The Know-It-All Game Don’t know how to play? I’ve got it Coyne, bring on the game!

The Know-It-All Game

Don’t know how to play?

I’ve got it Coyne, bring on the game!

Do You Know-It-All?

How to Play:

1) Take the “hot seat”

2) Choose a category

3) Read each question aloud and choose the correct answer out of the available choices

4) Answer all 15 questions in a category to receive your reward.

5) A wrong answer will take you back to the category page and end your turn.

Choose Your Category!• Mesopotamia or Bust (15

questions)

• Egypt, Land of Denial (13 questions)

• Indus River Valley (15 questions)

• Yellow River Valley (10 questions)

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #1

• What two rivers form Mesopotamia?

A) Indus and Ganges Rivers

B) Huang He and Yangtze Rivers

C) Nile and Amazon Rivers

D)Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #2

• Which people did not live in Mesopotamia?

A)Egyptians

B)Sumerians

C)Akkadians

D)Babylonians

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #3

• This area is part of a very farmable area called the….

A)Fertile Belt

B)Fertile Crescent

C)Fertile Arc

D)Fertile Delta

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #4

• The Sumerians built temples called….

A) Ziggurats

B) Pyramids

C) Sarcophaguses

D) Shrines

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #5

• The Sumerians writing was known as…

A) hieroglyphics

B) ideograms

C) Sanskrit

D) cuneiform

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #6

• Which were Sumerian inventions?

A) 1st system of writing

B) sailboat

C) 1st Epic Story

D) all of the above

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #7

• Which Mesopotamian created the world’s first Empire?

A) Hammurabi

B) Nebuchadnezzar

C) Sargon

D) Darius

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #8

• Which Mesopotamian created the first set of written laws?

A) Hammurabi

B) Nebuchadnezzar

C) Sargon

D) Darius

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #9

• The Code of Hammurabi can best be described with this phrase

A) all are equal under the law

B) do as I say, not as I do

C) innocent until proven guilty

D) eye for an eye; tooth for a tooth

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #10

• Under the Code of Hammurabi, if someone kicked you in the shins what could you do?

A) have them pay your doctor bill

B) kick them in the shins

C) kill that person

D) kick one of their family in the shins

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #11

• What could rich people do if they hurt someone lower in rank under the Code of Hammurabi?

A) Nothing, they would be hurt too

B) They could pay a fine instead

C) They were not punished

D) Leave town instead

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #12

• What type of religion was worshipped by the peoples of Mesopotamia?

A) Monotheistic

B) Polytheistic

C) Worshipped ancestors

D) Worshipped animals

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #13

• Where is Mesopotamia?

A)

B)

C)

D)

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #14

• Why did so many different people conquer Mesopotamia?

A) They had no natural barriers

B) Mesopotamia is mountainous

C) It is located on the coast

D) It was a major trade route of Europe

Mesopotamia or BustQuestion #15

• What was the Code of Hammurabi based on

A) Revenge

B) Equivalent retribution

C) Corporal punishment

D) All of the above

You Win!!!!!!!

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #1

• Egypt is often called “the gift of the _________”

A) Gods

B) Nile

C) Indus

D) Pyramids

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #2

• Where is Egypt?

A)

B)

C)

D)

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #3

• What major body of water does the Nile flow into?

A) The Indian Ocean

B) The Persian Gulf

C) The Atlantic Ocean

D) The Mediterranean Sea

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #4

• What were pyramids built for?

A) places for worship

B) religious ceremonies

C) burial of pharaohs

D) storage for grain

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #5

• Which landform isolates Egypt from other civilizations?

A) Desert

B) Mountains

C) Plateau

D) Rivers

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #6

• What is the name for Egyptian writing?

A) Cuneiform

B) Hieroglyphics

C) Sanskrit

D) Ideograms

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #7

• Hieroglyphics is based on…..

A) sounds

B) an alphabet

C) picture symbols

D) A & B are both correct

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #8

• What best describes the purpose of mummification?

A) to be born into a new caste in the next life

B) to protect body from evil spirits

C) to worship your ancestors

D) to preserve your body for the afterlife

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #9

• What artifact helped modern historians read hieroglyphics?

A) Rosetta Stone

B) Memphis Codex

C) the Da Vinci Code

D) Mr. Coyne’s College Notebook

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #10

• The pyramids were built by _________.

