Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia Click to Start

Go to Board 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.

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 $1,000,000  500,000500,000  500,000500,000  500,000500,000  100,000100,000  100,000100,000  100,000100,000  10,00010,000  10,00010,000  10,00010,000  1,0001,000  1,0001,000  1,0001,000   

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.

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 A. god or goddessA  C. cultureC.  B. language.B.  D. symbol. D. Each Mesopotamian city-state had its own …

 A. god or goddess $ 100

 A. between cities A. between cities to the south and north  C. near irrigation canals. C. near irrigation canals.  B. on the Nile River. B. on the Nile River.  D. on the Mediterranean D. on the Mediterranean  Sea. Sea. Babylon was a crossroads of trade because of its location

A. between cities to the south and north $ 100 Back to Board

 A. using ships to trade A. using ships to trade goods with other peoples.  C. conquering all the C. conquering all the lands west of the Persian Gulf.  B. telling tales of monsters B. telling tales of monsters that lived in the ocean.  D. controlling the D. controlling the supply of a valuable purple dye. The Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area by

Back to Board A. using ships to trade goods with other peoples. $100

 A. the Epic of Gilgamesh A. the Epic of Gilgamesh  C. the Ten Commandments C. the Ten Commandments  B. the Ziggurat of Ur B. the Ziggurat of Ur  D. Hammurabi’s Code D. Hammurabi’s Code Which of the following was the first written set of laws?

D. Hammurabi’s Code $ 1,000 Back to Board

 A. Mesopotamia A. Mesopotamia  C. Phoenicia C. Phoenicia  B. Assyria B. Assyria  D. Canaan D. Canaan Where did writing first develop?

Back to Board C. Empire $ 1,000

 A. the Nile River made A. the Nile River made it a prosperous area.  C. the area was C. the area was difficult to defend.  B. it was an important B. it was an important mining area.  D. the rivers there created D. the rivers there created very rich farmland. Civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent because

D. the rivers there created very rich farmland. $ 1,000 Back to Board

 A. they united under A. they united under one government  C. they developed C. they developed into separate city-states  B. they were frequently B. they were frequently destroyed by floods.  D. they were ruled D. they were ruled by one king and queen Cities in Sumer remained politically independent and…

C. they developed into separate city-states $ 10,000 Back to Board

 A. ruled by a powerful A. ruled by a powerful queen.  C. the site of a C. the site of a great library  B. located between B. located between cities to the south and north  D. surrounded by D. surrounded by massive walls. Babylon became an important center of trade because it was…

Back to Board B. located between cities to the south and north $ 10,000

 A. build the city A. build the city of Nineveh  C. conquer Mari C. conquer Mari  B. found the overland B. found the overland trade route to Asia  D. destroy the D. destroy the Assyrian Empire In 612 B.C., the Medes and Chaldeans joined forces to

Back to Board D. destroy the Assyrian Empire $10,000

 A. it was part of the A. it was part of the oral traditions of Babylonia  C. everyone in the C. everyone in the ancient world followed it  B. for the first time, B. for the first time, laws were written down  D. the laws applied D. the laws applied equally to all citizens Hammurabi’s Code was significant because…

Back to Board B. for the first time, laws were written down $ 100,000

 A. hire scribes A. hire scribes  C. learn to read and write. C. learn to read and write.  B. teach cuneiform B. teach cuneiform  D. learn cuneiform. D. learn cuneiform. The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to

Back to Board C. learn to read and write. $ 100,000

 A. the discovery A. the discovery of cuneiform  C. the founding C. the founding of Tyre  B. the conquest of Egypt B. the conquest of Egypt  D. the settlement of Canaan. D. the settlement of Canaan. One of the major events in the history of the Israelites was

Back to Board D. the settlement of Canaan. $100,000

 A. They worshipped one god. A. They worshipped one god.  C. They worshipped C. They worshipped many gods.  B. They did not have B. They did not have a written Bible  D. They made purple D. They made purple dye from snails. What were the Israelites known for that made them unique among ancient peoples?

Back to Board A. They worshipped one god. $ 500,000

 A. The warlike Phoenicians A. The warlike Phoenicians conquered their neighbors  C. Gold was discovered C. Gold was discovered near the city of Tyre  B. Phoenicia controlled B. Phoenicia controlled access to the cities of Sumer  D. S old valuable wood and dyed D. S old valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring peoples Why did Phoenicia become a thriving and wealthy region?

D. Sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring peoples $500,000 Back to Board

 A. the Nile and A. the Nile and Tigris rivers.  C. the Nile and C. the Nile and Euphrates rivers  B. the Tigris and B. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.  D. the Red Sea D. the Red Sea and the Tigris River. Mesopotamia was located on land?

Back to Board B. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. $ 500,000!

 A. disease and slavery A. disease and slavery  C. art and architecture C. art and architecture  B. religion, a system of B. religion, a system of bureaucracy, and Babylonian science.  D. a system of writing D. a system of writing What did the Persians spread through conquest and trade?

End of Game B. religion, a system of bureacracy, and Babylonian science. $ 1,000,000! Congratulations You are a Millionaire!

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