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Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley
Ancient Egypt/Nubia
Shang Dynasty
Miscellaneous
100

What are the names of the two rivers in the region of Mesopotamia?


Both gets you an extra 100 points

Tigris and Euphrates River

100

What is the name of either country the Indus River Valley Runs through?

India and Pakistan

100

What is the name of the two rivers that create the great Nile River?

The White and Blue Nile River

100
What was the name of the river important to the Shang Dynasty?  It's also known as the "Yellow River" due to the sediment turning it that color.

Huang He

100

Who are the winners of the last 9 out of 10 Heroes Game?

Iowa Hawkeyes


4 out of these last 10 games were decided by a walk-off field goal by Iowa

200

What is the name for the writing system used by the Sumerians?  What type of writing system is it for an extra 100 points?

cuneiform and glyphs

200

What are the two names of the cities associated with this civilization?  Half points for one answer.

Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

200

What is the name of the large monument with the head of a human and body of a lion?

The sphinx

200

What type of writing system did the Shang Dynasty use that is similar to modern China's?

Pictograms
200

What is the ornament missing from the teacher's Star Wars collection?

Hint: In the lore, it's owned first by Lando Calrissian and then Han Solo

Millenium Falcon

300

What are the names of the 3 major cities in ancient Sumer

Ur, Uruk, and Kish

300

What type of print made with wax and stone had pictures of different animals and figures?

Seals

300

What was the name for the document placed with the deceased in their tombs, what was the name of the Egyptian underworld?


DAILY DOUBLE

Book of the Dead and the Duat

300

What is the name for the metal and fabric the Shang Dynasty was well known for?

Half points for one answer

Bronze and silk

300

The word "alphabet" comes from what two letters of the Ancient Greek alphabet and what are the first two letters of the Ancient Greek alphabet

1. Alpha and beta

400

How did the kings of the cities justify their rule and control the people?  Half points for one of the two answers:

Religion and ruling through religion and fear

400

What is the name of the writing system used by the Indus River Valley civilization?

Trick question: none that we know of

400

What are the two different ways hieroglyphs could be read?


Vertically top to bottom and then right to left

OR

Right to left horizontally

400
What is the definition of a dynasty?  How did the Shang justify their position as rulers over the people?


Both answers are needed for points, no half points

DAILY DOUBLE

Dynasty-the passing of control over a nation/empire down through family lines (hereditary) and they justified their control through the religion.

400

What is the name of the car Mr. Jensen used to own?

Ford Mustang

500

What is the name given to a city that behaves like an independent country and controls the land surrounding the itself?

city-state

500
Unique to the Indus River Valley, what was the view of religion in society, and who was believed to control the cities in this civilization?


No half points

1. Religion was personal/private matter, not public

2. The richest landowning families

500

What is the name of the mixture that was placed in bodies to mummify them?  Bonus: How many days did it take?

I need the name NOT the ingredients

Natron and 40-60 days

500

What are the names of the two types of religious practices done in the Shang Dynasty that included rituals like divining answers from spirits and dead relatives using oracle bones?

Animism and ancestor worship

500
What sport did the teacher used to coach and how many students did he have to manage by himself?

Football and 24 people