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10 20 30 40 50 Famous Mesopotamians Mesopotamian Civilizations Primary Documents Terms Life in Ancient Mesopotamia 10 20 30 40 50

Question 1 - 10 This Sumerian King was the inspiration for the world’s first monomyth

Answer 1 – 10 Gilgamesh

Question 1 - 20 This Babylonian King was the first person to record laws

Answer 1 – 20 Hammurabi

Question 1 - 30 This Akkadian King was known for his military prowess

Answer 1 – 30 Sargon I

Question 1 - 40 This Assyrian King wasn’t all bad, he did build a pretty fantastic library afterall…

Answer 1 – 40 Ashurbanipal

Question 1 - 50 Name the most important of the Mesopotamian Kings. Be sure to back up your answer with 3 facts from class.

Answer 1 – 50 Your choice…

Question 2 - 10 This was the first EVER civilization because they invented literacy…

Answer 2 – 10 SUMER!

Question 2 - 20 This civilization was created by Sargon I and focused primarily on military

Answer 2 – 20 Akkad

Question 2 - 30 This civilization took the best of both Akkadian and Sumerian civilizations when creating their own

Answer 2 – 30 Babylon

Question 2 - 40 This was the last of the Mesopotamian civilizations and it fell as the result of Persian invasion

Answer 2 – 40 Assyria

Question 2 - 50 This civilization became very wealthy because they controlled trade over the rivers

Answer 2 – 50 Babylon

Question 3 - 10 The first set of recorded laws was referred to as:

Answer 3 – 10 Hammurabi’s Code

Question 3 - 20 This is the name of the first monomyth

Answer 3 – 20 The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 3 - 30 In Hammurabi’s Code, these people had the least amount of power

Answer 3 – 30 Slave women

Question 3 - 40 Gilgamesh was able to defeat Humbaba by:

Answer 3 – 40 Pulling out his insides, including his tongue

Question 3 - 50 What Gilgamesh held in his hand as he floated down the river to Nippur when he defeated Humbaba:

Answer 3 – 50 Humbaba’s head

Question 4 - 10 Mesopotamia means:

Answer 4 – 10 The land between two rivers

Question 4 - 20 Mesopotamians built these in an attempt to stop the river from flooding their fields

Answer 4 – 20 Levee

Question 4 - 30 The name for Mesopotamian writing

Answer 4 – 30 Cuneiform

Question 4 - 40 When you write something down for all to see (in Mesopotamia’s case, it was laws)

Answer 4 – 40 Codify

Question 4 - 50 A Mesopotamian temple was called this:

Answer 4 – 50 A ziggurat

Question 5 - 10 The lowest level of the Mesopotamian class system

Answer 5 – 10 Slave

Question 5 - 20 If you were alive in Mesopotamia the thing that was most important to you…on no you didn’t call me a Mahenjo-Daran

Answer 5 – 20 Your hair

Question 5 - 30 A women in Mesopotamia was unable to:

Answer 5 – 30 Give evidence in court Ask for a divorce Hold government office

Question 5 - 40 Most Mesopotamians worshiped a god with this animal’s head

Answer 5 – 40 A goat

Question 5 - 50 The best word to describe the people of Mesopotamia (they were this was as a result of environmental factors):

Answer 5 – 50 Pessimistic