Transcript Ancient Mesopotamia Video Questions

Ancient Mesopotamia
Video Questions
1. What is archeology?
A: The study of beginnings
2: What does the Greek word,
“Mesopotamia” mean?
A: “Land between the (two) rivers”
3: What was one of the reasons people
started to dig between the Tigris and
the Euphrates Rivers?
A: To see if the stories in the Bible were true.
4. In what year did Americans first dig
in Mesopotamia?
A: 1889
5. Ur was described in the Bible as the
birthplace of _____________.
A: Abraham
6: Like the Egyptians, Sumerians
believed in an ___________.
A: Afterlife
7: In the royal tombs at Ur, a board
game was found similar to a game we
know as __________
A: Backgammon
8: Name two things the Sumerians
were the first to start.
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Educational system
Government
Architecture
Writing (cuneiform)
9: Built in the center of Sumerian cities
was a ___________
A: Ziggurat
10: Sumerians had at least _______
gods.
A: 3,000 (“polytheism” – the belief in
many gods)
11: Ur had a population of about
________ people.
A: 30,000 (world’s largest city in
2100 B.C.)
12: Name two foods that Sumerians
grew.
A: Wheat & barley (dates, veggies, too)
13: Most Sumerians died before the
age of ______
A: 40 years old
15: Iron was the metal from (1)_______
and was worth more than (2) _______.
A: (1) Heaven
(2) 8 x gold
16: Use an adjective to describe the
Assyrians.
A: Cruel
17: What was the Assyrians favorite
sport?
A: Lion Hunting
18: The discovery of Assyrian gold and
jewelry shows that the Assyrians were:
_________
A: Artists and craftsmen
19: What great civilization followed
Assyria?
A: Babylon
20: What is one thing you liked about
this video?
A: Any reasonable answer accepted