Download Jeopardy-Mesopotamia - Maples Elementary School

Mesopotamia
Leaders
Vocabulary
Social
Hierarchy
Neolithic
Age
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Mesopotamia is located in
present-day _____.
(Mesopotamia)
• Iraq ($100)
What two rivers was
Mesopotamia
between(Mesopotamia)
• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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Mesopotamia is considered
the ______ of Civilization.
(Mesopotamia)
• Cradle ($300)
Mesopotamia is also
known as this.
(Mesopotamia)
• Fertile Crescent ($400)
What does the word
Mesopotamia mean?
(Mesopotamia)
• Land between the two rivers
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He is an Akkadian King
who created the first
empire. (Leaders)
• Sargon ($100)
He made a set of laws that
dealt with criminals
(Leaders)
• Hammurabi ($200)
He built the Library at
Nineveh (Leaders)
• Ashurbanipal ($300)
He built the Hanging
Gardens of Babylon
(Leaders)
• Nebuchadnezzar ($400)
Took over after Hammurabi
died and made Babylon the
best city-state in
Mesopotamia (Leaders)
• Nebuchadnezzar ($500)
Structures created by
people to meet the needs
of society (Vocabulary)
• Social Institutions ($100)
A way to structure society
with richer at the top and
poorer at the
bottom(Vocabulary)
• Social Hierarchy/classes
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A city-state the becomes
so powerful, and makes an
ambry and conquers
territories. (Vocabulary)
• Empire ($300)
A person who was able to
read and write and had a
powerful role in society
(Vocabulary)
• Scribe ($400)
A group of people who
were seen as the best in
society because of their
wealth, talent, or
power.(Vocabulary)
• Elite ($500)
These are at the top of the
social pyramid (Social
Hierarchy)
• King ($100)
These are found on the
bottom of the social
pyramid (Social Hierarchy)
• Slaves ($200)
These are directly below
the priests (Social
Hierarchy)
• Scribes ($300)
Give an example of a
SKILLED laborer . (Social
Hierarchy)
• Weaver, blacksmith, potter,
merchant ($400)
Give an example of a
UNSKILLED laborer
.(Social Hierarchy)
• Soldier, farmer, shepherd,
laborer. ($500)
An event that happened
10,000 years ago when the
Earth’s climate warmed
(Neolithic Age)
• Great Thaw ($100)
An event which causes a
VERY significant change
in history
(Neolithic Age)
• Turning Point ($200)
Age of Foragers changed
to the _______ Age
(Neolithic Age)
• Agrarian ($300)
Another name for Neolithic
Age (Neolithic Age)
• Agrarian Age, or New Stone
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This increased rapidly
during this Age. (Neolithic
Age)
• Population ($500)
Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
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A type of society based on
farming and raising cattle.
Vocabulary 1)
• Agrarian ($200)
Having more than you
need (Vocabulary 1)
• Surplus ($400)
Believing in more than one
god (Vocabulary 1)
• Polythiestic ($600)
Writing that developed in
Sumer (Vocabulary 1)
• Cuneiform ($800)
Temple built for the gods
(Vocabulary 1)
• Ziggurat ($1000)
Assyrians made weapons
out of this (Vocabulary 2)
• Iron ($200)
A permanent community where people
live.
(Vocabulary 2)
• Settlement ($400)
When different people in
society take on specific jobs
that require unique skills
(Vocabulary 2)
• Specialization of Labor ($600)
Sumerians invented an
early form of this
(Vocabulary 2)
• Mathematics ($800)
What era do we live in?
(Vocabulary 2)
• Industrial Age ($1000)
List the 5 S’s of society
(Final Jeopardy)
• Settlement, surplus,
specialization of labor, social
hierarchy, and social institutions