A) paid farmers between harvests

B) slaves

C) Egyptian soldiers

D) paid workers from other countries

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #11

• How did the Egyptian people view their pharaohs?

A) as just kings

B) as gods on earth

C) as human beings

D) as an elected rulers

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #12

• What best describes the Egyptian religion?

A) based on reincarnation

B) monotheistic

C) ancestor worship

D) polytheistic

Egypt, Land of DenialQuestion #13

• The Egyptians had a theocracy, which means its government was run by ______.

A) elected representatives

B) invaders

C) religious leaders

D) military generals

Indus River ValleyQuestion #1

• The Indus River Valley was located in what modern day countries?

A) India and Pakistan

B) India and Iraq

C) Afghanistan and Egypt

D) India and Iran

Indus River ValleyQuestion #2

• Where is the Indus River Civilization?

A)

B)

C)

D)

Indus River ValleyQuestion #3

• Which cities were in the Indus River Valley?

A) Memphis and Giza

B) Mohenjo Daro and Harappa

C) Sumer and Bablyon

D) Anyang and Zhengzhou

Indus River ValleyQuestion #4

• Which one of these features did Indus River Valley cities have?

A) Well-planned city blocks

B) Sewers

C) Houses made of clay bricks

D) All of the above

Indus River ValleyQuestion #5

• What mountain range kept India isolated

A) Himalayas

B) Rockies

C) Hindu Kush

D) both A and B

Indus River ValleyQuestion #6

• What is a monsoon?

A) a giant rainstorm

B) a type of boat

C) a seasonal wind that brings rain

D) a water shortage

Indus River ValleyQuestion #7

• What happens if the monsoons come late?

A) There is not enough rain for crops

B) The crops are flooded

C) The crops grow well

D) There is enough food for everyone

Indus River ValleyQuestion #8

• How do we know that the early Indians had pretty much equal social status?

A) Only the wealthy learned to read and write

B) The rulers were seen as gods on earth

C) The houses were all the same size

D) Merchants had larger houses than peasants

Indus River ValleyQuestion #9

• Why do we understand very little about the Indus River Civilization before the Aryans?

A) They left no artifacts

B) They had no cities

C) We can’t read their writing

D) We can’t go to India today

Indus River ValleyQuestion #10

• Which one of these achievements is the Indus River Valley Civilization known for?

A) well-planned cities

B) wheel barrows

C) pyramids

D) 1st system of laws

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Yellow River ValleyQuestion #1

• What is the Chinese name for the Yellow river?

A) Yangtze

B) Ganges

C) Huang He

D) Tigris

Yellow River ValleyQuestion #2

• What is Loess?

A) a type of silt

B) it’s what makes the yellow river yellow

C) it makes land around the river fertile

D) all of the above

Yellow River ValleyQuestion #3

• What landforms isolates China from other civilizations?

A) rivers

B) rivers and seas

C) mountains and deserts

D) deserts

Yellow River ValleyQuestion #4

• Why is the Chinese language so complex?

A) It uses an alphabet

B) we can’t translate it

C) it has over 10,000 symbols

D) it uses numbers instead of letters

Yellow River ValleyQuestion #5

• Where is the Huang He River Civilization?

A)

B)

C)

D)

Yellow River ValleyQuestion #6

• What is a dynasty?

A) a religious group

B) a ruling family

C) a single ruler

D) Mr. Coyne’s favorite TV show

Yellow River ValleyQuestion #7

• Chinese rulers who said that the gods chose them to rule said they had the ______________.

A) Code of Hammurabi

B) Right of Rule

C) Mandate of Heaven

D) Right to Remain Silent

Yellow River ValleyQuestion #8

• Which was of the following was not a way to prove you had the Mandate of Heaven?

A) Raise taxes

B) Build Roads and Canals

C) Keep out invaders

D) Give land to peasants

Yellow River ValleyQuestion #9

• Which of the following problems did the Chinese ruler not have control over?

A) not able to stop invaders

B) raising taxes

C) having a corrupt government

D) earthquakes

Yellow River ValleyQuestion #10

• What happened when a new dynasty said that they had the Mandate of Heaven?

A) the old dynasty gave up

B) an election

C) the new dynasty moved into the palace

D) civil war

Seriously!!??

• Everyone should know by now that Mr. Coyne’s favorite show of all time is The COLBERT REPORT!