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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Mesopotamian Geography

Mesopotamia is located betweenwhat two rivers?

$100 Answer from Mesopotamian Geography

The Tigris and the EuphratesRivers

$200 Question from Mesopotamian Geography

When the Tigris and the Euphrateswould flood, a fine soil would be leftbehind. What is this fine mixture of soiland tiny rocks called?

$200 Answer from Mesopotamian Geography

Silt

$300 Question from Mesopotamian Geography

Mesopotamia is located in whatlarger, arc shaped region of fertilefarmland?

$300 Answer from Mesopotamian Geography

The Fertile Crescent

$400 Question from Mesopotamian Geography

In order to keep cities from flooding, Mesopotamians learned to use ________,or the ways of supplying water to land through the use of canals, ditches, and reservoirs.

$400 Answer from Mesopotamian Geography

Irrigation

$500 Question from Mesopotamian Geography

Because of the surplus of food thatcame as a result of the invention of farming, people were able to have jobslike crafters, government workers, and religious leaders. This idea is called____ __ ____.

$500 Answer from Mesopotamian Geography

Division of Labor.

$100 Question from Ancient Sumer

What is the difference between rural areasand urban areas?

$100 Answer from Ancient Sumer

Rural areas can be described as farmlandor countryside while urban areas are city – like.

$200 Question from Ancient Sumer

The Sumerians practiced a beliefin more than one God. What is this called?

$200 Answer from Ancient Sumer

Polytheism

$300 Question from Ancient Sumer

The division of society by rank orclass is called ________.

$300 Answer from Ancient Sumer

Social Hierarchy

$400 Question from Ancient Sumer

An _________ is a land with different territories and peoplesunder a single ruler.

$400 Answer from Ancient Sumer

Empire

$500 Question from Ancient Sumer

A _________ consisted of a city and all the countryside aroundit. They also had their own military,government, land, name, and laws.

$500 Answer from Ancient Sumer

City - State

$100 Question from Achievements

Mesopotamians created the firstwriting system. This writing system is called what?

$100 Answer from Achievements

Cuneiform

$200 Question from Achievements

They wrote using clay tabletsfor “paper” and ________ for “pencils.”

$200 Answer from Achievements

Styluses made from reeds fromthe riverbanks.

$300 Question from Achievements

Their writing consisted of picture symbols, or ________.

$300 Answer from Achievements

Pictographs

$400 Question from Achievements

Without the Mesopotamian inventionof the ______, we may not have cars,bicycles, or even trains.

$400 Answer from Achievements

Wheel

$500 Question from Achievements

What number was the Sumerian number System based on?

$500 Answer from Achievements

The number 60.

$100 Question from Test Questions

The word Mesopotamia means…

$100 Answer from Test Questions

“Land between the rivers”

$200 Question from Test Questions

If Hammurabi wrote his code in approximately 1800 BC, how many years ago did he write it?

$200 Answer from Test Questions

Approximately 3800 years ago.

$300 Question from Test Questions

A writer from ancienttimes is known as a what?

$300 Answer from Test Questions

A scribe.

$400 Question from Test Questions

The Sumerians built large,pyramid shaped temples in orderto worship their gods. These templeswere called…

$400 Answer from Test Questions

Ziggurats

$500 Question from Test Questions

Why did Mesopotamians build wallsaround their city-states?

$500 Answer from Test Questions

For protection.

$100 Question from Potpourri

This emperor created the first code oflaws in history.

$100 Answer from Potpourri

Hammurabi created the first codeof laws in history.

$200 Question from Potpourri

These men performed religious ceremonies.

$200 Answer from Potpourri

Priests.

$300 Question from Potpourri

Finish this law :“If a man put out the eye of anotherman, his __________________.”

$300 Answer from Potpourri

“eye shall be put out.”

$400 Question from Potpourri

Which crime brought a greater penalty? Injuring a poor man or injuring a wealthy man?

$400 Answer from Potpourri

Injuring a wealthy man broughta greater penalty.

$500 Question from Potpourri

These were probably Sumer’s mostfamous works of art. They were stone cylinders engraved with design that could be rolled across to leave behind an imprint. They were mostly used to show ownership of items.

$500 Answer from Potpourri

Cylinder seals.

Final Jeopardy

Give me three things the invention of farming caused.

Final Jeopardy Answer

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