Third Grade Social Studies Jeopardy
Questions and Answers

Jeopardy

Rights

100 Freedoms which are protected by the government
        (rights)

200 The duty to take care of oneself, respect the rights of others, and obey rules and laws
        (responsibility)

300 The duties, rights, and privileges of being a member of a nation    
        (citizenship)

400 Type of government in which people are elected as representatives to run the government
        (republican)

500 Privileges that people are born with and that can't be taken away (life, liberty, and the pursuit of  happiness
       (inalienable rights)

Explorers

100 The first permanent English settlement
        (Jamestown)

200 The country that sponsored Columbus's first trip across the Atlantic
        (Spain)

300 One obstacle that was encountered by early explorers    
        (starvation, disease, small ships, weather, poor maps, Indians)

400 The first permanent Spanish settlement
        (St. Augustine)

500 He established the first permanent French settlement in Quebec, Canada
        (de Champlain)

Economics

100 All working Americans pay these to provide government services
        (taxes)

200 If you want to buy ice cream and a soda, but you choose just ice cream, the soda becomes this.    
        (opportunity cost)

300 This occurs when people concentrate on the production of selected kinds of goods and services
        (specialization) 

400 This occurs when people depend on one another for goods and services
        (interdependence)

500 This lack of supplies occurs when wants are greater than resources can provide
        (scarcity)

2nd Grade Review

100 Country life community in which farms and houses are located miles apart
        (rural community)

200 Homes of Eastern Woodlands Indians
        (longhouses)

300 Money paid by banks on savings accounts
        (interest)

400 Method of measuring distance on a map
        (scale)

500 Written language of the Ancient Egyptians
        (hieroglyphics)

Colonies

100 The type of government to settlers copied from England
        (representative)

200 Slavery was introduced to help produce more of this
        (tobacco)

300 The type of trade used between the settlers and the English
        (bartering)

400 Groups of men in London who helped pay for the first settlers to come to Virginia
        (trading companies)

500 The King of England appointed one of these to rule the colonies
        (royal governor)

Jamestown

100 The first leader of Jamestown
        (Captain John Smith)

200 The leader of the Indians in Jamestown
        (Powhatan)

300 He sponsored the first Jamestown settlement
        (King James I)

400 The first money-making crop of Virginia
        (tobacco)

500 A person who agreed to work for 7 years without pay in exchange for passage to America
        (indentured servant)

Double Jeopardy

U. S. Regions

200 Places that have common characteristics with no specific boundaries
        (regions)

400 Forests and woodlands are located in this area of the United States
        (the east coast)

600 Deserts can be found mostly in this region
        (Southwest)

800 The largest mountains and valleys can be found here
        (West Coast)

1000 The Midwest is composed of this type of land
        (grasslands)

Recent Rights

200 100 years ago, these Americans were not allowed to vote
        (women and African Americans)

400 She led the fight for women's rights to vote
        (Susan B. Anthony)

600 He worked for non-violent means to achieve rights for African Americans
        (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

800 These rights guaranteed that all Americans would be treated equally
        (Civil Rights)

1000 She refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man
        (Rosa Parks)

Ancient Greece

200 Greece is located on this continent
        (Europe)

400 This important building in Athens was a temple to the goddess Athena
        (Parthenon)

600 A crop that grew well in Greece
        (olive trees, grapes)

800 The Olympic games began in Greece to honor this god
        (Zeus)

1000 Greece was known as the birthplace of this form of government
         (democracy)

Ancient Rome

200 The only people who could vote in Ancient Rome
        (men who were citizens)

400 Ancient Rome was located on this sea
        (Mediterranean)

600 Miles of these supplied cities with water
        (aqueducts)

800 Huge structure in which the gladiator fights were held
        (Coliseum

1000 The form of government developed in Ancient Rome
        (republican)

Geography

200 This imaginary line divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres
        (equator)

400 Half of a sphere
        (hemisphere)

600 Imaginary lines drawn from East to West on maps and globes
         (parallels of latitude)

800 Imaginary lines drawn from North to South on maps and globes
        (meridians of longitude)

1000 This imaginary line divides the globe into Eastern and Western hemispheres
        (prime meridian)


1st Grade Review

200 National bird of the United States
        (bald eagle)

400 State bird of Virginia
        (dogwood)

600 Day we celebrate America's birthday
        (Independence Day - July 4th)

800 He proved that electricity was present in lightning through a kite experiment
        (Ben Franklin)

1000 Goods made by people which are used to produce other goods and services
        (capital resources)

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