3 - Give the last place team 200 points, 4 - Take 300 points from any team, 5 - Double points, 6 - no points
What are the 4 parts of a map?
Compass Rose, Map Title, Scale, Key/Legend
If you get this right, you can take a total of 400 points from up to 4 teams
What discovery helped humans improve their brain function, nutrition, defenses, and communities?
Fire
What is the name of one of the very first cities in ancient India?
Mohenjo Daro
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Egyptians believed that these small carved dolls could become servants in the afterlife
Shabtis
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1- Lose 100 points, 2 - Gain 300 points, 3 - Give the last place team 200 points, 4 - Take 300 points from any team, 5 - Double points, 6 - no points
What year was Elora LaPlatney born?
2023
What is irrigation?
A system that brings water from a water source (river, lake) to farms, villages, etc
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Give an example of an artifact
Anything used by humans and/or made by humans
Books of the dead, pottery, cave art, thrones, human remains
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What was Pharaoh Khufu best known for?
Building the pyramids
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What does polytheistic mean?
Worship of/belief in more than one god
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What year was Instagram released?
2010
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What does a physical map show?
Physical features, what the land actually looks like
Why did people need to migrate before the Neolithic Era?
They followed their food (to hunt and gather/forage)
Roll the Dice! If you are wrong, you have to roll. If you are right, you can choose to roll or take the regular points
1- Lose 100 points, 2 - Gain 300 points, 3 - Give the last place team 200 points, 4 - Take 300 points from any team, 5 - Double points, 6 - no points
Which Chinese dynasty used Oracle Bones to ask the king's ancestors questions?
Shang Dynasty
In Hinduism, the cycle of ____________ continues and people are reborn until they reach ___________. In order to do this they must have good ____________ and follow their __________.
Samsara
Moksha
Karma
Dharma
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What year did Michael Jackson die?
2009
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2 People from your group can come up to draw a map of the world with the continents and oceans labeled. You have 2 minutes.
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What is a hominin?
A scientific family of primates which includes humans and direct ancestors
DOUBLE POINTS
What is cultural diffusion?
Trading of cultural elements, spread of culture with trade
Who is the Egyptian god of the sky?
Horus
Roll the Dice! If you are wrong, you have to roll. If you are right, you can choose to roll or take the regular points
1- Lose 100 points, 2 - Gain 300 points, 3 - Give the last place team 200 points, 4 - Take 300 points from any team, 5 - Double points, 6 - no points
What decade did the first woman go to space?
AND Was she American?
1963 (1960s)
No, Russian
Valentina Tereshkova
DOUBLE POINTS
What is topography?
The physical features, elevations, and shape of a place
WAGER
What is the Kelp Highway Hypothesis?
The hypothesis that early people traveled from Asia to the Americas by boat, following the coastline and using kelp forest to navigate and survive
WAGER
What is feudalism?
A social structure in ancient China based on land ownership
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What is Nirvana?
The escape from reincarnation, reaching a state of peace in Buddhism
In what decade was the first train (steam engine) invented?
1804 (1800-1810)