1. PowerPoint Jeopardy MesopotamiaEgyptHebrewsWriting/ Phoenicians Miscellaneous 10 20 30 40 50

2. As war became more frequent in Mesopotamia, who took control of the city-states? Category 1 – 10 points

3. Mesopotamia means “lands between the rivers” in what language? Category 1 – 20 points

4. Mesopotamia is modern day what country? Category 1 – 30 points

5. What was the world’s first empire? Category 1 – 40 points

6. Hammurabi’s Code was created during which empire? Category 1 – 50 points

7. Who was in the Egyptian middle class? Category 2 – 10 points

8. What was the purpose of the pyramids? Category 2 – 20 points

9. Egypt was an example of a ___________ because the government was controlled by the religious leader. Category 2 – 30 points

10. What did the Rosetta Stone enable? Who discovered the Rosetta Stone? Category 2 – 40 points

11. What was the purpose of mummification? Category 2 – 50 points

12. Monotheists believe in ____ god(s) while Polytheists believe in _____ god(s). Category 3 – 10 points

13. What religious group settled in Palestine (Canaan)? Category 3 – 20 points

14. The Hebrews believed in one god named ________. Category 3 – 30 points

15. A ______ is a mutual promise between God and humanity. Category 3 – 40 points

16. Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt? Category 3 – 50 points

17. Which alphabet was created as a method to record trade transactions? Category 4 – 10 points

18. What was the earliest written language? (developed in Sumer) Category 4 – 20 points

19. A similarity between the Phoenicians and the Mesopotamians was that they both lived in ____ - ____. Category 4 – 30 points

20. The Phoenicians traded all along the coast of what body of water? Category 4 – 40 points

21. The most able seafarers of the Mediterranean were: Category 4 – 50 points

22. What does BCE stand for? Category 5 – 10 points

23. Earliest civilizations all developed near: Category 5 – 20 points

24. What activity has the greatest impact on cultural diffusion? Category 5 – 30 points

25. What is a ziggurat? Category 5 – 40 points

26. The main belief of Zoroastrianism is the constant battle between _____ and _____. Category 5 – 50 points