2. Mr. A’s World History Chapter 2: Ancient Mesopotamia

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4. Mesopotamia

5. Assyria

6. Babylonia

7. Israelites

8. Phoenicia

9. Meso/tamia AssyriaBabyloniaIsraelitesPhoenicia $100 $300 $200 $400 $500

10. CATEGORY 1 - $100 The first civilizations developed near what body of water?

11. CATEGORY 1 - $200 What modern-day country is involved in a war with our US soldiers and is located in the Mesopotamia region?

12. CATEGORY 1 - $300 The stretch of land from the cities of Jericho and Ebla to the Persian Gulf has great farmland and was known as the....

13. CATEGORY 1 - $400 Name three strong rulers of the Mesopotamia region that were polytheistic.

14. CATEGORY 1 - $500 What man became the first ruler of Mesopotamia?

15. CATEGORY 2 - $100 Assyria gained its power by being what and conquering what?

16. CATEGORY 2 - $200 What military weapon was an innovation of the Assyrians?

17. CATEGORY 2 - $300 What was Assyria’s capital city that had an outer wall 200 ft high and wide enough for three chariots to ride side-by-side on top?

18. CATEGORY 2 - $400 Why were the Assyrian people not popular with other Mesopotamian people?

19. CATEGORY 2 - $500 What Assyrian city was famous for its library that had thousands of clay tablets?

20. CATEGORY 3 - $100 The ancient city of Babylon was built between what two rivers?

21. CATEGORY 3 - $200 What Babylonian ruler is best known for his collection of laws?

22. CATEGORY 3 - $300 Under Hammurabi’s Code, what was the punishment for thieves?

23. CATEGORY 3 - $400 What ruler of New Babylon built a beautiful palace with ‘Hanging Gardens’ that became one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the Ancient World’?

24. CATEGORY 3 - $500 The story of what legendary Babylonian king became the world’s first epic or long poem about a hero?

25. CATEGORY 4 - $100 The Hebrew nation descended from Abraham and became known as the Israelites after what grandson?

26. CATEGORY 4 - $200 Were the Israelites ‘polytheistic’or‘monotheistic’?

27. CATEGORY 4 - $300 The ‘Ten Commandments’ became an important part of three major world religions. Name them.

28. CATEGORY 4 - $400 Name the first three kings of Israel (in order of their reign) before the kingdom was divided.

29. CATEGORY 4 - $500 Recite the TWO ‘silly’ sayings that help you remember the Ten Plagues and the Ten Commandments in order.

30. CATEGORY 5 - $100 The Phoenicians contributed two very important items to the world’s culture. What were they?

31. CATEGORY 5 - $200 The Phoenicians invented a new writing system made up of how many symbols?

32. CATEGORY 5 - $300 The Phoenicians lived along the coast of what major body of water?

33. CATEGORY 5 - $400 The Phoenicians became great sailors and traders; they built large ships and used the stars for navigation. What were their two principal ports (cities)?

34. CATEGORY 5 - $500 The Phoenicians dyed cloth the color of purple which only they could make using what?

35. CATEGORY 1 - $100 rivers

36. CATEGORY 1 - $200 Iraq

37. CATEGORY 1 - $300 Fertile Crescent

38. CATEGORY 1 - $400 Sargon the Great; Hammurabi; and Nebuchadnezzar II

39. CATEGORY 1 - $500 Sargon the Great

40. CATEGORY 2 - $100 warriors&cities

41. CATEGORY 2 - $200 battering ram

42. CATEGORY 2 - $300 Nineveh

43. CATEGORY 2 - $400 The Assyrians took people as slaves; took their silver, gold, crops, and livestock to build Assyrian cities.

44. CATEGORY 2 - $500 Nineveh

45. CATEGORY 3 - $100 Tigris & Euphrates

46. CATEGORY 3 - $200 Hammurabi

47. CATEGORY 3 - $300 Thieves were ‘put-to-death’

48. CATEGORY 3 - $400 Nebuchadnezzar II

49. CATEGORY 3 - $500 Gilgamesh

50. CATEGORY 4 - $100 Jacob (renamed Israel)

51. CATEGORY 4 - $200 Monotheistic (belief in only one God)

52. CATEGORY 4 - $300 Judaism (Jews) Christianity (Christians) Islam (Muslim)

53. CATEGORY 4 - $400 SaulDavidSolomon

54. CATEGORY 4 - $500 Bloody frogs and lice flies make sick cattle; boil hail with locusts is dark death. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GINS; Harry Kills All Scary Lying Creatures

55. CATEGORY 5 - $100 alphabet&trade

56. CATEGORY 5 - $200 22

57. CATEGORY 5 - $300 MediterraneanSea

58. CATEGORY 5 - $400 Tyre & Sidon

59. CATEGORY 5 - $500 An extinct shellfish called a ‘murex’ (or a type of sea-snail)

61. FINAL CATEGORY

62. INSERT FINAL QUESTION (ANSWER) HERE

63. WHAT OR WHO IS THE FINAL ANSWER? FINAL CATEGORY

64. END OF GAME Daily Doubles and usage notes follow...

69. JEOPARDY! Slide Show Notes The font for the question & answer slides is “Enchanted;” a copy of this font in located in the “REAL Jeopardy Template” folder. (This font will need to be installed in the C:/WINDOWS/FONTS folder of the computer running the show.) In order to keep all of the sounds and fonts together, copy the entire “REAL Jeopardy Template” folder. To change the categories: –1. Go to “Edit” and “Replace…” –2. In the Find box, type CATEGORY 1 (all caps) –3. In the Replace box, type the category in all caps (for example, PRESIDENTS) –4. Click Replace All... To use the Daily Double: –1. Choose which dollar values to set as Daily Double –2. Link that dollar value to one of the DD slides –3. Link the arrow on the DD slide to the correct question slide (so dollar/category match)

70. Running the JEOPARDY! Slide Show On the game board with the categories on top, click on the desired dollar value. (The first game board is used only to blink in the dollar values like the show.) ICONS: –? Go to the answer screen. –House Go back to the game board. –Right Arrow (on Daily Doubles) Go to the question screen. –Turned-up Arrow Reload question screen after incorrect guess