Mesopotamia Jeopardy

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Mesopotamia Jeopardy Terms 100 200 300 400 500 Peop le 100 200 300 400 500 Firsts 100 200 300 400 500 Daily life 100 200 300 400 500

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Mesopotamia Jeopardy . Firsts 100 200 300 400 500. Terms 100 200 300 400 500. Daily life 100 200 300 400 500. People 100 200 300 400 500. The two rivers that bordered Mesopotamia. What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?. Terms for 100. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Terms for 100

• The two rivers that bordered Mesopotamia.

• What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?

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Terms for 200

• The term to describe extra goods or products.

• What is surplus?

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Terms for 300

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

• What is migrating?

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Terms for 400

• The modern day country in the area of Mesopotamia

• What is Iraq?

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Terms for 500

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

• What is reign?

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

a god and a hero.

• Who is Gilgamesh?

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People for 200

• Skilled workers are also called this.

• What are artisans?

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People for 300

• He created and ruled the first empire.

• Who is Sargon I?

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People for 400

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

• Who is Hammurabi?

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People for 500

• These people attended school in Mesopotamia.

• Who are wealthy boys?

Mesopotamians did NOT ride school busses.

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Firsts for 100

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

• What is irrigation?

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Firsts for 200

• This contribution helped improve transportation on rivers.

• What is the sailboat?

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Firsts for 300

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

• What is 60?

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Firsts for 400

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

• innocent until proven guilty• judges and witnesses• fines • death penalty

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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

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Daily life for 100

• What is the word for a Sumerian writer?

• Scribe

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Daily life for 200

• Why did Mesopotamians first invent a writing system?

• Keep trade records or business deals

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

• Who are priests and merchants?

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Daily Life for 400• This is where the Mesopotamians fed

the poor.

• At the ziggurat

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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