Mesopotamia Jeopardy

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Mesopotamia Jeopardy
Geography 100 200 300 400 500
People 100 200 300 400 500
Firsts 100 200 300 400 500
Writing 100 200 300 400 500
MesoMix 100 200 300 400 500
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Geography for 100

• The two rivers that bordered Mesopotamia.

• What are the Tigris and the Euphrates River?

Into what do the rivers empty?
The Persian Gulf
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Geography for 200

• Two ways that the Mesopotamians used their rivers
  (other than drink/bathe/food).

• What is transportation/trade?
• What is irrigation?
• What is clay (writing, bricks/building)
• What is punishment (e.g, water ordeal)
• Water clock

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Geography for 300

• When people or animals move from place to place
  they are doing this.

• What is migrating?

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Geography for 400

• The modern day country in the area of Mesopotamia

• What is Iraq?

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Geography for 500

• Two reasons why levees were built.

• What is to control floods and irrigate crops?

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People for 100

• A priest-king who was also considered a god and a
  hero.

• Who is Gilgamesh?

Why is this story important?
First story written down.
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People for 200

• These scientists examine objects left behind to
  understand human cultures.

• What are archaeologists?

What is an artifact?
An item made or modified by humans.
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People for 300

• If a king ruled from 69 BCE to 12 CE, this is the
  length of his reign ( years).

• What is 81 years?

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People for 400

• The period under his rule is considered the
  Golden Age of Babylonia.

• Who is Hammurabi?

His accomplishments?
Law code, unified empire with common god reforms
of irrigation, taxes, housing, etc.
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People for 500

• What was one of the rights of women in Sumer?

• Own property
• Run a business
• Own/Sell slaves
• Be a witness in court

Primary role?
housewife
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Firsts for 100

• This contribution helped farming.

• What is irrigation or the plow?

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Firsts for 200

• This contribution helped improve transportation.

• What is the wheel or sailboat?

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Firsts for 300

• This contribution created history.

• What is writing?

What invention kept track of time?
Water clock or calendar
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Firsts for 400

• Two ways in which Hammurabis code is similar to
  ours.

• What are the concepts of
• innocent until proven guilty
• judges and witnesses
• fines and death penalty
• written laws that all must follow

Differences?

• Only we have jails
• Only they cut off limbs
• Only they thought gods chose punishment

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Firsts for 500

• Two of the mathematical concepts introduced by
  the Mesopotamians
• (in addition to written numbers counting)

• 60 minutes in an hour
• 60 seconds in a minute
• 360 degrees in a circle
• Area calculations

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Writing for 100

• What is the word for a Sumerian writer?

• Scribe

Scribes responsibilities?
Record transactions Document government
activities Write down stories
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Writing for 200

• The name of Sumerian writing.

• What is cuneiform?

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Writing for 300

• They were the only ones who went to school to
  learn to write.

• Who are the sons of the rich?

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Writing for 400

• These were used to symbolize someones signature.

• What are cylinder seals?

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Writing for 500

• This is who ran the schools in ancient
  Mesopotamia.

• Who are the priests?

Where were classes held?
At Ziggurat
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MesoMix for 100

• The kind of arrangement (in place in the
  city-states) that passes a kings power from
  father to son.

• What is hereditary? (parent to child)

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MesoMix for 200

• What the Mesopotamians did with their surplus.

• What is they traded it?

During what age did Mesopotamia develop?
Neolithic (farming led to surplus or extra
food that could be traded)
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MesoMix for 300

• Two reasons why the ziggurat was important to
  city-states.

• Temple/Home of chief god
• Center of city-state
• School
• Where trading took place
• Where major events and celebrations took place
• Where poor were fed

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MesoMix for 400

• Describe two aspects of the religion in
  Mesopotamia.

• 3,000 gods and demons
• Gods represented natural forces
• Ziggurat is temple
• Priest-kings ran government
• Priests ran school
• Gods dispensed justice

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MesoMix for 500

• Three inferences of Mesopotamia based on the
  picture.

• Had written language (see cuneiform).
• Had leaders/social classes (size/position of man)
• Had army/weapons (men lined up behind leader)
• Had religion (looks like man is making an
  offering)