Mesopotamia Jeopardy Daily LifeReligionCulture Governmen t Potpourri Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Daily Life What were Mesopotamian homes made of?

$100 Answer from Daily Life Adobe

$200 Question from Daily Life These traveling groups of merchants carried valuable goods across the trade routes of Mesopotamia.

$200 Answer from Daily Life caravans

$300 Question from Daily Life Another named for “skilled workers” is…

$300 Answer from Daily Life artisans

$400 Question from Daily Life By studying the heavenly bodies these “star-gazers” mapped the constellations and chartered the movement of planets using mathematical calculations.

$400 Answer from Daily Life astronomers

$500 Question from Daily Life People who were enslaved usually became slaves because they were…

$500 Answer from Daily Life Prisoners of war, criminals or debtors

$100 Question from Religion This pyramid-like building was used for religious ceremonies.

$100 Answer from Religion ziggurat

$200 Question from Religion The worship of many gods is called…

$200 Answer from Religion polytheism

$300 Question from Religion What did the Sumerian priests offer to the gods so that they would not die?

$300 Answer from Religion food and drink

$400 Question from Religion Who lived at the top of Mesopotamian ziggurats?

$400 Answer from Religion A god(s)

$500 Question from Religion What was the name of the Mesopotamian Sky god who slew Tiamat and created the world?

$500 Answer from Religion Marduk

$100 Question from Culture What was Mesopotamian writing called?

$100 Answer from Culture cuneiform

$200 Question from Culture Who were the people whose job it was to record writing?

$200 Answer from Culture scribes

$300 Question from Culture Mesopotamian writing was written on…

$300 Answer from Culture clay tablets

$400 Question from Culture The Mesopotamians traded their ____________ or extra amounts of food and textiles in exchange for raw materials such as lumber and gold.

$400 Answer from Culture surplus

$500 Question from Culture What is the oldest recorded story?

$500 Answer from Culture “Epic of Gilgamesh”

$100 Question from Government A city that rules the land around it and acts like an independent country.

$100 Answer from Government city-state

$200 Question from Government A group of many lands under the leadership of one ruler.

$200 Answer from Government empire

$300 Question from Government What is the name of the first recorded laws?

$300 Answer from Government Hammurabi’s Code

$400 Question from Government A form of government where religious leaders have power.

$400 Answer from Government theocracy

$500 Question from Government This leader created Akkad, the first Mesopotamian Empire.

$500 Answer from Government Sargon

$100 Question from Potpourri Ancient Mesopotamia can be found between which two rivers?

$100 Answer from Potpourri Tigris and Euphrates

$200 Question from Potpourri The economy of Mesopotamia was based on these two things.

$200 Answer from Potpourri Farming and Trade

$300 Question from Potpourri Powerful empires often demanded this kind of “forced payment” from conquered lands.

$300 Answer from Potpourri tribute

$400 Question from Potpourri Mesopotamia can be found in the modern country of …

$400 Answer from Potpourri Iraq

$500 Question from Potpourri What is the name of the “C”- shaped arc (which includes Egypt and Mesopotamia) that is perfect for agriculture?

$500 Answer from Potpourri Fertile Crescent

Final Jeopardy What beautiful gift did this Babylonian king give to his wife to make her feel more at home?

Final Jeopardy Answer King Nebuchadnezzar and the Hanging Gardens