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Mesopotamian Jeopardy

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Mesopotamian Jeopardy

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  1. Mesopotamian Jeopardy People Places Religion Events Words & Terms 10pts 10pts 10pts 10pts 10pts 20pts 20pts 20pts 20pts 20pts 30pts 30pts 30pts 30pts 30pts 40pts 40pts 40pts 40pts 40pts 50pts 50pts 50pts 50pts 50pts

  2. 10 Point Question People who could read and write that held positions of power for keeping written records. Scribes

  3. 20 Point Question Rulers of city states also called kings and queens. Monarch

  4. 30 Point Question Babylonian king best known for his strict code of law. Hammurabi

  5. 40 Point Question First to have a permanent army that led him to become the world’s first emperor. Sargon I

  6. 50 Point Question King of Uruk known through Sumerian literature as a legendary figure. Gilgamesh

  7. 10 Point Question Middle Eastern country where Mesopotamia was once located. Iraq

  8. 20 Point Question A large arc of fertile farmland shaped like a crescent moon. Fertile Crescent

  9. 30 Point Question An area where progress occurred by people settling where crops could grow, population then grew, and civilization was able to form. Mesopotamia

  10. 40 Point Question Well known powerful peoples who gained power due to trade since their land wasn’t suitable for farming. Phoenicia

  11. 50 Point Question The two land features that caused the Greeks to give Mesopotamia its name. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

  12. 10 Point Question The Sumerians believed they possessed the characteristics of wanting to be worshipped and pleased. The Gods

  13. 20 Point Question The most likely reason ziggurats were tall. To honor the gods.

  14. 30 Point Question A towering pyramid-shaped temple. Ziggurat

  15. 40 Point Question Belief in many gods and goddesses. Polytheism

  16. 50 Point Question Served an important role in society where they intervened between the Sumerians and their Gods. Priest

  17. 10 Point Question The world’s first form of writing in which a stylus is used to make wedged shape symbols in clay. Cuneiform

  18. 20 Point Question To protect the cities the Sumerians began building between 3000 BC and 4000 BC they built these. City walls

  19. 30 Point Question Divisions of the people by their rank or class in society. Social Hierarchy

  20. 40 Point Question The first civilization to arise in Mesopotamia. Sumer

  21. 50 Point Question The altering of their environment in order to better survive by building a series of these to divert flood waters. Canals

  22. 10 Point Question The word for – having 200 bushels of barley and your family only needs 100. Surplus

  23. 20 Point Question A city and its surrounding land which was fought over for enough farmland to survive. City-state

  24. 30 Point Question Allowed workers to do other jobs due to inventions such as the plow that improved farming methods. Division of labor

  25. 40 Point Question Cruel warriors with a well-organized standing army. Assyrians

  26. 50 Point Question Small stone cylinders engraved with designs for the main purpose of marking property (ownership.) Cylinder Seals

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