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Unit 2: Team Review Challenge
Mr. Kontos
Ancient World History
Unit 2: Team Review Challenge
• I can demonstrate application of the Empires
of Mesopotamia by providing the answers to
review questions by playing the Geography
Challenge Game.
Unit 2: Team Review Challenge
Rules of the game: How to answer
• Each team will be given a dry erase board,
marker and eraser. You will use this to write
your answers.
• The dry erase board will start with the person
sitting at seat A. After each turn you will pass
the board to your left so the next person will be
the recorder.
• After your group decides on an answer, write
down your answer on your dry erase board.
Then turn it over so no other groups can see
your answer.
Unit 2: Team Review Challenge
Rules of the game: How to score points
• A question will be posted for the entire class
on the board.
• You will have 20 seconds to talk with your
group, decide on an answer, and write that
answer down.
• If your group has the correct answer you will
receive a point.
• For challenge questions, you will have the
opportunity to wager some or all of your
points.
Practice Question
Who is the Mayor of Dearborn?
-Mayor O’reiley
Question 1
Why were Sumerian communities
called city-states? ?
-The city had it’s own laws, leaders
and land like a mini country.
Question 2
The name of Mesopotamia comes
from its location, which was?
-Between two rivers
Question 3
Which fact allowed Neolithic people to
farm in the foothills of the Zagros
Mountains?
A. Goats can live on dry grass.
B. The region had plenty of rain.
C. Shallow canals watered the fields.
D. Harsh climates are good for grains?
-B
Question 4
Why did the rivers flood in the spring?
-Snow and ice melted in the
mountains
Question 5
What was the chief purpose of dams
and reservoirs?
-Control the floods and store water for
later use
Question 6
Why was silt a problem for the people
of Sumer?
-Would clog the canals and stopped
the flow of water to the fields.
Question 7
Why did the villages of Sumer depend
on each other?
-To keep the canals clear of silt and for
protection.
Question 8
Using natural resources found in the
environment, Sumerians built strong
walls with what material?
-Bricks made from mud and baked in
the sun.
Question 9
A society has a stable food supply if?
-Has enough food for all of its people
and has some left over. Or a surplus.
Question 10
Which one of these inventions most
affected the food supply in Sumer?
A. the arch
B. the plow
C. the wheel
D. the chariot?
-The Plow.
Challenge Question Wager
You will be asked a challenge question.
The question is not something we
talked about in social studies so it may
be difficult. You may wager all, some
or none of your points.
Wager wisely, if you get the question
wrong you loose the points wagered.
Question 11
Why were scribes important in
Sumerian government?
-They were the only ones who could
write.
Question 12
If you were in ancient Sumer, you
might see a levee beside a river. Why
was the levee built?
-To stop the river from flooding.
Question 13
Which evidence shows that the
Sumerians lived after the Stone Age?
-We found bronze tools.
Question 14
Which invention made it possible for
Sumerian armies to use chariots?
-The invention of the wheel.
Question 15
What evidence found by
archaeologists shows that Sumerians
were not prehistoric?
-Found written language
Question 16
Records of the goods people
exchanged were made on?
-Clay tablets
Question 17
The Sumerians were a civilization but not an
empire. What feature did the Akkadian,
Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that the
Sumerians lacked?
A. One government ruled several groups.
B. Rulers claimed to get power from the gods.
C. Many beautiful works of art were produced.
D. Public works such as irrigation were
organized?
-A
Question 18
Who was the king of the Akkadian
Empire?
-Sargron
Question 19
Which of these did the Akkadians use
to gain power over Sumer?
A. military strategy
B. economic wealth
C. religious teachings
D. complex technology?
-Military strategy.
Question 20
The Akkadians used steles to?
-Record important events.
Challenge Question Wager
You will be asked a challenge question.
The question is not something we
talked about in social studies so it may
be difficult. You may wager all, some
or none of your points.
Wager wisely, if you get the question
wrong you loose the points wagered.
Question 21
For what is Hammurabi best
remembered?
-His written cold of laws.
Question 22
What was the purpose of Assyrian
aqueducts?
-To bring water to the city.
Question 23
Which city was the capital of the
Assyrian Empire?
-Nineveh.
Question 24
Who conquered the land of the
Israelites and took many Israelites to
Babylon as captives?
-Nebuchadnezzar.
Question 25
Why did Nebuchadnezzar build two
walls, some towers, and a moat
around his capital?
-He wanted to keep the city safe.
Question 26
What empire did Hammurabi rule?
-The Babylonian Empire.
Question 27
What empire had the worlds first big
library?
-Assyrian.
Question 28
What was the most important
achievement of the Akkadian’s?
-The worlds first empire
Question 29
A problem that all four Mesopotamian
empires had was difficulty in?
-The time before written history.
Question 30
A problem that all four Mesopotamian
empires had was difficulty in?
-Controlling a large area of
land/territory.
Final Question Wager!
This is the final question of the game.
You may wager any amount of points
you currently have but you may not
wager more than you have.
Remember if you get the question
wrong you will loose all of those
points!
Wager Wisely!
Final Question!