Two Rivers
Vocab Power
Name That Expert Project
Empires in Order
Totally Random
100

The two rivers of Mesopotamia

Tigris and Euphrates

100

The wedge-shaped writing system of Mesopotamie

Cuneiform

100

This King's code of laws said "an eye for an eye"

Hammurabi

100

The first civilization of Mesopotamia where cities like Ur began

Sumer

100

This yellow sponge lives in a pineapple under the sea

Spongebob SquarePants

200

Mesopotamia means the land _________ the rivers.

Between

200

A tall temple tower built to reach toward the heavens

Ziggurat

200

This is the World's oldest story that also tells a story of a great flood (not the Bible)

The Epic of Gilgamesh

200

Hammurabi ruled from this famous city

Babylon

200

Finish the lyric of this Encanto song: We don't talk about ____________

Bruno

300

This crescent-shaped region had rich soil good for farming.

The Fertile Crescent

300

Many cities and peoples ruled by one powerful ruler

Empire

300

This King collected thousands of tablets to gather all the world's knowledge

Ashurbanipal's Library

300

The warrior empire was known for its fierce army - and Ashurbanipal's library

Assyria

300

In Minecraft this green creature sneaks up on you and explodes

A creeper

400

The act of bringing water to dry fields through canals and ditches.

Irrigation

400

Something from the past that still shapes our world today - this was the subject of your third paragraph for the Expert Project

A legacy

400

The wheel, bronze, sailboat, and 60-minute hour all belong to this ancient civilization

Sumeria

400

The last great empire of the region, ruled by kings like Cyrus

Persia

400

This is the name of Huntrix's manager in K-Pop Demon Hunters

Bobby

500

Extra food beyond what peopled needed that let some people stop farming and learn other jobs.

Surplus

500

A person whose job was to read and write

Scribe

500

This king built the Ishtar Gate, and his city may have held the mysterious Hanging Gardens

Nebuchandnezzer's Babylon

500

Out of Assyria, Sumer, and Persia, which empire came first?

Sumer

500

This is the only food that never spoils - Ancient Egyptians left it in tombs and its still edible

Honey

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