Jeopardy Geography Legacy Vocabulary Way of Life Other Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500

$100 Question from A Mesopotamia is located mostly in what modern day country?

$100 Answer from A Iraq

$200 Question from A Name the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.

$200 Answer from A Tigris & Euphrates

$300 Question from A Mesopotamia has what type of climate?

$300 Answer from A Hot and dry

$400 Question from A What body of water do the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers empty into?

$400 Answer from A Persian Gulf

$500 Question from A What was left behind after the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded each year?

$500 Answer from A Silt

$100 Question from B The Sumerians were the first people in the world to form a, which means they had their own government, laws and complex institutions.

$100 Answer from B Civilization

$200 Question from B Why do we know so much about the history and legacy of the Sumerians?

$200 Answer from B They left written records

$300 Question from B What did they invent that made farming much easier?

$300 Answer from B The plow

$400 Question from B What did the Sumerians invent that they used in pottery and travel?

$400 Answer from B The wheel

$500 Question from B The Sumerians were the first in the world to do this with their language. Why did they do it?

$500 Answer from B Make a written language to keep track of records of sales.

$100 Question from C A community that includes a city and its nearby farmlands.

$100 Answer from C City-state

$200 Question from C A temple where priests sacrificed and people worshipped and paid taxes. In other words, the center of city life.

$200 Answer from C ziggurat

$300 Question from C With a of food, people couldn’t have specialized jobs.

$300 Answer from C Surplus

$400 Question from C A metal made from a mixture of copper and tin. It made tools stronger and last longer.

$400 Answer from C Bronze

$500 Question from C What tool did the scribes use to write cuneiform on clay tablets?

$500 Answer from C A stylus

$100 Question from D What did the Sumerians build their homes out of? Why?

$100 Answer from D Mud bricks because it was all they had.

$200 Question from D Why did people learn how to read and write, at first?

$200 Answer from D To keep business records

$300 Question from D Why did the Sumerians invent a calendar?

$300 Answer from D To keep track of when it was time to plant and harvest.

$400 Question from D Why were the priests so important to the Sumerians?

$400 Answer from D People believed they had access to the gods and they controlled the irrigation system.

$500 Question from D How did the Sumerians harness the water from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

$500 Answer from D They built irrigation canals that they used to water crops and to travel for trade.

$100 Question from E What “first” was Hammurabi’s Laws?

$100 Answer from E The 1 st time laws were written down for all to see. They established order & the idea that the law applies to everyone.

$200 Question from E What was the main reason the Sumerians developed a surplus of food?

$200 Answer from E Their irrigation system led to enough water for crops.

$300 Question from E Besides water for crops, what else were the canals used for?

$300 Answer from E To travel for trade.

$400 Question from E Why did the Sumerians eventually have a king?

$400 Answer from E Because when they went to war, they needed somebody to lead them.

$500 Question from E What happens when a few people are able to produce enough food for everyone else?

$500 Answer from E People can have specialized jobs, such as merchants, priests, jewelry makers, home builders, etc.