JEOPARDY!!!
By: Robert Abramson, Michael
Fuccilli, and Kevin O’ Mara
Ancient India
Ancient China
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Rome
Ancient Greece
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Ancient India: 100
What is the Eightfold Path?
A) The path that Jesus took.
B) The path that the Buddha took.
C) Set of instructions on the proper
way to live.
Ancient India: 200
The Himalayas are where?
A) North California
B) North India
C) Alaska
Ancient India: 300
What did the Buddha try to
seek?
A) The path of cookies.
B) A companion.
C) The true meaning of life.
Ancient India: 400
What is the caste system?
A) Way of organizing people into
different levels.
B) What you put on when you
break your arm.
C) Way of deciding if you are a god
or not.
Ancient India: 500
What does Mohenjo-Daro mean?
A) Sand of the Dead
B) Call of the Dead
C) Mound of the Dead
Ancient China: 100
What is erosion?
A) The breaking of rocks.
B) Wearing away of soil by wind
and water.
C) The mixture of rock and soil
turning into a bigger rock.
Ancient China: 200
What are “oracle bones” for?
A) They were believed to predict the
future.
B) They were used when worshiping
gods.
C) They were put in emperor’s tomb
when he died.
Ancient China: 300
What would happen if the Huang
Valley’s crops fail?
A) They become sad.
B) Famine occurs.
C) The valley will have no people.
Ancient China: 400
What does “Shihuangdi” mean?
A) “First Grand Emperor”
B) “King of the Empire”
C) “Emperor of Qin”
Ancient China: 500
What was the clay army for?
A) To have company.
B) So when people see it they’re
amazed.
C) To protect the emperor from
attack.
Ancient Egypt: 100
The Nile flows how long?
A) Over 400 miles
B) Over 4,000 miles
C) Over 40,000 miles
Ancient Egypt: 200
What do they use papyrus for?
A) Paper
B) Buildings
C) Clothing
Ancient Egypt: 300
What were hieroglyphics?
A) A law
B) It’s what life means
C) System of writing
Ancient Egypt: 400
One female pharaoh was
A) Gingata
B) Hatshepsut
C) Lonhmon
Ancient Egypt: 500
Who ordered construction of the
Great Pyramid?
A) Menes
B) Ahmose
C) Khufu
Ancient Rome: 100
What are the three branches of
Roman government?
A) Consuls, Senators, and Citizen
Assemblies
B) Consuls, Senators, and
Tribunes
C) Senator, Plebians, and
Patricians
Ancient Rome: 200
Who lead the army against Rome?
A) Scipio
B) Hannibal
C) Zama
Ancient Rome: 300
What does Pax Romana mean?
A) Roman peace
B) Roman empire
C) Roman government
Ancient Rome: 400
What is a dictator?
A) A man that is scared
B) Someone who rules with
absolute power
C) Ruler that is fair
Ancient Rome: 500
What was the Colosseum used for?
A) A worshiping place
B) A giant garden
C) A stadium
Ancient Greece: 100
When did the Golden Age of Athens
start?
A) Middle 400 B.C.
B) Middle 300 B.C.
C) Middle 200 B.C.
Ancient Greece: 200
Why was Alexander called “Alexander
the Great”?
A) He was a great man.
B) He saved people.
C) He conquered many lands.
Ancient Greece: 300
What was the city Alexandria like?
A) Like a Egyptian city
B) Like a Greek polis
C) Like a Roman empire
Ancient Greece: 400
Who was battling each other in the
Peloponnesian Wars?
A) Carthage, and Rome
B) Babylonia, and Mesopotamia
C) Athens, and Sparta
Ancient Greece: 500
Who was the Athenian leader around
450 B.C.?
A) Pericles
B) Socrates
C) Plato
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