LOCATION
EMPIRES
THE LAND
WAR/DAILY LIFE
THE LEFTOVER STUFF
100
THIS IS THE AREA WHERE MESOPOTAMIA WAS LOCATED A. SOUTH AMERICA B. MIDDLE EAST C. AFRICA D. MARINA'S BACK YARD
MIDDLE EAST (B)
100
ONE OF THESE CULTURES FORMED AN EMPIRE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA; A) LIBYANS B) BABYLONIANS C) PERSIANS D) THOMAS & FRIENDS
What is BABYLONIANS (B)
100
THIS WORD MEANS THE BITS OF DIRT AND PEBBLES THAT ARE CARRIED DOWN A RIVER. A) SILT B) SOIL C) STUFF
What is SILT (A)
100
THIS TERM MEANS "RAINFALL OR SNOWFALL" A. PRECIPITATION B. HAIL C. CLOUD COVER D. OH GREAT...NOW MY NEW OUTFIT IS WET!!!
What is PRECIPITATION (A)
200
THIS IS THE MODERN DAY COUNTRY WHERE MESOPOTAMIA USED TO BE A. IRAN B. ISRAEL C. IRAQ D. THE EMPIRE OF SAM
What is IRAQ (C)
200
TRUE OR FALSE: THE ASSYRIANS WERE A POWERFUL CIVILIZATION AT ONE TIME ON ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
What is TRUE
200
THE WORD "MESOPOTAMIA" MEANS... A. THE MIDDLE LAND OF THE WORLD B. THE MOST FERTILE LAND C. THE LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS D. THE LAND OF POTATOES
What is C (TWO RIVERS....)
200
"DIKE" IS A TERM THAT MEANS A. LOW WALL MADE OF EARTH (SOIL, MUD ETC) B. A DOCK WHERE BOATS CAN SAIL FROM C. A TYPE OF CANOE D. A LARGE FORT
What is A (LOW WALL....)
300
MESOPOTAMIA WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THESE TWO RIVERS: A) TIGRIS & EUPHRATES B) VOLGA & DANUBE C) RED SEA & JORDAN RIVER D) THE TWO PUDDLES OUTSIDE IN OUR PLAYGROUND
What is A (TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES)
300
ONE OF THESE WAS A POWERFUL ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN CITY: A. CAIRO B. CONSTANTINOPLE C. NIPPUR D. NORTH VANCOUVER
What is NIPPUR (C)
300
THE TERM "DELTA" MEANS A. THE PLACE WHERE A RIVER SPLITS, CREATING A FERTILE GROWING AREA B. THE PLACE WHERE A COUNTRY'S BORDER ENDS, AND IS OFTEN A PLACE WHERE BATTLES ARE FOUGHT. C. THE PLACE WHERE THE LAND IS DRY AND STONY, NOT GOOD FOR GROWING FOOD. D. THE PLACE WHERE AMIR GOES WHEN HE IS SAD :(
What is A (A RIVER SPLITS....)
300
THIS WAS THE BASIC UNIT OF MONEY IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA A. DOLLAR B. RUBLE C. SHEKEL D. MINA
What is C (SHEKEL)
300
THIS KING INVENTED A FAMOUS, BUT VERY STRICT CODE OF LAWS A. NEBUCHENEZZAR B. HAMMURABI C. DAVID D. EMPRESS BALUN THE TERRIBLE!!!
What is B (HAMMURABI)
400
IN MESOPOTAMIA, THERE WAS A TYPE OF WRITING. THEY CALLED IT.... A. CUNEIFORM B. HIEROGLYPHICS C. KANJI D. JAEGAR'S MESSY HANDWRITING
What is B (HIEROGLYPHICS)
400
THIS TOOL FOR WAS WAS INVENTED IN MESOPOTAMIA A. MUSKET B SWORD C. CHARIOT D. ATOMIC BOMB
What is C (CHARIOT)
400
THE LAND IN MESOPOTAMIA CAN MOST EASILY BE DESCRIBED AS... A. DRY BUT FERTILE B. SANDY, WITH NO GOOD GROWING AREAS C. COLD AND MOUNTAINOUS D. RAINY
What is A (DRY BUT FERTILE)
400
THE MOST EXPENSIVE JEWEL THAT WAS USED TO MAKE RINGS, SMALL STATUES, ETC A. GOLD B. LAPIS LAZULI C. COPPER D. THE GEM OF POWER!!!!!
What is B (LAPIS LAZULI)
400
THIS IS THE NAME FOR AN OBJECT THAT IS PUT ONTO THE SHOULDERS OF AN OX TO GUIDE THEM AS THEY CARRIED THE PLOUGH: A. YOKE B. HARNESS C. PLOUGH D. WHIP
What is A. (YOKE)
500
THIS IS THE SPECIAL "AGRICULTURE" NAME FOR THE AREA WHERE MESOPOTAMIA WAS FOUND A. FERTILE PATH B. FERTILE CRESCENT C. FERTILE COUNTRY D. LAND OF CUCUMBERS
What is B (CRESCENT...)
500
THIS CIVILIZATION IS THE OLDEST... A. BABYLON B. SUMER C. ASSYRIA D. MARIA'S FAMILY TREE
What is B (SUMER)
500
THIS TERM MEANS TO "TAME" WILD ANIMALS A. CAPITULATE B. ENSARE C. DOMESTICATE D. PUT A NET OVER THEIR HEAD
What is C (DOMESTICATE)
500
THIS ANSWER DESCRIBED THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN SUMER (A MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION) A. BARTER SYSTEM B. CAPITALIST SYSTEM C. COMMUNIST SYSTEM D. NINTENDO DS SYSTEM
What is A (BARTER SYSTEM)
500
THIS WORD MEANS "A NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS" A. INVENTION B. REVOLUTION C. INNOVATION D. JUST DO WHAT KRISTA DOES
What is C (INNOVATION)
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