Mesopotamia
Longest river in the world
The Nile (Egypt)
Why did the Phoenicians build boats instead of farming their land like Egyptians or Mesopotamians?
Mountains, rugged terrain. They had wood available, but no good farmland.
Sailed to the Americas in search of spice in 1492
Christopher Columbus
What was the country of Haiti the first to do in history?
First successful slave revolt, and reclamation of a country.
CATEGORIES:
Name a Pharaoh, and what they are known for.
Every group who gets one will get points, and the next turn will start with the next group after.
(All Pharaohs)
What was the very rare luxury good that Phoenicians traded that came from snails?
Purple Dye
What year did the United States become an independent country?
1776
The French and Indian wars were wars between two countries... what were they? (Half points for naming one)
France and England
(The Native American people from the Algonquin, Lenape, Wyandot, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Shawnee, and the Mi'kmaq sided with the French. The British were supported by the Iroquois Confederacy.)
What landform (besides the Nile River) was most beneficial to the Egyptian Civilization?
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I am an American Citizen, but I am not from any of the 50 states. Where am I from?
Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Alexander The Great ruled this famous ancient civilization.
Ancient Greece
What was the first Empire on earth?
+100 points if you can name the person who ruled this empire.
Akkadia.
Sargon was the world's first emperor.
What is the name of the female Kushite leader who beat the romans and defended her homeland from invasion?
Queen Amanirenas
What made The Phoenicians so powerful in the ancient world?
They controlled the trade routes.
CATEGORIES: PRESIDENTS
Starting with your group, each group will name one president. You will get 400 points for each time it comes to you.
The game will continue from the next person after someone is incorrect.
Presidents
World War II was a huge war which involved the entire world. Name one country that as on the same side as the United States.
United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Russia, Canada... etc.
Name at least three of the ancient civilizations that lived in Mesopotamia. DOUBLE POINTS if you can name four or more.
Sumer, Akkadia, Babylon, Phoneicians, Persia, Assyrians
2. Priests took power from Pharaoh
3. Nile floods, destroys crops, mass famine
What years did The Phoenicians rule the seas?
1550 BCE - 300 BCE.
Name 10 of the original 13 colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Use the Laser pointer to show where Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Ancient Phoenicia was.
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