Oakland Elementary Edition
Geography
Economics
Vocabulary
Native Americans
Native Americans too
Early Explorers
Jeopardy
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question Geography
What does climate mean?
a. A natural feature of Earth’s surface.
b. What the weather is like on one day.
c. The weather of a place over a long period of
time.
d. The way people buy, sell, and use goods and
services.
$100 Answer Geography
c. The weather of a place over a long
period of time.
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$200 Question Geography
States in the southern half of the country
have a warmer climate than northern states.
(You can conclude from this information that )
a.
b.
c.
d.
Southern states are on the oceans.
Southern states are closer to the equator.
Northern states are closer to the equator.
Northern states are closer to the mountains.
$200 Answer Geography
b. Southern states are closer to the
equator.
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$300 Question Geography
Some of the resources in nature are renewable. These
are resources that can be replaced. Other resources
are nonrenewable. These resources cannot be
replaced. Which of the following is an example of a
nonrenewable resource?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Oil
Fish
Trees
Running water
$300 Answer Geography
a. Oil
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$400 Question Geography
Geographers study how people live in and use the
environment. What does environment mean?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A very large landmass.
The water, land, and air around us.
A forest in which many animals live.
A region with many natural resources.
$400 Answer Geography
b. The water, land, and air around us.
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$500 Question Geography
Two cities are in the same state. What
else can you infer about the cities?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The cities are in the same region.
The cities are less than a mile apart.
The cities are in a mountainous region.
The cities are in two different countries.
$500 Answer Geography
a. The cities are in the same region.
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$100 Question Economics
What is an opportunity cost?
a. Protection and wise use of natural resources.
b. The thing people use to produce goods and
services.
c. Not having as much of something as people
would like.
d. The thing you give when you decide to do or
have something else.
$100 Answer Economics
d. The thing you give up when you decide
to do or have something else.
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Daily Double
Daily Double Question
Cotton grows best in the good soil and warm climate
of the south. From this statement, you can conclude
that
a. Cotton clothing is scarce.
b. Southern framers grow cotton.
c. Southerners have used cotton.
d. Northern farmers try to grow cotton.
Daily Double Answer
b. Southern farmers grow cotton.
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$300 Question Economics
A region can be defined by its resources. Most
regions have a lot of certain resources and less of
others. How do regions solve the problem of a lack
of resources?
a.
b.
c.
d.
They are careful not to share.
They trade with other regions.
They try to join another region.
They produce more goods and services.
$300 Answer Economics
b. They trade with other regions.
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$400 Question Economics
What is an export?
a.
b.
c.
d.
An industry.
A voluntary exchange.
A product sent to another country and sold.
A product brought into one country from
another.
$400 Answer Economics
c. A product sent to another country and
sold.
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$500 Question Economics
Many plantation owners became wealthy by
growing and selling tobacco and rice.
(Which main idea is best supported by this detail?)
a. Southern colonists grew cash crops in the tidewater.
b. The growing season was short in the New England
Colonies.
c. Crops grew well in the Middle Colonies because of the
fertile soil.
d. The geography of the Southern Colonies was different
from New England and the Middle Colonies.
$500 Answer Economics
a. Southern colonists grew cash crops in
the tidewater.
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$100 Question Vocabulary
What does migration mean?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A type of land bridge.
The flow of resources among tribes.
Movement from one region to another.
A shift in the position of the continents.
$100 Answer Vocabulary
c. Movement from one region to another.
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$200 Question Vocabulary
Which best describes a clan?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A large group of relatives.
A small group of village leaders.
A group of people living in a village.
A group of people who gather food together.
$200 Answer Vocabulary
a. A large group of relatives.
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$300 Question Vocabulary
Which is a synonym for potlatch?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Feast
Canoe
Whale hunt
competition
$300 Answer Vocabulary
a. Feast
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$400 Question Vocabulary
What is a nomad?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A farmer.
Someone who lives in a city or a town.
Someone who does not live in one place.
Someone who settles in a small village.
$400 Answer Vocabulary
c. Someone who does not live in one
place.
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$500 Question Vocabulary
What is a synonym for hacienda?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Large farm.
Violent uprising.
Farming methods.
Religious community.
$500 Answer Vocabulary
a. Large farm.
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$100 Question Native
Americans
The Hopi began living in present-day
Arizona before 1350. In which region
did the Hopi live?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Plains
Southeast.
Southwest.
Northwest.
$100 Answer Native
Americans
C. Southwest
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$200 Question Native
Americans
The Kwakiutl were a large American Indian group in the
Pacific Northwest. Their way of life was similar to that of
other Northwest peoples. They built their villages near
the coast to make hunting and gathering food easier.
