Mesopotamia Jeopardy
Terms
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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