Mesopotamia Jeopardy

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People

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Firsts

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Daily life

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Prehistory/

Archaeology

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Terms for 100

• The two rivers that bordered Mesopotamia.

• What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?

Terms for 200

• The term to describe extra goods or products.

• What is surplus?

Terms for 300

• A monarch flies to Mexico for the winter. This is an example of ______.

• What is migrating?

Terms for 400

• The modern day country in the area of Mesopotamia

• What is Iraq?

Terms for 500

• A term for the length of a king or queen’s rule.

• What is reign?

People for 100• A priest-king who was also considered

a god and a hero.

• Who is Gilgamesh?

People for 200

• Skilled workers are also called this.

• What are artisans?

People for 300

• He created and ruled the first empire.

• Who is Sargon I?

People for 400

• He reorganized taxes in Mesopotamia and created a housing system for the poor.

• Who is Hammurabi?

People for 500

• These people attended school in Mesopotamia.

• Who are wealthy boys?

Mesopotamians did NOT ride school busses.

Firsts for 100

• The term watering crops using canals from a water source.

• What is irrigation?

Firsts for 200

• This contribution helped improve transportation on rivers.

• What is the sailboat?

Firsts for 300

• The Mesopotamian number system used this number as a base.

• What is 60?

Firsts for 400

• Two ways in which Hammurabi’s code is similar to ours.

• innocent until proven guilty

• judges and witnesses

• fines

• death penalty

Firsts for 500• 2 ways Mesopotamian number system

is used today.

• 60 minutes in an hour

• 60 seconds in a minute

• 360 degrees in a circle

Daily life for 100

• What is the word for a Sumerian writer?

• Scribe

Daily life for 200

• Why did Mesopotamians first invent a writing system?

• Keep trade records or business deals

Daily Life for 300

• 2 jobs of the members of the Mesopotamian upper class.

• Who are priests and merchants?

Daily Life for 400• This is where the Mesopotamians fed

the poor.

• At the ziggurat

Daily Life for 500

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

P &A for 100

• The term for a man-made object

• What is an artifact?

P &A for 200

• A ten-year period.

• What is a decade?

P &A for 300

• This was invented in the Neolithic Revolution.

• Farming and herding

P &A for 400

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 500

• 4 effects of the Neolithic Revolution.

–Population grew

–villages

–specialization

–writing

–government