What was one main source of food for the Kwakiutl?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Fish
Corn
Cedar
Squash
$200 Answer Native
Americans
c. Fish
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$300 Question Native
Americans
Around 9,000 years ago, some Paleo-Indian began to use
agriculture to feed themselves. Scientists think that people in
present-day Mexico were the first people in the Americas to
practice agriculture. What is one way that agriculture changed
Paleo-Indians’ lives?
a.
b.
c.
d.
They began staying in one place.
They began to hunt smaller animals.
They moved more often than before.
They fished and gathered wild plants.
$300 Answer Native
Americans
a. They began staying in one place.
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$400 Question Native
Americans
The Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippians were
among the earliest people to create large,
complex villages in North America. These
civilizations are called the
a. Inca
b. Inuit
c. Kwakiutl
d. Mound Builders
$400 Answer Native
Americans
d. Mound Builders
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$500 Question Native
Americans
At the time the Aztec civilization lived in central Mexico,
groups of American Indians has settled in almost every
region of the continent. These groups adapted to
different environments and developed their own
cultures. Which Americans Indian group lived in Alaska,
Canada, and Greenland?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Inuit
Aztec
Woodlawn
Muscogee Creek
$500 Answer Native
Americans
a. Inuit
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$100 Question Native
Americans too
The Hopi are among the oldest American Indian groups
in the Southwest. They began living in present-day
Arizona before 1350. They used the resources available
to them to survive. Which question is central to
understanding the Hopi way of life?
a. Why did the Hopi move?
b. Why did the Hopi grew lettuce?
c. Why did the Hopi live new lakes?
d. Why did the Hopi try to keep their land healthy?
$100 Answer Native
Americans too
d. Why did the Hopi try to keep their land
healthy?
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$200 Question Native
Americans too
The Plains Indians are buffalo meat. They carved bones into
tools and wove the hair into rope. They even turned the tail into a
fly swatter. Plains people made buffalo skin into tepee covers,
blankets, clothing, drums, and shields. They decorated these
everyday items with painted designs, porcupine quills, and other
materials. (What can you conclude from this passage?)
a. Buffalos were rare on the plains.
b. The Plains Indians raised crops.
c. The Plains Indians did not hunt.
d. Buffalos were very important to the Plains Indians.
$200 Answer Native
Americans too
d. Buffalos were very important to the
Plains Indians.
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$300 Question Native
Americans too
What region did the Inuit live?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Arctic
Plains
Southeast
Northwest
$300 Answer Native
Americans too
a. Arctic
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$400 Question Native
Americans too
What region did the Pawnee live?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Arctic
Plains
Southeastern
Plateau
$400 Answer Native
American too
b. Plains
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$500 Question Native
American too
What region did the Nez Perce live?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Southeastern
Plains
Southwest
Plateau
$500 Answer Native
American too
d. Plateau
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$100 Question Early
Explorers
In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
agreed to pay Christopher Columbus to sail west to Asia.
Columbus never reached Asia, but he explored islands in
the Caribbean Sea. Many other explorers came to the
Americas after his voyage. Which of the following events
happened FIRST?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Spain won the Reconquista
Cortes led an expedition to Mexico.
Columbus arrived at present-day San Salvador.
Pedro Menendez do Aviles started the settlement of St.
Augustine.
$100 Answer Early
Explorers
a. Spain won the Reconquista.
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$200 Question Early
Explorers
What was one result of the Spanish
contact with the Aztecs?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cortes was defeated.
The Aztecs attacked Pizarro.
The conquistadors claimed all of Florida.
The Aztec army was weakened by disease.
$200 Answer Early
Explorers
d. The Aztec army was weakened by
disease.
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$300 Question Early
Explorers
Why did Europeans destroy many
American plants and animals?
a.
b.
c.
d.
They wanted to starve the Taino.
They killed the plants and animals for food.
They cut down rain forests to plant sugar cane.
They thought the plants and animals had
diseases.
$300 Answer Early
Explorers
c. They cut down rain forests to plant
sugar cane.
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$400 Question Early
Explorers
The Columbian Exchange affected people all over
the world. Which best describes the Columbian
Exchange?
a. The movement of Europeans from Europe to the
Americas.
b. The movement of plants, animals, and people between
the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
c. The establishment of settlements in order to search for
gold for Spain.
$400 Answer Early
Explorers
b. The movement of plants, animals, and
people between the Eastern and
Western hemispheres.
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$500 Question Early
Explorers
The sailors on Columbus’s first expedition were the
first Europeans to meet the Taino people. More than
600,000 Taino lived in the Caribbean at the time of
Columbus’s arrival. What was the effect of
Columbus’s visit on the Taino?
a. The Europeans helped improve the Taino society,
b. Most of the Taino died in battles with European soldiers.
c. The Taino were almost completely destroyed by European
diseases.
$500 Answer Early
Explorers
c. The Taino were almost completely
destroyed by European diseases.
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Final Jeopardy Topic
Geography
Final Jeopardy Question
What is a caravan?
Final Jeopardy Answer
A group of people and animals who travel
together.
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