1. Ancient Civilizations Jeopardy
THE GAME

2. Sumerians
Babylonians
Farming
Phoenicians
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3. Sumerians 100 Why were Ziggurats significant in Sumerian society?
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4. Sumerians 200 What was the treatment like for men and women in Sumer?
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5. Sumerians 300
Even though cities in Sumer shared a common culture and language they were not united under a single ruler. How did Sumerian government work?
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6. Sumerians 400
What were the significance of scribes in Sumerian society?
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7. Sumerians 500
The city of Sumer was located in Mesopotamia. What drew people to this area and allowed people to flourish as a civilization?
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8. Babylonians 100
Who was the Babylonian king that united the Babylonian Empire and developed a system of laws?
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9. Babylonians 200
Why was Hammurabi’s Code so important?
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10. Babylonians 300
How does the expression “an eye for an eye” help us to describe Hammurabi’s Code?
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11. Babylonians 400
What role did social class have on the punishments defined under Hammurabi’s Code?
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12. Babylonians 500 How did the Babylonians acquire much of their wealth?
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13. Farming 100
How does silt help to improve farming?
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14. Farming 200
What is irrigation?
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15. Farming 300 Why is Mesopotamia an ideal place for farming to develop?
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16. Farming 400
Why is flooding considered a positive thing and a negative thing for the people of Mesopotamia?
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17. Farming 500 What is the effect of a food surplus on a population?
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18. Phoenicians 100
Why were the purple snails significant to Phoenician culture?
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19. Phoenicians 200 What is the significance of the Phoenician alphabet?
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20. Phoenicians 300
How did the Phoenicians monopolize trade in the Atlantic?
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21. Phoenicians 400
Where did the Phoenicians primarily settle?
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22. Phoenicians 500
How did the Phoenicians alphabet differ from cuneiform?
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23. Vocabulary 100
What is the belief in more than one god?
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24. Vocabulary 200
Who were the Chaldeans?
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25. Vocabulary 300
What is a city-state?
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26. Vocabulary 400
What is a social hierarchy?
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27. Vocabulary 500
What was the early wedge and line shaped system of writing called?
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28. Sumerians 100 Answers
The Ziggurats were believed to be a set of stairs that the gods would descend to come down to Earth

29. Sumerians 200 Answers
Men and women were treated differently in Sumerian society. The men were usually given more important positions and the women were usually in charge of the household

30. Sumerians 300 Answers
In Sumeria each city remained a politically independent city-state. A city state is a city that is also a separate, independent state. Each city had its own special god, or goddess, its own government, its own army, and its own king.

31. Sumerians 400 Answers
Scribes were professional writers. They were significant because they kept records for kings and priests and allowed history to be recorded.

32. Sumerians 500 Answers
Mesopotamia was located between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. These rivers would annually flood and deposit rich nutrients and minerals in the soil. This made the Fertile Crescent area a place where agriculture was able to develop.

33. Babylonians 100 Answers
Hammurabi was the Babylonian king that created the Babylonian Empire

34. Babylonians 200 Answers
Hammurabi’s Code was important because it was written down. This allowed everyone to know the laws and to know the punishments. These are also important because they are the earliest recorded laws that we have discovered.

35. Babylonians 300 Answers
The expression roughly means that whatever you do to me I will do back to you. This was the idea that the code was based around. In other words, the punishment should fit the crime

36. Babylonians 400 Answers
Social class was an important factor to consider when your punishment was being determined. The higher your social class the less severe your punishment should be. If you were a member of a lower social class your punishment could be very severe

37. Babylonians 500 Answers
The Babylonians acquired much of their wealth through trading. Babylon was a crossroads of trade because of its location, though this also made it a target to be attacked.

38. Farming 100 Answers
Silt is a mineral rich soil that helps to improve the growth of crops (makes the land ideal for farming)

39. Farming 200 Answers
Irrigation is the process of bringing water to crops. This increases the sustainability of crops and allows you to grow even when other conditions don’t allow it, especially in a dry environment.

40. Farming 300 Answers
Farming develops in Mesopotamia because the land is located on fertile soil between the Tigris and the Euphrates River.

41. Farming 400 Answers
The flooding of the river provides mineral rich silt which makes the area good for farming, but it also can be a destructive force that destroys crop, livestock, and even kills people (unpredictable!).

42. Farming 500 Answers
A food surplus allows you to have an increased population. This can let you have specialized jobs and the other components that lead to civilization.

43. Phoenicians 100 Answers
The purple snails produced a vibrant purple dye. This allowed the Phoenicians to produce a dye that was valuable and they were able to trade this and get wealthy.

44. Phoenicians 200 Answers
The Phoenician alphabet was far easier to learn than cuneiform. This allowed writing to be done by more people and helped to simplify trade among different people

45. Phoenicians 300 Answers
The Phoenicians invented stories of sea monsters in the Atlantic and used these stories in order to create a monopoly of trade.

46. Phoenicians 400 Answers
The Phoenicians primarily settled on the coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea

47. Phoenicians 500 Answers
The Phoenician alphabet had only 22 characters as compared to the thousands found in cuneiform. The Phoenician alphabet was also accessible to individuals and not just to the scribes.

48. Vocabulary 100 Answers
This is polytheism and was a staple of early Middle Eastern religion

49. Vocabulary 200 Answers
The Chaldeans were a group from the Syrian Desert that conquered the Assyrian empire. They rebuilt Babylon and featured the Hanging Gardens in their empire. They also became a center of astronomy and developed a calendar system and solved complex geometry problems.

50. Vocabulary 300 Answers
A city-state is a city and the surrounding rural countryside. City-states fought for control in ancient Sumer and each gained power and prominence at different points in the history of Mesopotamia.

51. Vocabulary 400 Answers
A social hierarchy is a social class system. It places people in a position in society that determines their power. Priests are usually placed near the top and the farmers and farmers are placed at the bottom of the pyramid in spite or their size and importance to society.

52. Vocabulary 500 Answers
When the scribes combined symbols to make groups of wedges and lines this was known as cuneiform