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PowerPoint JeopardyMesopotamia Ancient Egypt Monotheism Writing Miscellaneous

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Mesopotamia is a Greek term that means: Category 1 – 10 points

Land that was once Mesopotamia is now what modern day country?

Category 1 – 20 points

The region of Mesopotamia was referred to as:

Category 1 – 30 points

What 2 rivers ran through Mesopotamia?

Category 1 – 40 points

Were Mesopotamians monotheistic or polytheistic?

Category 1 – 50 points

What was the purpose of ancient Egyptian pyramids?

Category 2 – 10 points

A government controlled by religious leaders is called a:

Category 2 – 20 points

Ancient Egyptians settled along what river?

Category 2 – 30 points

What was the purpose of mummification?

Category 2 – 40 points

What was the name for Egyptian kings?

Category 2 – 50 points

Monotheists believe in: Category 3 – 10 points

The Hebrews believe in one god named:Category 3 – 20 points

The main belief of Zoroastrianism is that Earth is

a battleground between:Category 3 – 30 points

Who is the “Father of the Hebrews?”

Category 3 – 40 points

Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt

(escaping slavery)?Category 3 – 50 points

What was the first written language? (developed in Sumer)

Category 4 – 10 points

The ________ helped decipher hieroglyphics. Category 4 – 20 points

Why did the Phoenicians develop the Phoenician alphabet?

Category 4 – 30 points

Who found the Rosetta Stone?Category 4 – 40 points

Hieroglyphics consists of many ________.

Category 4 – 50 points

“An eye for an eye” refers to:

Category 5 – 10 points

What does BCE stand for?Category 5 – 20 points

What was an advantage for settlement along the Nile and Tigris - Euphrates?

Category 5 – 30 points

Earliest civilizations alldeveloped near what?Category 5 – 40 points

Polytheists believe in:Category 5 – 50 points