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Mesopotamia Jeopardy

Test your knowledge of Mesopotamia through this Jeopardy-style game that covers firsts, terms, daily life, people, and prehistory/archaeology.

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Mesopotamia Jeopardy

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  1. Mesopotamia Jeopardy Firsts 100 200 300 400 500 Prehistory/ archaeology 100 200 300 400 500 Terms 100 200 300 400 500 Daily life 100 200 300 400 500 People 100 200 300 400 500

  2. These two rivers bordered Mesopotamia. What are the Tigris and the Euphrates? Terms for 100

  3. The term to describe extra goods or products. What is surplus? Terms for 200

  4. Prehistory refers to the time period before THIS invention. What is writing? Terms for 300 Prehistoric cave paintings from Lascaux.

  5. The modern day country in which Mesopotamia existed. What is Iraq? Terms for 400

  6. A term for the length of a king or queen’s rule. What is reign? Terms for 500

  7. He is the subject of history’s first recorded story. Who is Gilgamesh? People for 100

  8. The name for the first group of people to walk upright. Who is homo erectus? People for 200

  9. He created and ruled the first empire. Who is Sargon I? People for 300

  10. People for 400 • He reorganized taxes in Mesopotamia and created a housing system for the poor. • Who is Hammurabi?

  11. These people attended school in Mesopotamia. Who are wealthy boys? People for 500 Mesopotamians did NOT ride school busses.

  12. The term for watering crops using canals from a source like a river. What is irrigation? Firsts for 100

  13. The name of the Mesopotamian alphabet. What is cuneiform? Firsts for 200

  14. The Mesopotamian number system used this number as a base. What is 60? Firsts for 300

  15. Two ways in which Hammurabi’s code is similar to ours. innocent until proven guilty judges and witnesses fines death penalty Firsts for 400

  16. 2 ways Mesopotamian number system is used today. 60 minutes in an hour 60 seconds in a minute 360 degrees in a circle Firsts for 500

  17. What is the word for a Mesopotamian writer? Scribe Daily life for 100

  18. Why did Mesopotamians first invent a writing system? Keep trade records or business deals Daily life for 200

  19. 2 jobs of the members of the Mesopotamian upper class. Who are priests and merchants? Daily Life for 300

  20. This is where the Mesopotamians fed the poor. At (or near) the ziggurat Daily Life for 400

  21. Describe two aspects of the religion in Mesopotamia. 3,000 gods and demons Gods represented natural forces Ziggurat is temple Priest-kings ran government Red chased away evil Humans served gods Daily Life for 500 Statue of a man praying

  22. The term for a man-made object What is an artifact? P &A for 100

  23. A ten-year period. What is a decade? P &A for 200

  24. This was invented in the Neolithic Revolution. Farming and herding P &A for 300

  25. 3 steps in excavating a site. Grid area Excavate while sifting dirt Measure artifact depth Record artifact info on map and describe P &A for 400

  26. 4 effects of the Neolithic Revolution. Population grew villages specialization writing government P &A for 500

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