October Trivia
Which major sport has their championship in the month of October?
Baseball (MLB World Series)
This term is the process of adapting wild plants/animals for human use.
Domestication
In this age, survival was dependent on hunting and gathering.
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic era)
The component of GRAPES this best refers to:
A description of the king's court and the government workers in the empire of Ghana.
Politics
What was the name of the first law code in Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi's Code
What two zodiac signs are associated with October? (You get 100 if you get 1 out of 2)
Libra and Scorpio
This term is a person who does not stay long in the same place, but rather moves around.
Nomad
In this era, humans domesticated animals.
New Stone Age (Neolithic Era)
The component of GRAPES this best refers to:
Ancient Mesopotamia developed along the Fertile Crescent, a part of the Middle East, where land was fertile (good for growing crops).
Geography
What triggered the shift from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic era?
Farming
What are the 2 most popular Halloween candys in Illinois?
Sour Patch Kids and Reeses
The first 4 civilizations all developed next to what geographical feature?
Rivers
In this era, people lived nomadic lives.
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic era)
What component of GRAPES does this best refer to?
"Arab (ethnic group of North Africa) traders of this region wanted gold and wanted salt, but had to pass through Ghana to trade… military forces…had to assure safe trade for the Arabs and the Wangara."
Economics
Based on what you know about the Great Wall of China, what is the MAIN benefit of the wall?
Protection
Which U.S State produces the most pumpkins?
Illinois
The writing system used in ancient Mesopotamia. A scribe could read and write this.
Cuneiform
In this era, people experienced more economic growth and innovation because they were more likely to trade goods and ideas.
New Stone Age (Neolithic Era)
What component of GRAPES does this best refer to?
Farming innovations, cuneiform, hieroglyphs and the first law code
What was Mesopotamia's main geographic challenge and how did they overcome this challenge?
(Hint: The challenge came from living between two rivers)
They built irrigation ditches to control flooding
Ireland
The Incas were the only pre-industrial American culture to invent what?
Explain how the New Stone Age allowed people more time to do what? (The answer to this is the answer of how civilizations advanced into complex societies.)
It allowed people more time to specialize in other kinds of labor besides farming.
This led to trade, economic systems, governments, etc.
What component of GRAPES does this best refer to?
In ancient Mesopotamia, the priest/king was the highest authority.
Social Structure
What are TWO things that made Hieroglyphs impressive?
More than 800 characters, first writing system in Mesoamerica, represented animals, real life objects, people, etc