Africa – Geography and Early History JEOPARDY!

Africa – Geography Africa – Geography and Early Historyand Early History

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And the categories And the categories are…are…

““Let’s Get Let’s Get Physical Physical

(geography)”(geography)”

““Hot Stuff”Hot Stuff”

““Egyptians”Egyptians”

““Don’t Kush It!”Don’t Kush It!”

““Places and People”Places and People”

Let’s Get Let’s Get Physical Physical

(geography)(geography)Hot StuffHot Stuff EgyptiansEgyptians Don’t Kush It!Don’t Kush It!

Places and Places and PeoplePeople

100 100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500

Round 2:

Double Jeopardy…

Let’s GetLet’s GetPhysicalPhysical

(geography)(geography)Hot StuffHot Stuff Don’t Kush It!Don’t Kush It!

Places and Places and PeoplePeople

400 400 400 400

800 800 800 800

1000 1000 1000 1000

Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy

The Category is…The Category is…

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History in FilmHistory in Film

And the answer is…And the answer is…

Famous evil WWII Famous evil WWII group who chased group who chased Indiana Jones after Indiana Jones after

the Ark of the the Ark of the Covenant in the Covenant in the

movie, “Raiders of movie, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”…the Lost Ark”…Who were…Who were…the the

NazisNazis??

Let’s Get Physical (geography)100

Africa is the second largest continent next to this one…

A: What is Asia?

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Let’s Get Physical (geography) 200

A: What is Mediterranean, Red Seas, Indian, Atlantic Oceans?

One of the bodies of water which both separate and link Africa to the rest of

the world…



A: What is?


Locate the nation of Libya on the map

provided


A: What are escarpments?

Africa is ringed by these continuous lines of steep cliffs…



A: What is the Aswan Dam?

This structure was built to control the flooding of the Nile River…



A: What were cataracts?

This is the name given to large waterfalls and rapids that made access to the interior of

Africa difficult for early explorers…



A: What is Nasser?

Lake which was formed by the damming of the Nile River was named after this Egyptian

leader…



A: What are Tanzania?

Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, is found in this nation…


Hot Stuff 100

A: Who are the Sahel?

Name of this region means “shore of the desert”…


Hot Stuff 200

A: What is altitude (height)?

This factor influences the climate of Africa more than latitude…


Hot Stuff 300

A: What is the Tropics?

80% of Africa’s land lies between the lines 23.5 degrees north and south,

known as these…


Hot Stuff 400

A: What are Tropical Wet and Dry?

Most of Africa’s population centers are found in this particular climate…


Hot Stuff 500

A: Who are desertification?

Name of the process which is causing the Sahara to grow in size…


Hot Stuff 400

A: What is the savanna?

Another name given to the Tropical Wet and Dry climate…


Hot Stuff 800

A: Who was Sahel?

Name of this region means “shore of the desert”…


Hot Stuff 1000

A: What was the Great Rift Valley ?

Creation of this geographical feature tells us about the movement of East

Africa…


Egyptians 100

A: What is the Nile?

River which provided the basis for the establishment of Egyptian civilization…


Egyptians 200

A: What is hieroglyphics?

This “sacred writing” began with pictures, and developed into symbols

that stood for words…


Egyptians 300

A: What is a pyramid?

These structures were built as tombs and These structures were built as tombs and monuments to the pharoahs…monuments to the pharoahs…


Egyptians 400

A: What is Cairo?

Modern-day capital of Egypt


Egyptians 500

A: What is the Sphinx?

Name of the Egyptian

monument pictured here….


400

A: Who were mastaba?


800

A: What is an ankh?


1000

A: Who is Ma’at?


Don’t Kush It!100

Name given to the super- continent which existed about 250 million years ago…


A: What is Pangea?

Don’t Kush It! 200

The Kush kingdom was also known by this name…


A: What is Nubia?



This is the name given to our This is the name given to our theoretical “ancestral mother” who may theoretical “ancestral mother” who may have lived in Africa thousands of years have lived in Africa thousands of years

ago…ago…

A: What is ”Eve”?

A: What are stelae?


Pictured here, the burial Pictured here, the burial markers of Axummarkers of Axum

A: What is Ge’ez?


African kingdom of Axum spoke this African kingdom of Axum spoke this particular language, one of the oldest…particular language, one of the oldest…

A: What are stelae?


Pictured here, the burial Pictured here, the burial markers markers

built by the African built by the African kingdom of Axum…kingdom of Axum…


In this place, fossil remains were found In this place, fossil remains were found that may have belonged to the first that may have belonged to the first

humans…humans…


A: What is Olduvai Gorge?


One of the purposes of African rock art….


A: What is the superstition, hunting or religious purposes, record key events?

People and Places100

A: What is Axum?


This early African kingdom grew up along the Red Sea, and may have been

the first Christian state…

People and Places 200

A: What is


Circle the nation of Sudan…


A: What is the Aswan dam?


The man-made feature shown here…


A: What is farming?

This is the main economic activity of the majority of Africans…


People and Places…and Things500

A: What is?


Locate the nation of Ethiopia…


A: What is Meroe?


This became the capital of Kush after the Egyptians re-conquered it in

750BC…


A: Who is South Africa?


The country indicated here…


A: What is Osiris?


Egyptian god of the dead, pictured

here…

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