Geography
Prehistory
Mesopotamia
MesoAmerica
Double Jeopardy
100

Name one Theme of Geography.

What is Location, Movement, Place, Region, or Human-Environment Interaction?

100

Means "Old Stone Age."

What is Paleolithic Age?

100

Mesopotamian temple.

What is a ziggurat?

100

Olmec lived here.

What is the coast of the Gulf of Mexico?

100

Belief in multiple gods.

What is Polytheism?

200

Absolute Location can be found using...

What is latitude and longitude?

200

Means "New Stone Age."

What is Neolithic Age?

200

Made first written code of laws.

How is Hammurabi?

200

Floating islands used for farming.

What are chinampas?

200

Early people settled around this due to the fertile land and water.

What are river valleys?

300

Term meaning a place united by one or more common characteristics.

What is a region?

300

True or False: The correct chronological order of the Stone Ages are Mesolithic, Paleolithic, Neolithic.

What is false?

300

Mesopotamian writing system of wedge-shaped symbols.

What is Cuneiform?

300

Incan location.

What is the Andes Mountains?

300

MesoAmerican civilizations believed in sacrificing this to their gods.

What are humans or blood?

400

Tell the difference between a Primary and Secondary source.

Primary Source= firsthand information

Secondary Source= secondhand information

400

Neolithic Revolution was important because...

It shifted from food gathering to food production?

400

Nebuchadnezzar made this palace for his wife. It is known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

400

Incan communication device using ropes.

What is quipu?

400

Give an example of a Primary Source.

Answers will vary.

500

Map projections show...

What is the correct shapes of places or their correct sizes?

500

True or False: The development of a spoken language made communication easier during the Paleolithic Age.

What is true?

500

This city's location was beneficial for trade because it was between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf.

What is Babylon?

500

Tracked farming cycles and religious festivals.

What are calendars?
500

Mesopotamian ruler who is mentioned in the Bible.

Who is Nebuchadnezzar?