Transcript POWERPOINT JEOPARDY

GEOGRAPHY
VOCABULARY
ACHIEVEMENTS
CULTURE
HAMMURABI
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Question 1 - 10
• NAME THE 2 RIVERS THAT NOURISHED
ANCIENT MESOPOTOMIAN CIVILIZATION.
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WHAT ARE THE TWO RIVERS THAT
NOURISHED ANCIENT
MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION
• TIGRIS AND THE EUPHRATES.
WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN
THE SAME AREA AS ANCIENT
MESOPOTAMIA
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COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME AREA AS
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
IRAQ
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGE
BODY OF WATER TO THE SOUTH OF
MESOPOTAMIA?
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WATERWAY TO THE SOUTH OF
MESOPOTAMIA ?
PERSIAN GULF
WHAT IS THE NAME WHICH REFERS TO THE REGION KNOWN
TODAY AS THE MIDDLE EAST?
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WHAT IS THE NICKMANE FOR MESOPOTAMIA THAT REFERS TO
THE GOOD FARM LAND NEAR THE RIVERS AND ITS SHAPE?
FERTILE CRESCENT
EXPLAIN HOW SUMER’S GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS ABILITY
TO DEFEND ITSELF
.
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EXPLAIN HOW SUMER’S GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS ABILITY
TO DEFEND ITSELF.
SUMER HAD NO NATURAL
BOUNDARIES, LARGE SEAS OR
MOUNTAINS TO PROTECT IT SO IT
WAS OFTEN UNDER ATTACK.
A PROFESSIONSAL WRITER FOR
THE GOVERNMENTS, TEMPLES
AND BUSINESS
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GOVERNMENT, THE TEMPLES AND
BUSINESS.
SCRIBE
A POLITICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF
A CITY AND THE SURROUNDING
COUNTRYSIDE
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CONSISTING OF A CITY AND
SURROUNDING COUNTRY SIDE
CITY-STATE
WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A
SUMERIAN CITY-STATE
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WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A
SUMERIAN CITY-STATE?
• ZIGGURAT
A SYSTEM FOR WATERING CROPS
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A SYSTEM FOR WATERING CROPS
– IRRIGATION
A SOCIETY WHICH HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT,
ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF
MATHMATICS, SCIENCE, ARTS AND WRITING
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A SOCIETY THAT HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT,
ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF
SCIENCE, MATHMATICS, ARTS AND WRITING.
• CIVILIZATION
THIS SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT
CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY IT AS PART
OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY
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THIS SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT
CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY IT AS PART
OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY
• WRITING, CUNEIFORM
NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT
TO GOVERNMENT
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NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED
TO GOVERNMENT
• THE CODE OF HAMMURABI; CODE OF LAWS
NAME TWO ACHIEVEMENTS
RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
NAME TWO ACHIEVEMENTS
RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
• WHEEL, SAIL, CHARIOT
NAME TWO SUMERIAN
ACHIEVMENTS RELATED TO WATER
CONTROL
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NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT
RELATED TO IRRIGATION
• LEVEES, CANALS, AQUEDUCTS
NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT
RELATED TO MATHEMATICS
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NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT
RELATED TO MATHEMATICS
• GEOMETRY, TIME, CALENDAR
BRAIN SURGERY
EXPLAIN ONE WAY SUMERIANS
USED CUNEIFORM.
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EXPLAIN ONE WAY SUMERIANS
USED CUNEIFORM.
• TO KEEP RECORDS OF
TRADES AND OTHER
BUSINESS DEALS
• TO WRITE LAWS
• TO WRITE STORIES
• KEEP TRACK OF
IMPORTANT EVENTS
WHAT WAS A ZIGGURAT USED
FOR?
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WHAT WAS A ZIGGURAT USED
FOR?
ZIGGURATS WERE USED MOSTLY AS A TEMPLE FOR THEIR GODS. THEY
COULD ALSO BE USED AS WAREHOUSES AND OFFICES.
MESOPOTAMIANS WERE POLYTHEISTIC.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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MESOPOTAMIANS WERE POLYTHEISTIC.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
• THEY BELIEVED IN
QUEEN AND PRIESTESS
MANY GODS AND
GODDESSES.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A
FAMOUS MESOPOTAMIAN STORY?
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A
FAMOUS MESOPOTAMIAN STORY?
• THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE
MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL PYRAMID.
KING
UPPER
MIDDLE
SLAVES
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EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE
MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL PYRAMID.
• THE HIGHER ON THE
PYRAMID, THE MORE
POWER YOU HAD.
ALSO, THE HIGHER ON
THE PYRAMID, THE
FEWER PEOPLE WOULD
BE IN THAT SOCIAL
CLASS.
MOST
POWER
LEAST
POWER
FEWEST
PEOPLE
MOST
PEOPLE
WHAT WAS HAMMURABI’S CODE?
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WHAT WAS HAMMURABI’S CODE?
• A SET OF 282 LAWS
COVERING ALL ASPECTS
OF MESOPOTAMIAN
LIFE
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MARRIAGE & DIVORCE
TRADE
CRIME
FARMING
WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE DID HAMMURABI
BELIEVE IN?
WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE DID HAMMURABI
BELIEVE IN?
• “EYE FOR AN EYE” JUSTICE
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WHAT YOU DO, WILL BE YOUR PUNISHMENT
SOUNDS EQUAL, BUT HAMMURABI’S CODE WAS NOT AN EXAMPLE
OF EQUALITY
• POOR AND SLAVES DID NOT RECEIVE THE SAME JUSTICE AS RICH,
UPPERCLASSMEN.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI’S
EMPIRE AND HOW DID HE GAIN CONTROL
OF THE REGION?
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI’S
EMPIRE AND HOW DID HE GAIN CONTROL
OF THE REGION?
• THE BABYLONIAN
EMPIRE
• HE DAMMED THE RIVER
(TURNED IT “OFF”) AND
THEN OPEN THE DAM’S
GATES (TURNED IT BACK
“ON”) AND FLOODED
THE PEOPLE INTO
DEFEAT
DID HAMMURABI’S CODE
DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY?
EXPLAIN.
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DID HAMMURABI’S CODE
DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY?
EXPLAIN.
• HAMMURABI’S CODE DID NOT DEMONSTRATE
EQUALITY. THE POOR AND SLAVES DID NOT
SEE THE SAME CONSEQUENCES OR JUSTICE AS
THE RICH OR UPPER CLASS.
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF
HAMMURABI’S CODE?
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WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF
HAMMURABI’S CODE?
• TO PROTECT THE
PEOPLE OF HIS EMPIRE
AND MAKE SURE THERE
WAS PEACE WITHIN HIS
EMPIRE