1. Mesopotamia
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Life in Ancient Mesopotamia 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question
This Sumerian King was the inspiration for the world’s first monomyth

4. Answer 1 – 10
Gilgamesh

5. Question
This Babylonian King was the first person to record laws

6. Answer 1 – 20
Hammurabi

7. Question
This Akkadian King was known for his military prowess

8. Answer 1 – 30
Sargon I

9. Question
This Assyrian King wasn’t all bad, he did build a pretty fantastic library afterall…

10. Answer 1 – 40
Ashurbanipal

11. Question
Name the most important of the Mesopotamian Kings. Be sure to back up your answer with 3 facts from class.

12. Answer 1 – 50
Your choice…

13. Question
This was the first EVER civilization because they invented literacy…

14. Answer 2 – 10
SUMER!

15. Question
This civilization was created by Sargon I and focused primarily on military

16. Answer 2 – 20
Akkad

17. Question
This civilization took the best of both Akkadian and Sumerian civilizations when creating their own

18. Answer 2 – 30
Babylon

19. Question
This was the last of the Mesopotamian civilizations and it fell as the result of Persian invasion

20. Answer 2 – 40
Assyria

21. Question
This civilization became very wealthy because they controlled trade over the rivers

22. Answer 2 – 50
Babylon

23. Question
The first set of recorded laws was referred to as:

24. Answer 3 – 10
Hammurabi’s Code

25. Question
This is the name of the first monomyth

26. Answer 3 – 20
The Epic of Gilgamesh

27. Question
In Hammurabi’s Code, these people had the least amount of power

28. Answer 3 – 30
Slave women

29. Question
Gilgamesh was able to defeat Humbaba by:

30. Answer 3 – 40
Pulling out his insides, including his tongue

31. Question
What Gilgamesh held in his hand as he floated down the river to Nippur when he defeated Humbaba:

32. Answer 3 – 50
Humbaba’s head

33. Question
Mesopotamia means:

34. Answer 4 – 10
The land between two rivers

35. Question
Mesopotamians built these in an attempt to stop the river from flooding their fields

36. Answer 4 – 20
Levee

37. Question
The name for Mesopotamian writing

38. Answer 4 – 30
Cuneiform

39. Question
When you write something down for all to see (in Mesopotamia’s case, it was laws)

40. Answer 4 – 40
Codify

41. Question
A Mesopotamian temple was called this:

42. Answer 4 – 50
A ziggurat

43. Question
The lowest level of the Mesopotamian class system

44. Answer 5 – 10
Slave

45. Question
If you were alive in Mesopotamia the thing that was most important to you…on no you didn’t call me a Mahenjo-Daran

46. Answer 5 – 20
Your hair

47. Question
A women in Mesopotamia was unable to:

48. Answer 5 – 30 Give evidence in court Ask for a divorce
Hold government office

49. Question
Most Mesopotamians worshiped a god with this animal’s head

50. Answer 5 – 40
A goat

51. Question
The best word to describe the people of Mesopotamia (they were this was as a result of environmental factors):

52. Answer 5 – 50
Pessimistic