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Jeopardy

Jeopardy. Choose a category. You will be given a question. You must give the correct answer. Click to begin. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy. A. B. C. D. E. 10 Point. 10 Point. 10 Point. 10 Point. 10 Point. 20 Points. 20 Points.

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Jeopardy

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  1. Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given a question. You must give the correct answer. Click to begin.

  2. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy

  3. A B C D E 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points

  4. Sumerians invented the first form of writing called ______.

  5. Cuneiform

  6. Only a few boys and no girls were allowed attend school to become professional writers, or _____.

  7. Scribes

  8. To sign their names, Sumerians used a ___ ___.

  9. Cylinder Seal

  10. Sumerians tell a legend of a hero named _____, who was in search of eternal youth.

  11. Gilgamesh

  12. Before the people of Mesopotamia built city states, people were ____ _____, which meant that they hunted animals and gathered plants to survive.

  13. Hunter-gatherers

  14. True or False: Sumerian writing is called hieroglyphics.

  15. False- It is called cuneiform.

  16. The Sumerians worshipped many gods, which is called _____.

  17. Polytheism

  18. Sumerians would worship their gods in a temple at the top of a flattened pyramid, called a _____.

  19. Ziggurat

  20. Name the two rivers that make up Mesopotamia.

  21. Tigris and Euphrates

  22. True or False: In Greek, Mesopotamia means “Land Between the Rivers.”

  23. True

  24. Name two things that threatened crops in. Mesopotamia

  25. Drought and Flood

  26. To protect against floods, farmers built a system of _____ to keep the flood waters back.

  27. Levees

  28. True or False: A system of canals to bring in water to crops is called agriculture.

  29. False- It is called irrigation.

  30. The Sumerians wrote on ______.

  31. Clay Tablets

  32. Sumerians wrote using a stick called a _____, which they pressed into the wet clay to make symbols.

  33. Reed

  34. When farmers would grow more food than they needed, it was called a _____.

  35. Surplus

  36. True or False: The first homes in CatalHyuk had a normal front door and chimney.

  37. False- The front door was in the ceiling with a ladder extending into the home.

  38. Name at least one thing the Sumerians invented.

  39. Possible answers: Cuneiform, the wheel, the sailboat, irrigation systems, pottery wheel, math system.

  40. What is the name of the famous king who ruled Babylonia?

  41. King Hammurabi

  42. What is the name of the collection of 200 laws written about 4,000 years ago?

  43. Code of Hammurabi

  44. Name at least 5 things the Sumerians ate.

  45. Possible answers: barley cakes -honey-goat’s milk-onions-dates-turnips-chickpeas-wheat breads-wild fowl-watercress-lentils -wild boar-cucumbers-pig- domesticated

  46. True or False: The Sumerians practiced polytheism, which meant many gods.

  47. True

  48. What is something Sumerians would do for fun?

  49. Possible answers: Board games, music, festivals, parades, dancing, feasts, and storytelling.

  50. How did the wheel improve farming and trade?

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