Olympics
Ancient Greece
Silk Road
Aboriginal Australia
RaNdOm!
100
How many events were there at the first Olympic games in 776BC?
One- stadion 200m race
100
True or false: women could vote in Ancient Greece
False, women could not vote in any city in Ancient Greece
100
What is it called where a traveller on the silk road would go for rest?
Caravanserai
100
What is the aboriginal symbol for campsite or watering hole?
concentric circles
100
About how long is the silk road?
4,000 miles
200
Name an Olympic event from Ancient Greece that we still have in Modern Olympics
long jump, discus, 200m race, javelin...
200
Why are Greek amphitheatres shaped like this: (two reasons)
Amphitheatres were built like this so everyone had a decent view and everyone could hear the actors (there were no microphones in Ancient Greece).
200
What are people that do not live in one place but moved around following animal herds and migrating with the seasons
Nomads
200
Name these objects:
boomerang, digeridoo
200
Fill in the blank:
_______ now commonly called aisles. Used for audience and actors to enter and exit.
parados
300
What two different situations were the Olympics cancelled
War, Covid
300
What God is honoured for drama?
Dionysys
300
What were Mongol women in charge of doing?
Mongol women were given the task of controlling the villages and towns – they were given lots of influence and proved very effective.
300
Fill in the blank: White is the spirit colour. Black is the colour of night and represents Aboriginal people. Red is the colour of the land. Yellow is the colour of ______
Yellow is the colour of the sun and sacred.
300
Who were the titans lead by?
Cronus
400
How would someone win the ancient event of trumpeting?
Whoever trumpeted the loudest!
400
Many plays were written during Greek times but almost all of them have been lost. Why?
The Greeks wrote on a type of paper. Unfortunately, the papers disintegrated and were destroyed over the thousands of years between the Greeks and now.
400
What caused the decline of the silk road?
Magnetic compass, because then trade by boat became easier and more popular
400
Which statement about the rainbow serpent is false:
Controls sunshine
Can cause death if he wanted
Lives in watering holes
Deserves great respect
Controls sunshine is false, rainbow serpent controls the rain
400
What does Khan mean?
Khan- name for the leader of the Mongols, used to mean ‘Leader’ across South Asia
500
What five events were in the Pentathalon?
5 events: discus, long jump, wrestling, stadion and javelin
500
Uranus and Gaia had 12 children
who were collectively called the
Titans
500
List the 5 types of people you would meet on the silk road. One wrong you do not get the points
merchants, soldiers, scholars, ambassadors, bandits
500
What is the name of this famous landform in Australia?
Uluru or Ayers Rock
500
What is Ms Ford's middle name?
Elizabeth