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$100 Question from Daily Life What were Mesopotamian homes made of?
$200 Question from Daily Life These traveling groups of merchants carried valuable goods across the trade routes of Mesopotamia.
$200 Answer from Daily Life caravans
$300 Question from Daily Life Another named for “skilled workers” is…
$300 Answer from Daily Life artisans
$400 Question from Daily Life By studying the heavenly bodies these “star-gazers” mapped the constellations and chartered the movement of planets using mathematical calculations.
$400 Answer from Daily Life astronomers
$500 Question from Daily Life People who were enslaved usually became slaves because they were…
$500 Answer from Daily Life Prisoners of war, criminals or debtors
$100 Question from Religion This pyramid-like building was used for religious ceremonies.
$100 Answer from Religion ziggurat
$200 Question from Religion The worship of many gods is called…
$200 Answer from Religion polytheism
$300 Question from Religion What did the Sumerian priests offer to the gods so that they would not die?
$300 Answer from Religion food and drink
$400 Question from Religion Who lived at the top of Mesopotamian ziggurats?
$400 Answer from Religion A god(s)
$500 Question from Religion What was the name of the Mesopotamian Sky god who slew Tiamat and created the world?
$500 Answer from Religion Marduk
$100 Question from Culture What was Mesopotamian writing called?
$100 Answer from Culture cuneiform
$200 Question from Culture Who were the people whose job it was to record writing?
$200 Answer from Culture scribes
$300 Question from Culture Mesopotamian writing was written on…
$300 Answer from Culture clay tablets
$400 Question from Culture The Mesopotamians traded their ____________ or extra amounts of food and textiles in exchange for raw materials such as lumber and gold.
$400 Answer from Culture surplus
$500 Question from Culture What is the oldest recorded story?
$500 Answer from Culture “Epic of Gilgamesh”
$100 Question from Government A city that rules the land around it and acts like an independent country.
$100 Answer from Government city-state
$200 Question from Government A group of many lands under the leadership of one ruler.
$200 Answer from Government empire
$300 Question from Government What is the name of the first recorded laws?
$300 Answer from Government Hammurabi’s Code
$400 Question from Government A form of government where religious leaders have power.
$400 Answer from Government theocracy
$500 Question from Government This leader created Akkad, the first Mesopotamian Empire.
$500 Answer from Government Sargon
$100 Question from Potpourri Ancient Mesopotamia can be found between which two rivers?
$100 Answer from Potpourri Tigris and Euphrates
$200 Question from Potpourri The economy of Mesopotamia was based on these two things.
$200 Answer from Potpourri Farming and Trade
$300 Question from Potpourri Powerful empires often demanded this kind of “forced payment” from conquered lands.
$300 Answer from Potpourri tribute
$400 Question from Potpourri Mesopotamia can be found in the modern country of …
$500 Question from Potpourri What is the name of the “C”-shaped arc (which includes Egypt and Mesopotamia) that is perfect for agriculture?
