Transcript MESOPOTAMIAN JEOPARDY

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5 POINT QUESTION
YOU WOULD HAVE
ENOUGH FOOD FOR YOUR
PEOPLE IF YOU
MAINTAINED THIS.
5 POINT ANSWER
a: WHAT IS A STABLE FOOD
SUPPLY?
10 POINT QUESTION
THE POPULATION
INCREASED IN THE
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS, SO
THE SUMERIANS DECIDED
TO DO THIS.
10 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS MOVE TO THE
FOOTHILLS?
15 POINT QUESTION
THIS MADE FARMING
DIFFICULT IN SUMER, SO
THEY DECIDED TO CREATE
AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
15 POINT ANSWER
a: WHAT IS AN
UNCONTROLLED WATER
SUPPLY?
20 POINT QUESTION
THIS WAS A PROBLEM ALL
FOUR MESOPOTAMIAN
EMPIRES FACED, WHICH IS
WHY THEY WERE
EVENTUALLY BROKEN UP.
20 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS TOO LARGE A
LAND AREA TO CONTROL?
25 POINT QUESTION
BECAUSE THE SUMERIAN
CITY-STATES WERE
INDEPENDENT OF ONE
ANOTHER, THEY COULD
NOT AVOID THIS.
25 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS BEING
DEFENSELESS AGAINST
LARGER, STRONGER
GROUPS?
5 POINT QUESTION
HAMMURABI IS BEST
REMEMBERED FOR THIS.
5 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS THE “CODE OF
LAWS”?
10 POINT QUESTION
KING SARGON AND THE
AKKADIANS USED THIS TO
GAIN POWER OVER THE
SUMERIANS.
10 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS MILITARY
STRATEGY?
15 POINT QUESTION
DAILY DOUBLE!
THESE BROUGHT WATER
INTO THE CITY IN THE
ASSYRIAN EMPIRE.
15 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT ARE AQUADUCTS?
20 POINT QUESTION
NEBUCHADREZZAR II
BUILT TWO WALLS, SOME
TOWERS, AND A MOAT
AROUND HIS CAPITAL FOR
THIS REASON.
20 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS PROTECT THE
CITY FROM ATTACK?
25 POINT QUESTION
THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF
THIS EMPIRE WAS MORE
ADVANCED FOR ITS TIME
BECAUSE IT GAVE SOME
RIGHTS TO WOMEN, AND
SLAVES.
25 POINT ANSWER
A: WHAT IS THE
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE?
5 POINT QUESTION
SCRIBES WERE
IMPORTANT TO THE
SUMERIAN GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE THEY DID THIS.
5 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS WRITE DOWN
LAWS?
10 POINT QUESTION
THESE WERE INITIALLY
BUILT IN SUMER TO
PREVENT FLOODING IN
THE SPRING.
10 POINT ANSWER
A: WHAT ARE LEVEES?
15 POINT QUESTION
THERE IS PROOF THE
SUMERIANS LIVED AFTER
THE STONE AGE BECAUSE
THEY CREATED THIS.
15 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS COPPER
JEWELRY?
20 POINT QUESTION
SOCIAL ORDER WAS
MAINTAINED IN SUMER,
BECAUSE THE CITIZENS
HAD THIS BELIEF ABOUT
THEIR KING.
20 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS BEING CHOSEN
BY THE GODS?
25 POINT QUESTION
THE KING WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR
LEADING THE ARMY,
ENFORCING LAWS, AND
DOING THIS IN SUMER.
25 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS HAVING
TEMPLES BUILT?
5 POINT QUESTION
THIS INVENTION MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR SUMERIAN
ARMIES TO USE
CHARIOTS.
5 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS THE WHEEL?
10 POINT QUESTION
THIS INNOVATION HELPED
THE PEOPLE OF SUMER
PROTECT THEIR CITY
FROM ATTACK.
10 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS THE
CONSTRUCTION OF
MOATS?
15 POINT QUESTION
THIS INVENTION MOST
AFFECTED THE FOOD
SUPPLY IN ANCIENT
SUMER.
15 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS THE PLOW?
20 POINT QUESTION
THIS WOULD BECOME
CLOGGED WITH SILT, SO
SUMERIANS HAD TO
WORK WITH OTHER
VILLAGES TO MAINTAIN
IT’S EFFECTIVENESS.
20 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS AN IRRIGATION
SYSTEM?
25 POINT QUESTION
DAILY DOUBLE!
THIS INNOVATION ADDED
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY
TO SUMERIAN BUILDINGS.
25 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS THE ARCH?
5 POINT QUESTION
THIS IS THE GREEK WORD
FOR “LAND BETWEEN
TWO RIVERS”.
5 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS MESOPOTAMIA?
10 POINT QUESTION
BECAUSE SUMERIANS
TRANSITIONED INTO
THESE SELF-GOVERNING
NATIONS AFTER 500
YEARS, THEY WERE
KNOWN AS THIS.
10 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT ARE CITY-STATES?
15 POINT QUESTION
SUMERIANS BUILDING
STRONG WALLS OF MUD
BRICKS, OR BUILDING
DAMS & RESERVOIRS TO
PREVENT FLOODING OF
MOUTAIN SNOW, ARE
BOTH EXAMPLES OF THIS
THEME OF GEOGRAPHY .
15 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS HUMANENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION?
20 POINT QUESTION
AKKADIANS GOT
RESOURCES TO BUILD UP
THEIR CAPITAL CITY BY
COLLECTION THIS FROM
CONQUERED PEOPLES.
20 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT IS TRIBUTE?
25 POINT QUESTION
SUMERIAN PEOPLE
EXPRESSED THEIR
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS BY
CONSTRUCTING TEMPLES
AND RELIGIOUS TEMPLES
CALLED THIS.
25 POINT ANSWER
a. WHAT ARE ZIGGURATS?