POWERPOINT JEOPARDY

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Early Humans Edition
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7 Markers of a Civilization Geography Social Organization Beliefs and Values Grab Bag
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7 Markers of a Civilization

• Art and Architecture how long were the brick
  walls that surrounded the ancient city of Uruk?

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7 Markers of a Civilization

• 10 Km

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7 Markers of a Civilization

• Communication and Language Early Mesopotamian
  writers were referred to as these

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7 Markers of a Civilization

• Scribes

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7 Elements of a Civilization

• Food and Shelter Grade 8 students at Ecole River
  Heights ate these four Mesopotamian foods

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7 Markers of a Civilization

• Bread
• Honey
• Pomegranate
• Dates

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7 Markers of a Civilization

• Work and Trade Early Mesopotamians were often
  paid in barley and oil which was measured out in
  these ancient containers

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7 Markers of a Civilization

• Beveled Rim Bowls

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7 Markers of a Civilization

• Tools and Technology List at least four Sumerian
  ideas or inventions

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7 Markers of a Civilization

• The Sail
• The Plow
• The Wheel
• Writing (Cuneiform)
• Hammurabis Code of Laws (1st legal code)
• Base 60 number system

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Geography- 10

• Mesopotamia is located in this geographic region

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Geography 10

• The Middle East

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Geography- 20

• Due to the lack of natural barriers for defense,
  Mesopotamians developed these

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Geography 20

• Brick Walls

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Geography- 30

• Mesopotamia lies in the valley between these two
  rivers

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Geography 30

• Tigris and the Euphrates

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Geography- 40

• Mesopotamias curved shape and the richness of
  its soil led scholars to give it this nickname

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Geography 40

• The Fertile Crescent

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Geography - 50

• Name two inventions or ideas that Sumerians used
  to control nature and advance agriculture

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Geography 50

• Canals for irrigation
• Mud bricks
• Central Government
• Land Surveys and maps
• Laws

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Social Organization- 10

• What is the difference between a society and a
  civilization?

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Social Organization 10

• A civilization is more complex and has more
  advanced institutions

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Social Organization- 20

• Mesopotamian urban centers as well as the lands
  that surrounded them are referred to as these

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Social Organization 20

• City-states

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Social Organization- 30

• A series of rulers from the same family is
  referred to as this

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Social Organization 30

• A dynasty

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Social Organization- 40

• The first governments were under the control of
  these

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Social Organization 40

• Temple priests

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Social Organization - 50

• This King built the Hanging Gardens

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Social Organization 50

• King Nebuchadnezzar II

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Beliefs and Values - 10

• Mesopotamians held a belief in many gods which is
  also known as this

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Beliefs and Values 10

• Polytheism

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Beliefs and Values - 20

• This epic poem captures the founding of Uruk and
  the trials of one of its great leaders

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Beliefs and Values 20

• The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Beliefs and Values - 30

• According the Hammurabis Law, if you removed
  someones eye you received this punishment

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Beliefs and Values 30

• The removal of your own eye

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Beliefs and Values - 40

• These walled temples also served as centers of
  government

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Beliefs and Values 40

• Ziggurats

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Beliefs and Values - 50

• In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the death of this wild
  man inspires Gilgameshs quest for immortality

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Beliefs and Values 50

• Enkidu

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Grab Bag - 10

• Name this fruit

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Grab Bag 10

• Pomegranate

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Grab Bag - 20

• This board game was invented in ancient
  Mesopotamia

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Grab Bag 20

• Checkers

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Grab Bag - 30

• This structure is considered to be one of the 7
  Wonders of the Ancient World

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Grab Bag 30

• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Grab Bag - 40

• Name the type of Mesopotamian writing displayed
  here

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Grab Bag 40

• Cuneiform

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Grab Bag - 50

• Explain the connection between this image and
  ancient Mesopotamia

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Grab Bag 50

• Mesopotamians were the first group of people to
  divide time units into 60 parts