1 / 68

Mesopotamia: History, Geography, and Civilization

Explore the location, meaning, civilizations, farming techniques, writing system, and rulers of Mesopotamia through a Jeopardy-style game. Learn about the rich history and significant contributions of this ancient region.

waiters
Download Presentation

Mesopotamia: History, Geography, and Civilization

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. THIS IS JEOPARDY

  2. Your With Host... Mr.Duffy

  3. Babylon & Assyria Mesopotamia Vocabulary Sumer & Akkad 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  4. Where is Mesopotamia located? A 100

  5. Located in the Middle East surrounded by Tigris & Euphrates Rivers A 100

  6. What does Mesopotamia mean? A 200

  7. The Land Between Two Rivers A 200

  8. In order what are the names of the 4 different major Mesopotamian civilizations? A 300

  9. Sumer Akkad Babylonia Assyria A 300

  10. What problem did people have to solve before they could start farming in Southern Mesopotamia? What solution did they come up with? Describe A 400

  11. Low rainfall. People created irrigation. Irrigation- helped control when and how much water their crops received. People would build trenches next to rivers and streams. Water would be carried to the crops. A 400

  12. As villages grew into city states how did they change? A 500

  13. They had governments and traditions. People also had specialized jobs to do. A 500

  14. What is polytheism and monotheism? B 100

  15. Polytheism-Belief in MANY gods Monotheism- Belief in ONE God B 100

  16. What is the difference between an empire and dynasty? B 200

  17. Empire-Large territory consisting of many different places all under the control of a single ruler. Dynasty-Ruling Family B 200

  18. What was the first form of written language. Describe it. What job would you have if you wrote the language on the clay tablets? B 300

  19. Cuneiform- Form of wedge-shaped writing. Wrote on clay tablets and baked to harden. Used during disputes or trade transactions. Scribe B 300

  20. Who were Sargon and Gilgamesh? B 400

  21. Sargon-Leader of the Akkadian Empire which he expanded vastly during his reign Gilgamesh-Legendary Sumerian King which had tales written about him B 400

  22. What does conquest mean? Out of all of the civilizations which one was the most ruthless in battle? B 500

  23. Conquest- Defeat of another group Assyrians were considered the most ruthless and savage B 500

  24. Where was Sumer and Akkad located? C 100

  25. Sumer-Southern Mesopotamia Akkad-Northern Mesopotamia C 100

  26. Which civilization started Cuneiform writing? What was it originally used for? C 200

  27. Sumer started it. It was used to settle disputes and keep business records of different transactions. C 200

  28. True/False: Sumerians and Akkadians were both Monotheistic C 300

  29. False, polytheistic C 300

  30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  31. How were Akkad and Sumer similar and different? C 400

  32. Similar- Same writing, religion, social classes, government. Differences-Language and location C 400

  33. Why was Sargon considered great? C 500

  34. He united all City-states in Mesopotamia under his rule forming the first empire ever. Expanded his empire vastly. C 500

  35. Who was King Hammurabi and what we he best known for? D 100

  36. King of Babylon. He built an empire. (Babylonia) Code of Hammurabi-Strict set of written laws. D 100

  37. Why did Hammurabi need tax money and how did he collect it? D 200

  38. To pay for the army and construction projects. He sent official throughout the empire to enforce laws and collect taxes. D 200

  39. This picture most likely represents? D 300

  40. Code of Hammurabi D 300

  41. The Assyrians would commonly use what during battle? D 400

  42. Battering rams Bows & Arrows Horses D 400

  43. 25. “Their arrows are sharp…their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs are as hard as flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it off and none can rescue it.” Which ancient Mesopotamian civilization is being talked about in this quotation? How do you know? D 500

  44. The Assyrians D 500

  45. What are the 4 processes when becoming a sedimentary rock? E 100

  46. Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation. E 100

  47. Many sedimentary rocks have visible layers because of the process of ? You’ll find the oldest sedimentary rocks in which layer? E 200

  48. Deposition and in the lowest layer E 200

  49. What are the three types of sedimentary rocks? E 300

  50. Organic, Clastic and Chemical Rock E 300

More Related