Transcript Ancient World History Jeopardy

Ancient World
History Jeopardy
Chapter2
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A professional writer…
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What is a SCRIBE?
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The land between 2 rivers…
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What is MESOPOTAMIA?
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A city that has a separate,
independent state complete with
gods/goddesses, government, army,
and king…
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What is a CITY-STATE?
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A belief in many gods…
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What is POLYTHEISM?
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Sumerian stories about gods that
explain people’s beliefs…
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What are MYTHS?
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An area of many territories and
peoples that are controlled by one
government…
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What is an EMPIRE?
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A group of travelers who lived during
the Babylonian Empire…
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What is a CARAVAN?
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Our greatest contributions came through
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Who are the ASSYRIANS?
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I became the new king of Babylon…
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Who is NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
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The religion of Zoroastrianism was
practiced by this group of people…
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Who are the PERSIANS?
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An organized system of laws…
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What is a CODE?
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“An eye for an eye” refers to…
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What is HAMMURABI’S CODE?
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This scribes of this group of people
recorded sales and trades, tax
payments, gifts for the gods, along
with marriage and death records…
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Who are the SUMERIANS?
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The Sumerians form of writing…
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What is CUNEIFORM?
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I ruled Babylonia from 1792 to 1750
B.C. To this day my work has been
copied by other civilizations and
societies…
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Who is HAMMURABI?
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We were considered masters
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Who are the PHOENICIANS?
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What is the PHOENICIAN
ALPHABET?
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What is MONOTHEISM?
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Very little food around…
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What is a FAMINE?
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A binding agreement…
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What is a COVENANT?
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A set of rules that people lived by
in the Jewish religion…
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What are the TEN
COMMANDMENTS?
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A highly respected religious
teacher or leader…
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What is a PROPHET?
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A scattering of a group of
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What is a DIASPORA?
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It greatly affected Christianity and
Islam…
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What is JUDAISM?
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The Sumerians created a temple
site that was like a “stairway to
heaven”…
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What is a ZIGGURAT?