Intro to History Jeopardy

PeepsDates, Dates,

Dates!Historical Hiccups

Civilization, Ahoy! Vocabarama

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Peeps

This person is a writer, student and scholar of history.

$100 Answer from Peeps

historian

$200 Question from Peeps

An archaeologist studies the past by recovering and examining these.

$200 Answer from Peeps

artifacts

$300 Question from Peeps

This person’s job means “the study of humans”. They study the development of humans physically, socially and culturally in the past.

$300 Answer from Peeps

anthropologist

$400 Question from Peeps

This person studies the past by finding and examining plant and animal fossils.

$400 Answer from Peeps

paleontologist

$500 Question from Peeps

Historians must make these arguments about the past, supported by research based evidence.

$500 Answer from Peeps

thesis

$100 Question from Dates, Dates, Dates!

BC stands for this.

$100 Answer from Dates, Dates, Dates!

Before Christ

$200 Question from Dates, Dates, Dates!

This tool is used to show the order of events within a period of time.

$200 Answer from Dates, Dates, Dates!

timeline

$300 Question from Dates, Dates, Dates!

This is the period of time lasting from before writing until the year 3500 BC.

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prehistory

$400 Question from Dates, Dates, Dates!

This dating system is used to measure time. Some of these have been based on the sun, moon or stars.

$400 Answer from Dates, Dates, Dates!

calendar

$500 Question from Dates, Dates, Dates!

“In the year of our Lord” or AD

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Anno Domini

$100 Question from Historical Hiccups

This problem facing historians occurs when we let opinion and emotions judge people or events.

$100 Answer from Historical Hiccups

Bias

$200 Question from Historical Hiccups

This problem occurs when a source gives false information and cannot be trusted.

$200 Answer from Historical Hiccups

Credibility

$300 Question from Historical Hiccups

To avoid this problem, historians need to understand what something means by looking at where and when it happened. In reading, this means looking at what comes before and after a word or sentence.

$300 Answer from Historical Hiccups

context

$400 Question from Historical Hiccups

“Dead” forms of communication can cause these because they are no longer spoken or used today. Some examples are Ancient Greek, Latin or Ancient Egyptian.

$400 Answer from Historical Hiccups

language barriers

$500 Question from Historical Hiccups

When people build new buildings, this happens, which can damage artifacts and cover up historic sites.

$500 Answer from Historical Hiccups

Modern Development

$100 Question from Civilization, Ahoy!

This is a belief system.

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religion

$200 Question from Civilization, Ahoy!

This is any means of spoken or written communication.

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language

$300 Question from Civilization, Ahoy!

This is how people organize their society with leaders and laws.

$300 Answer from Civilization, Ahoy!

government

$400 Question from Civilization, Ahoy!

This refers to the system of buying and selling goods and services in a society.

$400 Answer from Civilization, Ahoy!

economy

$500 Question from Civilization, Ahoy!

This is the organized pattern of relationships between people in a society.

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social structure

$100 Question from Vocabarama

This word describes any ideas or inventions that make life easier.

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technology

$200 Question from Vocabarama

A way of life.

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culture

$300 Question from Vocabarama

The remains or imprint of a once living thing.

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fossil

$400 Question from Vocabarama

Any object made or used by humans.

$400 Answer from Vocabarama

artifact

$500 Question from Vocabarama

These refer to “turning points” in history that had a significant impact on events the past.

$500 Answer from Vocabarama

key events

Final JeopardyWhen studying the Revolutionary War, a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to John Adams is an example of this type of source, where the source either saw or experienced the event.

Final Jeopardy Answer

primary source