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Mesopotamia
Egypt & Kush
The Phoenicians
American History
World History
100
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
100

Longest river in the world 

The Nile (Egypt)

100

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. 

100

Sailed to the Americas in search of spice in 1492

Christopher Columbus

100

What was the country of Haiti the first to do in history? 

First successful slave revolt, and reclamation of a country. 

200
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200

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) 

200

What was the very rare luxury good that Phoenicians traded that came from snails?

Purple Dye

200

What year did the United States become an independent country?

1776

200

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.)

300
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
300

What landform (besides the Nile River) was most beneficial to the Egyptian Civilization?

Nile River Delta
300
How was the Phoenician alphabet different from Egyptian Hieroglyphics?

-

300

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.

300

Alexander The Great ruled this famous ancient civilization.

Ancient Greece

400

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.  

400

What is the name of the female Kushite leader who beat the romans and defended her homeland from invasion?

Queen Amanirenas

400

What made The Phoenicians so powerful in the ancient world? 

They controlled the trade routes. 

400

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 

400

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.

500

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

500
Name one of the reasons Egypt fell apart and started an "intermediate period" in their history (between either the Old, Middle, or New Kingdom)
1. Invasion of the Hyksos

2. Priests took power from Pharaoh

3. Nile floods, destroys crops, mass famine

500

What years did The Phoenicians rule the seas? 

1550 BCE - 300 BCE. 

500

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.

500

Use the Laser pointer to show where Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Ancient Phoenicia was. 

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