JEOPARDY

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JEOPARDY!
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• The Fertile Crescent

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JEOPARDY!
Geography
Sumer
Babylonia
Assyria
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The southern region of Mesopotamia.
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Land Between the Rivers.
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To protect against floods, farmers built a system
of ________ to keep the flood waters back and a
system of canals or an ____________ system to
bring water to crops and fields.
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With Hammurabi as its king, this city-state in
southern Mesopotamia began to reunite the
city-states of Sumer.
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At the height of its power, the Assyrian Empire
occupied these two continents.
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These were two of the most influential Sumerian
inventions. They would go on to influence the
Babylonian and the Assyrian Empires as well as
future civilizations.
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One of the main reasons city-states would fight
with each other was to gain control of these
geographic features.
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This king united all of the independent
city-states of Sumer. Then he extended his rule
to the north and west, built a new capital city
called Akkad and used cuneiform to help rule his
empire.
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This legendary character was a symbol of the
Sumerian Empires moral code.
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Explain the role of religion in Sumer.
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This king built dams across the Euphrates River
giving him the power to control the rivers water
flow to cause either floods or droughts.
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We know about the Code of Hammurabi because
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Interpret Hammurabis meaning Let the
oppressed, who have a case at law come and stand
before this my image as king of righteousness.
Let him read the inscription and understand my
precious words.
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Please explain Hammurabis Trial by Ordeal
theory.
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What do Hammurabis laws tell us about the
values/social make up of Babylonian society?
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These were among the first two city-states to
break away from the Babylonian Empire after
Hammurabis death.
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Assyria was able to conquer all of its
neighbors/city-states so easily because of this
advantage.
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The Assyrians brought ______________ to their
growing cities and forced them into slavery.
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How do we know that the Assyrians respected
Babylonian and Sumerian culture?
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• Why and how was the Assyrian Empire defeated?

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This makes a region a good place for farming. It
is loose soil carried by water.
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Laws letters, records, even riddles were written
in this kind of writing.
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A belief in many gods and goddesses.
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A raised waterway that can carry water from 30
miles away.
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A group of lands and people ruled by one
government.
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Mesopotamia is a part of this region.
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Because of __________ people became soldiers,
scholars, and leaders and villages grew into
cities.
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A flattened pyramid made of mud-brick, with a
temple on its flattened top.
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Women and slaves had more rights during the
__________ Empire.
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In what ways was Babylonia and Assyria similar?
Different?
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Final Jeopardy Category

• The Civilization Package

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Final Jeopardy

• What makes a civilization? Explain what factors
  are needed for society to be considered a
  civilization?