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Click to Start Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia How to Play: • Each table will represent a team. • All teams will receive a dry-erase board & marker. • Questions will appear on the board with point values ranging from $100- $1,000,000. – The questions will be worth more money as the game progresses. Go to Board • A question will appear on the board with 4 possible answers. • All teams will discuss possible answers, write final answers on their dry-erase boards, and wait for the rest of the teams to finish. • The teams who answer correctly will have the amount of money the question is worth added to their score. THE TEAM WITH THE MOST MONEY AT THE END OF THE GAME WINS! $1,000,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 100 100 100 Click to return to question, Cont-P to switch to the pen, cross out two incorrect answers, then Cont-A to switch back to pointer. Click to return to the question and poll the class Click on link to Ask Jeeves, or click on this oval to return to question and ask a friend Each Mesopotamian city-state had its own … A. god or goddess B. language. C. culture D. symbol. A. god or goddess $ 100 Babylon was a crossroads of trade because of its location A. between cities to the south and north C. near irrigation canals. B. on the Nile River. D. on the Mediterranean Sea. A. between cities to the south and north $ 100 Back to Board The Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area by A. using ships to trade goods with other peoples. C. conquering all the lands west of the Persian Gulf. B. telling tales of monsters that lived in the ocean. D. controlling the supply of a valuable purple dye. A. using ships to trade goods with other peoples. $100 Back to Board Which of the following was the first written set of laws? A. the Epic of Gilgamesh B. the Ziggurat of Ur C. the Ten Commandments D. Hammurabi’s Code D. Hammurabi’s Code $ 1,000 Back to Board Where did writing first develop? A. Mesopotamia B. Assyria C. Phoenicia D. Canaan C. Empire $ 1,000 Back to Board Civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent because A. the Nile River made it a prosperous area. B. it was an important mining area. C. the area was D. the rivers there created very rich farmland. difficult to defend. D. the rivers there created very rich farmland. $ 1,000 Back to Board Cities in Sumer remained politically independent and… A. they united under one government B. they were frequently destroyed by floods. C. they developed D. they were ruled into separate city-states by one king and queen C. they developed into separate city-states $ 10,000 Back to Board Babylon became an important center of trade because it was… A. ruled by a powerful queen. C. the site of a great library B. located between cities to the south and north D. surrounded by massive walls. B. located between cities to the south and north $ 10,000 Back to Board In 612 B.C., the Medes and Chaldeans joined forces to A. build the city of Nineveh B. found the overland trade route to Asia C. conquer Mari D. destroy the Assyrian Empire D. destroy the Assyrian Empire $10,000 Back to Board Hammurabi’s Code was significant because… A. it was part of the oral traditions of Babylonia C. everyone in the ancient world followed it B. for the first time, laws were written down D. the laws applied equally to all citizens B. for the first time, laws were written down $ 100,000 Back to Board The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to A. hire scribes B. teach cuneiform C. learn to read and write. D. learn cuneiform. C. learn to read and write. $ 100,000 Back to Board One of the major events in the history of the Israelites was A. the discovery of cuneiform C. the founding of Tyre B. the conquest of Egypt D. the settlement of Canaan. D. the settlement of Canaan. $100,000 Back to Board What were the Israelites known for that made them unique among ancient peoples? A. They worshipped one god. B. They did not have C. They worshipped D. They made purple many gods. a written Bible dye from snails. A. They worshipped one god. $ 500,000 Back to Board Why did Phoenicia become a thriving and wealthy region? A. The warlike Phoenicians conquered their neighbors C. Gold was discovered near the city of Tyre B. Phoenicia controlled access to the cities of Sumer D. Sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring peoples D. Sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring peoples $500,000 Back to Board Mesopotamia was located on land? A. the Nile and Tigris rivers. B. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. C. the Nile and Euphrates rivers D. the Red Sea and the Tigris River. B. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. $ 500,000! Back to Board What did the Persians spread through conquest and trade? A. disease and slavery C. art and architecture B. religion, a system of bureaucracy, and Babylonian science. D. a system of writing B. religion, a system of bureacracy, and Babylonian science. $ 1,000,000! Congratulations You are a Millionaire! End of Game Sorry, try again! Thanks for playing!