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Mesopotamia
Terms Geography The First Civilization Life in Sumer Early Empires
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Bonus Question 5000 pts
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Terms 1 200

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• A belief in many gods or goddesses is called
  __________.
• Answer
• polytheism

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Terms 1 400

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• A metal that is a mixture of copper and tin is
  called __________.
• Answer
• bronze

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Terms 1 600

• Question
• A picture or drawing that represents a word or
  idea is called ____________.
• Answer
• pictograph

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Terms 1 800

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• An ancient region of Southern Mesopotamia is
  called ____________.
• Answer
• Sumer

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Topic 1 1000

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• A political unit that includes a city and its
  nearby farmlands
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• City-state

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Geo 200

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• What is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates
  rivers called?
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• Mesopotamia

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Geo 400

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• Why was the area between the rivers so good for
  growing crops?
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• The flooding rivers deposited silt.

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Geo 600

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• They were able to trade due to a crop ________.
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• surplus

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Geo 800

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• Flat land bordering a river is called a
  _________.
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• Floodplain

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Geo 1000

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• A climate of little rainfall and warm temperature
  is called ____________.
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• Semiarid

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1st Civil 200

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• What was the first civilization called?
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• Sumer

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1st Civil 400

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• Where did the priest collect payments and
  conducted religious services?
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• The citys ziggurat

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1st Civil 600

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• What did they early Mesopotamians organize
  themselves into?
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• City-states

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1st Civil 800

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• New leaders who took control eventually became
  known as ____________.
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• kings

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1st Civil 1000

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• What are the 5 Traits of Civilization?
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• Advanced Cities
• Specialized Workers
• Complex Institutions
• Record Keeping
• Advanced Technology

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Sumer 200

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• Who were at the top of the upper classes?
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• Kings and priests

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Sumer 400

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• Who was in every class in Sumerian society?
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• women

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Sumer 600

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• What advancement did the Sumerian make?
• Clay pots
• Ride horses
• The wheel
• farm
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• The wheel

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Sumer 800

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• What was the purpose of developing the worlds
  first writing system?
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• To keep business records

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Sumer 1000

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• Who kept records for the Sumerians?
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• Scribes

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Empires 200

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• Who built the Hanging Gardens of Bablyon?
• Cyrus
• Hammurabi
• Sargon
• Nebuchadnezzar II
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• Nebuchadnezzar II

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Empires 400

• Question
• Who created a set of written laws to help him
  rule his empire?
• Sargon
• Hammurabi
• Cyrus
• Nebuchadnezzar II
• Answer
• Hammurabi

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Empires 600

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• Who were the most cruel in conquering and
  governing their empire?
• Persians
• Chaldeans
• Akkadians
• Assyrians
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• Assyrians

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Empires 800

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• What is exile?
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• Forcing peole to move from their homelands to
  another place far away

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Empires 1000

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• What is the region of land that curves between
  the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
  called?
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• The Fertile Crescent

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Bonus Question 5000 pts.

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• Complete the Traits of Civilization chart
• Traits Example
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• 4.
• 5.
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• 1. Advanced Cities Kish, Nippur, Ur
• 2. Specialized Workers priests, kings, artisans
• 3. Complex institutions Temple, army schools
• 4. Record Keeping writing
• 5.Advanced technology wheel, plow, irrigation

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Daily Double
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Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the
Question write you win that money If you get it
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• The Winner Of The Last Round
• Write Down How Much Money
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