early human history and Central & South

America

Jeopardy

What You Need To Know • Every team will be chosen by Joe with the intention of mixing girls

and boys and grade levels. • Teams can choose a name if desired. • A team takes its turn once its name is drawn from the hat. • team names remain out of the hat until each team has answered. • Teams have up to two minutes to answer a question. • any team can steal an answer for half points. • Teams have only 10 seconds to make a steal. • The order of steals is determined by rolling a die. • Categories are chosen by the team whose name has been drawn. • Lower point questions must be chosen first. • Teams that work together - share ideas, decide on topics in a civilized

manner, have more than one person share answers - will get bonus points at the end of the game.

• this is competitive. winners will leave with pride, no prizes.

• Though Joe might give the winning team a high five, which is priceless. • Bragging is not encouraged. • You should take notes. There will be a quiz on this in the future. • This slideshow will be put online. In other words, you will have

access to the questions; your notes should have all of the answers.

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The First Humans

Paleolithic Inventions

The Agricultural Revolution

Civilizations' Achievements

Using Maps

100 Origins

100Which came first?

100Definition

100Olympics

100Location of Continents

200Means of Survival

200A Joke...maybe

200Transition

200Roman Numerals

200Comparing Maps

300Migration/Movement

300Clothing

300Role of the Natural

Environment

300Firsts

300Climate

400Way of Life

400Cave Paintings

400Changes of Lifestyle

400China

400Movement of Man

(and WO-Man)500

Order of Things500

What Time?500

Impacts on Humans500

False – Make True500+

Locate Landscapes

M/C - It is believed that the first humans migrated out of which

continent?

The First Humans - 100

a) Asia B) Africa C) Europe D) Australia

M/C - The first humans relied on ___________

as a way of life.

The First Humans - 200

a) farming B) manufacturing C) hunting & gathering D) juggling

Humans that migrated from northern Asia to North

America came across on what piece of land?

The First Humans - 300

HINT: it no longer exists.

M/C - Which of the following was not used

by the early hunters and gatherers?

The First Humans - 400

a) tools B) fire C) spoken language D) written language E) weapons

Put in order:The First Humans - 500

A) Humans begin learning how to farm & raise animals

B) humans begin using metal tools

C) humans scavenge for animals and gather nuts and berries as their main sources of food

D) Humans begin to use stone tools

Which Paleolithic invention came first…

spears or the control of fire?

http://listverse.com/2007/10/07/top-10-ancient-inventions/

Paleolithic Inventions - 100 Points

Paleolithic Inventions - 200 Points

How many Paleolithic men and women does it take to screw in a

lightbulb?

M/C Prehistoric clothing may have originated up to 500,000 years ago.

Archaeologists and anthropologists use which creature to estimate how long

humans have used clothes?

Paleolithic Inventions - 300 Points

a) bears c) camelsb) body lice d) termites

M/C - Some cave paintings may be 350,000 and 400,000 years old. Pigments and paint grinding

equipment has been found to be that old from a cave at Twin Rivers in…

a) Zambia c) Mongolia b) Ohio d) Argentina

*Ask for a half-point hint if stuck.

Paleolithic Inventions - 400 Points

Match the following Paleolithic inventions with their correct dates (roughly):

Paleolithic Inventions - 500 Points

Housing/Huts 400,000 BCE Musical Instruments 60,000 BCE Boats 500,000 BCESpears 50,000 BCE

Definition: What was the Agricultural Revolution?

The Agricultural Revolution - 100

True/False The Agricultural Revolution did not occur gradually. People all over the

world stopped hunting and gathering and began farming and

domesticating animals at about the same time.

The Agricultural Revolution - 200

M/C - Which of the following was NOT essential (not really important) for humans when they began settling

down to farm?

The Agricultural Revolution - 300

a) being close enough to a water source to irrigate fields b) being close enough to large rocks to build stone houses c) being in an area that got enough rainfall to grow crops d) being in an area that had a long enough growing season

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/neolithic-agricultural-revolution-causes-and-implications.html

The Agricultural Revolution - 400+

Video Daily Double

Use the video to answer the following question: Explain how the Agricultural Revolution changed the way

people lived (100 points per answer).

By either standing up or sitting down, finish the following statements about the

impact of the Agricultural Revolution:

The Agricultural Revolution - 500+

food supply for most humans goes... population of humans goes...

number of human settlements goes... trade between humans goes...

number of wars/conflicts goes... number of miles travelled goes...

number of jobs/occupations goes...

Which ancient civilization invented

the olympics?

Civilizations’ Achievements - 100

The Romans invented Roman numerals.

Write the Roman numeral for 24.

Civilizations’ Achievements - 200

M/C Which of the following civilizations invented writing, the wheel

(perhaps), and astronomy (ability to predict the movement of several

planets)? a) ancient Chinese C) Mesopotamia B) ancient Greeks D) Mayans

Civilizations’ Achievements - 300

Name one invention from Ancient China.

Civilizations’ Achievements - 400

Change the following False statements into true statements: (100 points per correct answer)

1) Greek kings were called pharaohs. 2) Egyptians wrote on MEAD college ruled Paper.

3) The area around Ancient Mesopotamia is often called the fertile diamond.

4) like many ancient civilizations, people from Ancient India (Indus Valley) believed in many gods. This is

called monotheism.

5) Mayans played a ball game where you could not use your hips.

Civilizations’ Achievements - 500

Find North America and South America on the

following map:

Using Maps - 100

Compare the following two maps of South America and explain why they might be different.

Using Maps - 200

Using the following climate

map, make three comparisons

between South American cities

relating to rainfall, elevation

and vegetation.

Using Maps - 300

Using the “Journey of Mankind” answer the following questions about early

humans’ migrational patterns: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/

Using Maps - 400

From which direction did they

arrive in... Europe?

Asia? North

America? South

America?

Video Daily Double

On the following map of Central and South America,

locate the following:

Using Maps - 500+

The Amazon Rainforest

The Brazilian Highlands

Lake Nicaragua

Patagonia

The Andes Mountains

The Atacama Desert

The Amazon Rainforest

The Brazilian Highlands

Lake Nicaragua

Patagonia

The Andes Mountains

The Atacama Desert

100 Points Each

Ways to Study for a Testmake up a practice quiz

flash cards/note cards (question on front, answer on back)research additional information on computer or from books

look back at old notes/homeworkask family members or friends to quiz (explain answers to them)

repetition - burn information into your brainput movements/dances to the information

make a songhighlight notes

place questions and answers around house (scavenger hunt)tape answers to ceiling before going to bed

look over this slideshow online

Other Helpful Hints:get a good night’s sleepeat a healthy breakfast

find a quiet place to studytake frequent breaks while studying

don’t wait until the last minute