Updated: April 2009

JEOPARDYU.S. to 1865

GeographyWorld Government

U.S. 1865+

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GAME RULES FINAL ROUND

- Jeopardy -

This is one positive result of the Continental Army’s

winter at Valley Forge.

Category A

100

- Jeopardy -

What is becoming better trained?

Category A

100

- Jeopardy -

This religious group that settled

Pennsylvania was known for promoting

equality among classes and genders as well as

practicing pacifism.

Category A

200

- Jeopardy -

Who were the Quakers?

Category A

200

- Jeopardy -This church policy sought to

increase the membership of the church in colonial New

England, but without extending voting rights to

those who lacked a “conversion experience.”

Category A

300

- Jeopardy -

What is the half-way covenant?

Category A

300

- Jeopardy -This economic practice

during the colonial period promoted a favorable

balance of trade (export $>import $)for the “mother” country.

Category A

400

- Jeopardy -

What is merchantilism?

Category A

400

- Jeopardy -

This is colonial law forbade colonists from settling west

of the Appalachian Mountains.

Category A

500

- Jeopardy -

What is Proclamation of 1763?

Category A

500

- Jeopardy -

This American cultural period boasts artists such as poet Langston Hughes.

Category B

100

- Jeopardy -

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

Category B

100

- Jeopardy -

This individual was the founder and first president of the American Federation

of Labor.

Category B

200

- Jeopardy -

Who is Samuel Gompers?

Category B

200

- Jeopardy -

This amendment officially ended slavery in the U.S.

Category B

300

- Jeopardy -

What is the Thirteenth Amendment?

Category B

300

- Jeopardy -This term was used for the

writers who called attention to corruption and unsafe practices by U.S. industry

and government.

Category B

400

- Jeopardy -

Who were the muckrakers?

Category B

400

- Jeopardy -

How much would you like to bet?

DAILY DOUBLE

- Jeopardy -

This general oversaw the rebuilding of Japan after

WWII.

Category B

500

- Jeopardy -

Who is General Douglass MacArthur?

Category B

500

- Jeopardy -

This English monarch embraced Protestantism to obtain a divorce from his

wife Catherine.

Category C

100

- Jeopardy -

Who is Henry VIII?

Category C

100

- Jeopardy -This scientist expanded

upon the work of Copernicus, showing the

planets traveled in elliptical orbits rather than circular

ones.

Category C

200

- Jeopardy -

Who was Kepler?

Category C

200

- Jeopardy -

How much would you like to bet?

DAILY DOUBLE

- Jeopardy -

This site was the end of Napolean’s campaign to reestablish his empire in

Europe.

Category C

300

- Jeopardy -

Category C

300

What is Waterloo?

- Jeopardy -Joseph Stalin used this as

an attempt to increase Soviet industrial capacity,

but it resulted in mass starvation for his

people.

Category C

400

- Jeopardy -

What is Stalin’s Five Year Plan?

Category C

400

- Jeopardy -During this WWII campaign,

Hitler ordered daily bombings of British cities

and airfields hoping to destroy the Royal Air Force

before he invaded.

Category C

500

- Jeopardy -

What was the Battle of Britain?

Category C

500

- Jeopardy -

The requirement described is an example of this

constitutional principle.

Category D

100

- Jeopardy -

What is rule of law?

Category D

100

- Jeopardy -

This factor could change a state’s representation in

the House of Representatives.

Category D

200

- Jeopardy -

What is a change in population?

Category D

200

- Jeopardy -

This term describes the decision combining the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan into the Connecticut Plan at the 1787 Constitutional Convention.

Category D

300

- Jeopardy -

What is the Great Compromise?

Category D

300

- Jeopardy -

These are formed by special interest groups to achieve

political success that would be impossible without greater

numbers.

Category D

400

- Jeopardy -

What are coalitions?

Category D

400

- Jeopardy -This term describes a

statement of the programs and policies of a

political party.

Category D

500

- Jeopardy -

What is a platform?

Category D

500

- Jeopardy -This is the term

geographers use for a shared system of beliefs

and customs within a society.

Category E

100

- Jeopardy -

What is Culture?

Category E

100

- Jeopardy -This is the term is used by

geographers when they divide places into groups

based on physical features.

Category E

200

- Jeopardy -

What is a region?

Category E

200

- Jeopardy -

This term describes features that make up

the Earth’s surface.

Category E

300

- Jeopardy -

What are landforms?

Category E

300

- Jeopardy -

Place your bets!

DAILY DOUBLE

- Jeopardy -

This is the primary reason many societies are established near

rivers and oceans.

DAILY DOUBLE

- Jeopardy -

What are transportation and

trade?

Category E

400

- Jeopardy -

This geographic term describes the concentration of

people in a particular place.

Category E

500

- Jeopardy -

What is population density?

Category E

500

- Jeopardy -Welcome to

Jeopardy!The fun and sneaky way to

review material for the upcoming test!

- Jeopardy -

And now…a brief introduction to the RULES of the GAME…

- Jeopardy -Each group must:

a) SIT TOGETHER, and b) Designate a SPEAKER who will respond to the prompts (You may NOT

change speakers).

- Jeopardy -

The game consists of FIVE categories,

each containingFIVE questions

- Jeopardy -

Questions are randomly arranged, NOT by degree

of difficulty

- Jeopardy -

Each speaker may select only ONE question per

round

- Jeopardy -

Once the selected question is posted on the

screen, the SPEAKER of the team

has 10 seconds to respond.

- Jeopardy -

The speaker may consult with teammates before

responding

- Jeopardy -

During the game, whispering is OK, but LOUD talking and/or disruptions DURING

THE GAME may result in point loss for the entire

team.

- Jeopardy -The response should be

phrased in the FORM OF A QUESTION.

(Words, phrases, and statements – even if correct –

may be disqualified)

- Jeopardy -

A CORRECT ANSWER earns the team the amount of points indicated on the

jeopardy board.

- Jeopardy -If the speaker does not

respond correctly within 10 seconds, the question passes on to the next

team speaker, who has 5 seconds to respond.

- Jeopardy -

The number of points for the correct answer at this stage are the same as for

the previous team.

- Jeopardy -Questions that are not

answered correctly by the selecting team are offered to the other teams in turn until a correct answer is given or

all teams have guessed incorrectly.

- Jeopardy -

For the Daily Double, the speaker designates the

number of points – up to the max. points earned by the team. If correct, the

team earns the designated points; if

incorrect, they lose the designated points.

- Jeopardy -Again, whispering is OK,

but remember, LOUD TALKING and/or

DISRUPTIONS DURING THE GAME may result in point loss for the entire

team.

- Jeopardy -The judge’s decisions

are FINAL and whining, pouting, and/or

complaints will NOT BE ENTERTAINED…

- Jeopardy -

Ready to play?

- Jeopardy -

Final Jeopardy Topic: Wars

You may wager up to the amount of points your team

has earned. Write your wager on a piece of paper and submit

it.

Updated: April 2009

Final Jeopardy QuestionFinal Jeopardy Question

This war made Andrew Jackson a national hero, led to the end of the Federalist Party, and marked the end of hostilities between

the U.S. and Great Britain.

Updated: April 2009

Final Jeopardy AnswerFinal Jeopardy Answer

What is the War of 1812?