Mesopotamia 5 Jeopardy Template

Geography	Religion	Achievements	Politics & Economic	Social Structures
100 What was the climate like in Mesopotamia? Very dry, and not a lot of rain	100 What is to worship many Gods? Polytheistic	100 What is the wheel? Created by Mesopotamia that is used everyday in modern life	100 What is sheep's wool? Women created cloth out of material to sell for their families	100 What are villages? Before the cities Mesopotamia was made up of
200 What are the two modern day countries is Mesopotamia located in? Modern day Iraq and Kuwait	200 What was the 11 day New Years festival? When Mesopotamian's fate was decided by the God's	200 What are records or laws? Sumer developed writing so they could keep	200 What was Babylon? The city known for a strong central government	200 What are slaves? Assyrian's often conquered cities and forced people to become
300 What type of land was Mesopotamia on? Dry, hot, flat plain	300 What is the name of the temples where Mesopotamian's worshiped their God's? Ziggurats	300 What is Base 60? Like base 10, the Mesopotamian's created their own number system	300 Where is outside of the cities? The crops would grow and livestock would live here	300 What are skirts? Men and women wore a similar clothing item
400 What are four of the natural resources found in Mesopotamia? Wood, stone, metal, and clay	400 What are their special possessions? Mesopotamian's were buried with their	400 What are great engineering abilities? The Assyrians proved to have abilities that other cities did not have	400 Who is Sargon the Great from Akkad? The man conquered all of Mesopotamia at one point	400 Who are the sons of wealthy families? Children who got to go to school and learn to write
500 What are the four civilizations in Mesopotamia that are mentioned in the text? The cities of Ur, Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria	500 Where is Babylon? The "religious center" of Mesopotamia	500 What are 12 sections? The sky was divided in to sections by the Mesopotamian's	500 Where is Syria, Africa, and India? The traders for Mesopotamia would travel far and wide to reach different economies	500 Who are the merchants, scribes, and craftspeople? People who were below the military leaders but above the herders in the social class

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