Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. *with points

Geography

1

What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?

Tigris and Euphrates

worth 1 livestock and 1 surplus

2

Name all the seas and the 1 gulf near Mesopotamia. 

Black Sea

Caspian Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Red Sea

Persian Gulf

worth 1 livestock and 1 surplus

3

Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means?

worth 1 surplus

land between the rivers.

worth 1 surplus

4

Mesopotamia is in Southwest Asia. The Fertile Crescent is _________________.

Asia

the green arch area of fertile farmland.

worth 1 surplus and one livestock

5

What were the 2 big problem with the rivers? 

a. too much water = _________ worth a livestock

b. too little water = __________ worth a surplus

floods 

droughts

worth a soldier

6

What is the system of supplying water to an area of dry land? spin the wheel of destiny

a. irrigation

b. canal

c. basin

irrigation

worth a surplus and livestock (2 green)

7

What is a storage basin used for? 

to store water

worth a trade card

Religion

1

Who is Enlil? 

The god of air, wind, and storms.

worth 1 livestock

2

Who is Enki? 

Enki was the god of water,  wisdom, intellect, and magic. He is said to have shaped the world.

Worth 1 livestock

3

Who is the goddess of love and war? 

Choose 2 names (worth 1 priest)

Inanna

Ishtar

Nanna

Enlil

a. Inanna/Ishtar

worth two green

4

Who is Nanna (sometimes called Sin) the god of?

The moon.

worth 2 surplus

5

Who is Utu the god of?

The sun

worth 1 metal

6

Who performs religious task to please the gods? 

priest

worth 1 priest

7

What word means belief in many gods? 

polytheism

worth 1 metal

Achievements

1

What invention was created and attached to wagons or carts and later turned in to a potter's _______. 

Wheel 

worth 1 carpenter

2

What is this Sumerian invention that broke through the hard clay to help plant seeds and crops.

plow

worth 2 green cards

3

What is the first writing system which used wedged-shaped symbols called?

cuneiform

worth a scribe

4

What is the musical instrument called?

worth 1 metal

lyre

worth an artisan

5

What is a large pyramid shaped temple in Sumer?

Ziggurat

worth a ziggurat 40

6

What is a human made water way?

a canal

worth a surplus +a 20

7

What is this called and define it. (use flipbook)

a cylinder seal: a stone cylinder engraved with symbols and rolled over wet clay

worth 1 metal +scribe

Politics

1

The first people to settle down in Mesopotamia and form city-states were the _____________.

a. Sumerians

b. Assyrians

c. Chaldeans

d. Akkadians

a. Sumerians   worth a 50 Sumerian

2

This legendary king of Uruk  and went on adventures with his friend Enkidu. They killed a demon.

a. Gilgamesh

b. Hammurabi

c. Sargon

Gilgamesh

worth a 25 soldier

3

King of Babylon that is known for creating the 282 code of laws that were written down. Ex: An eye for an eye

Hammurabi's Code

worth a soldier 25

4

Who is Sargon? Fill in the fact  below

a. He created the world's first ________ by conquering all of Mesopotamia and the city-states.

b. He was the first emperor and earned respect by eating with his soldiers.

c. He used bow and arrows in his conquest.

earn 5 pts

5

 He made his capital Akkad and the empire was known as the _____________ Empire.

a. Sumerian

b. Akkadian

c. Uruk

Akkadian

earn 5

6

What does this law mean?

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” 

a. it means that the person will have equal punishment that was done to their victim.

b. It means they take their eyes and teeth

c. It means that the person will lose an eye or a tooth but only one.

a.it means that the person will have equal punishment that was done to their victim.

earn 10

7

Fill in facts about the Phoneicians.

They were expert ________ and traded on the Mediterranean sea.

They traded _______-dyed fabrics

They created an _______or letters that formed into words. 

bonus: worth 10

They created many _______ or new ports.

They were expert sailors/shipbuilders and traded on the Mediterranean sea.

They traded purple-dyed fabrics

They created an alphabet.

They created many _______ or new ports. 

(colonies)

worth a 40 trade card

Economy/Politics continued

1

What does monarch mean? 

worth 1 king if you have at least 2 soldiers, 3 different orange division of labors, 1 surplus and 1 livestock.

a king

earn a spin on the wheel of luck

2

What is a series of territories, kingdoms or city-states under one ruler.

a. empire

worth 5

3

What word means city?

urban

worth 5

4

What word means countryside?

rural

worth 1 surplus

5

What is a city and all the countryside around it called?

a. city-state

worth 1 metal

6

The ____________were sailors that traded on the Mediterranean sea. They traded purple dyed fabric.

Phoneicians 

worth a trade card 40

7

What is a bulla?

a clay ball with cuneiform that was used to keep track of trade transactions. 

worth 1 trade card 

Social Classes

1

Who was at the top?

kings/gods

earn 50

2

Slaves are at the bottom. They are owned. This is because they were 

a. captured in war

b. owed money and have to work it off

c. none are correct

d. both a and b are correct

worth a spin at the wheel of destiny

d. both a and b are correct

3

Who were in the lower class? (worth 1 surplus)

a. peasants and farmers

b. priests and nobles

c. crafts people, scribes, artisans and merchants.

a. peasants and farmers

earn 5

4

Who were in the middle class? (worth 1 crafter)

a. peasants and farmers

b. priests and nobles

c. crafts people, scribes, artisans and merchants.

c. crafts people, scribes, artisans and merchants.

earn 20

5

What are artisans or crafts people examples? (worth an artisan)

a. pottery maker, jewelry maker, scribe, weaver

b. ditch or canal digger

c. a god

a. pottery maker, jewelry maker, scribe, weaver

earn 20

6

What is important defense against other city-states?

Name 2 ways they would protect themselves.

walls and soldiers

earn a solider

7

Who was the most important job and without this job there would be no civilization?

Explain why. 

(only answers that are correct will get to earn the secret prize)

farmers because they produce the crops and surplus food.

Sumerian population increase you earned another 50 point Sumerian card

Vocabulary

1

What is a poem that was written about a hero called?

a. journey

b. epic

c. fable

b. epic

worth 1 metal

2

What is a horse drawn cart used in battle called? ______

chariot

worth 1 carpenter 

3

What is the division of society by rank or class?

a. division of labor

b. social hierarchy

b. social hierarchy

worth 1 surplus, 1 metal and 1 livestock

4

What are special jobs?

a. division of labor

b. social hierarchy

a. division of labor

worth 1 surplus, 1 metal and 1 livestock 

5

What is a professional writer?

scribe

worth a scribe 

earn 30

6

What is surplus?

a. extra amount usually food

b. a lack of food

c. a lack of water

a. extra amount usually food.

worth a surplus or a livestock your choice

earn 10

7

What is a pictograph?

picture symbols 

worth a spin on the wheel of destiny

Video Division of labor

1

What job did the Sumerians get really good at that it allowed people to quit and become other jobs?  6:39

farming

earn 50 Sumerians

2

What did farming villages become? Watch 6:53

city-states

earn 25 soldiers

3

Where do the rich people like the priest and merchants live? 7:37

near the ziggurat

earn 40 (a ziggurat)

4

what are they really good at making? 8:19

mud bricks

earn 20

5

What job is she learning to become? 9:21

a scribe

earn 20

6

Name 6 jobs. _________, ________, grind grain, ______, ____________, slaves, king and _______. 

9:32  

potter

fisherman

traders

musicians

priest

earn 50

7

9:32

How did some become a slave?  

slaves: captured in war or if you owe money/taxes

earn 10