JEOPARDY!
Rules of Play
Instructions
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Rules of Play
To Begin: The team with the shortest member begins with control of the board.
To Play:
1. First team chooses a category and point value.
2. Teams answer the question on the question page.
3. The first team to answer the question correctly earns the points for the
question and control of the board.
4. Play continues until the Final Jeopardy Round.
Final Jeopardy:
1. Teams wager any amount up to their score then answer the question.
2. Final answer is revealed and final scores are calculated.
To Win: The team with the most points after Final Jeopardy wins.
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civil
rights
100
Soviet
Union
conflicts
other
rights
groups
Vietnam
Miscellaneou
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A 00 B 00 C 00 Final Jeopardy
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civil rights - 100
What change did civil rights workers want to achieve with the student sit­ins?
integrate lunch counters
Answer
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civil rights - 200
How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?
Rosa Parks refused to give up seat on bus and was arrested
Answer
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civil rights - 300
What was one reason African American civil rights workers moved from non­violent protests to more militant/violent types of tactics?
non­violence wasn't working quick enough; question integration; deaths
Answer
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civil rights - 400
What did the Brown v. Board of Education decision do?
reverse Plessy v. Ferguson; stop segregation in schools
Answer
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civil rights - 500
What is affirmative action?
allows for race or gender to be used as an advantage; give those who have been disadvantage the advantage; make things more equal
Answer
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Soviets - 100
What type of economy did the Soviet Union have?
command
Answer
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Soviets - 200
What was Sputnik and why did it concern Americans?
Soviet satellite (first in space); concerned they would use satellites to launch nuclear weapons Answer
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Soviets - 300
In the years following World War II, the countries of communist Eastern Europe were often referred to as being “behind the iron curtain.” These countries were perceived as a single region based on...
economic and political characteristics
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Soviets - 400
How did glasnost and peristroika help lead to the fall of the Soviet Union?
glasnost allowed for more openness in satellite nations
peristroika was restructuring which gave satellite nations more independence
Answer
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Soviets - 500
What are a couple of concerns facing Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
civil unrest (wars); rebuild economy; new freedoms (religion); relationship with West; political power struggle; organized crime; new wealthy class Answer
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Conflicts - 100
What does this political cartoon reprsent?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Answer
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conflicts - 200
What effect did the Cold War have on Korea?
divided into communist North and republic (non­
communist) South
Answer
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conflicts - 300
The occupation of Eastern European countries by the Soviet Union contributed to the development of the Cold War by ...
dividing Europe into communist and non­
communist spheres
Answer
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conflicts - 400
What was the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba
Answer
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conflicts - 500
The Berlin Blockade showed what about the Soviets Unions intentions for Eastern Europe?
they wanted to control it all; not willing to cooperate with West
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other rights - 100
What does the organization NOW stand for?
National Organization of Women
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other rights - 200
What was one thing the Native American group AIM was trying to accomplish?
get rid of mascots; land rights; cultural rights
Answer
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other rights - 300
Why did many students protest in the 1960s and 1970s?
social injustices like discrimination and war; generation gap
Answer
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other rights - 400
What group was looking for rights for migrant worker like better health care and benefits?
United Farm Workers
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other rights - 500
What gains were women looking for in their struggle for equal rights?
equal pay; equal opportunity in education and jobs
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Vietnam - 100
Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam war?
containment
Answer
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Vietnam - 200
What was one reason the Doves opposed the United States involvement in Vietnam?
didn't want to loose American lives; they didn't want us their; increase violence at home; Pentagon Papers; war is wrong; will go on forever
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Vietnam - 300
What was one reason the Hawks wanted United States involvement in Vietnam?
government was doing right thing; we could win; more aggressive tactics needed; embarrassment if we left; support stopping communism
Answer
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Vietnam - 400
How did the jungle terrain of Vietnam impact the United States involvement?
made it hard to find the enemy; slowed U.S. down
Answer
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Vietnam- 500
Why were the Buddhist monks and nuns protesting in Vietnam?
They were unable to practice their religious beliefs publicly.
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misc. - 100
The concept of Mutually Assured Destruction was used as a determent to what?
nuclear war; use of nuclear weapons
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misc. - 200
Protesting a law by breaking it.
civil disobedience
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misc. - 300
What was a common factor in the United States that caused the Red Scare following World War I and McCarthyism following World War II?
fear of the spread of communism
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misc. - 400
Laws in the south separating whites and blacks.
Jim Crow Laws
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misc. - 500
How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the start of WWII?
harsh treatment of Germany (reparations, sole blame for WWI, demilitarized; lost land; decrease military production
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Final Jeopary
How did the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki impact the cold war? showed Soviets and world United States were willing to use such weapons; promoted the arms race
Answer
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Teacher Instructions
Customizing
1. Rename each of the six categories on the scoreboard and on each question page.
2. On each page, type or paste a question and answer.
4. Send your answer to the back (underneath the answer box).
5. From the scoreboard screen, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on
"Final Jeopardy". Insert a question and answer just like in steps 3 & 4.
How to Use
Score Board:
"The Categories are..." sound is linked to the text "Category 1"
Each point value is linked to a question page.
Use the vote tool to keep track of scores for 3 teams.
Drag the team letter (A, B, C) to cover the cell after a question is
answered or use the screen shade to cover the cell.
There is an end of round sound linked to "Final Jeopardy".
Question Pages: Delete the answer box to reveal your correct answer.
The rotating "Home" links back to the score board.
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