Transcript POWERPOINT JEOPARDY - Ancient History 10

Mesopotamians
Mesopotamian
Civilizations
Primary
Documents
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Life in Ancient
Mesopotamia
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Famous
Question 1 - 10
• This Sumerian King was the inspiration for the
world’s first monomyth
Answer 1 – 10
• Gilgamesh
Question 1 - 20
• This Babylonian King was the first person to
record laws
Answer 1 – 20
• Hammurabi
Question 1 - 30
• This Akkadian King was known for his military
prowess
Answer 1 – 30
• Sargon I
Question 1 - 40
• This Assyrian King wasn’t all bad, he did build
a pretty fantastic library afterall…
Answer 1 – 40
• Ashurbanipal
Question 1 - 50
• Name the most important of the
Mesopotamian Kings. Be sure to back up your
answer with 3 facts from class.
Answer 1 – 50
• Your choice…
Question 2 - 10
• This was the first EVER civilization because
they invented literacy…
Answer 2 – 10
• SUMER!
Question 2 - 20
• This civilization was created by Sargon I and
focused primarily on military
Answer 2 – 20
• Akkad
Question 2 - 30
• This civilization took the best of both Akkadian
and Sumerian civilizations when creating their
own
Answer 2 – 30
• Babylon
Question 2 - 40
• This was the last of the Mesopotamian
civilizations and it fell as the result of Persian
invasion
Answer 2 – 40
• Assyria
Question 2 - 50
• This civilization became very wealthy because
they controlled trade over the rivers
Answer 2 – 50
• Babylon
Question 3 - 10
• The first set of recorded laws was referred to
as:
Answer 3 – 10
• Hammurabi’s Code
Question 3 - 20
• This is the name of the first monomyth
Answer 3 – 20
• The Epic of Gilgamesh
Question 3 - 30
• In Hammurabi’s Code, these people had the
least amount of power
Answer 3 – 30
• Slave women
Question 3 - 40
• Gilgamesh was able to defeat Humbaba by:
Answer 3 – 40
• Pulling out his insides, including his tongue
Question 3 - 50
• What Gilgamesh held in his hand as he floated
down the river to Nippur when he defeated
Humbaba:
Answer 3 – 50
• Humbaba’s head
Question 4 - 10
• Mesopotamia means:
Answer 4 – 10
• The land between two rivers
Question 4 - 20
• Mesopotamians built these in an attempt to
stop the river from flooding their fields
Answer 4 – 20
• Levee
Question 4 - 30
• The name for Mesopotamian writing
Answer 4 – 30
• Cuneiform
Question 4 - 40
• When you write something down for all to
see (in Mesopotamia’s case, it was laws)
Answer 4 – 40
• Codify
Question 4 - 50
• A Mesopotamian temple was called this:
Answer 4 – 50
• A ziggurat
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• The lowest level of the Mesopotamian class
system
Answer 5 – 10
• Slave
Question 5 - 20
• If you were alive in Mesopotamia the thing
that was most important to you…on no you
didn’t call me a Mahenjo-Daran
Answer 5 – 20
• Your hair
Question 5 - 30
• A women in Mesopotamia was unable to:
Answer 5 – 30
• Give evidence in court
• Ask for a divorce
• Hold government office
Question 5 - 40
• Most Mesopotamians worshiped a god with
this animal’s head
Answer 5 – 40
• A goat
Question 5 - 50
• The best word to describe the people of
Mesopotamia (they were this was as a result
of environmental factors):
Answer 5 – 50
• Pessimistic