Invented in Mesopotamia, it got water from the rivers to the crops.
What is irrigation; an irrigation system?
100
A person who writes (for the kings and priests of Mesopotamia)
What is a scribe?
100
This Mesopotamian invention helped people move heavy stuff more easily.
What is the wheel?
100
This ex-girlfriend (?) of Justin Beiber used to star in "Wizards of Waverly Place"
Who is Selena Gomez?
100
"Mesopotamia" means this in Greek.
What is "between rivers"?
200
Mesopotamia is considered the first of these. It had cities, government, trade, writing, architecture, and shared common culture like language, art, and beliefs.
What is a civilization?
200
The amazing thing Sumerians invented around 3500 BC that fits this category.
What is writing?
200
One of the crops first grown in Mesopotamia
What is wheat, barley, grapes, figs, or dates?
200
She was a main character in "Victorious" before her huge singing career started.
Who is Ariana Grande?
200
Mesopotamia is located in the southwestern corner of this continent.
What is Asia?
300
This area of the world included Mesopotamia and land all the way to Egypt. It was named for its shape and for the ability of things to grow easily there.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
The first set of these ever written down. The Babylonian king Hammurabi was said to have received them from a god. Article 196 said: an eye for an eye.
What are laws?
300
These natural occurrences happened frequently and without warning in Mesopotamia, sometimes helpful but usually destructive.
What are floods?
300
This actor from West Philadelphia, started out as part of a rap duo with his partner DJ Jazzy Jeff. Now his whole family acts including his son, the star of "The Karate Kid"
Who is Will Smith?
300
The southern region of Mesopotamia where the city-states Ur, Uruk, and Nippur were located
What is Sumer?
400
Each city-state in Sumer had a ziggurat, or temple, for the god of that city. Together, the people of Sumer worshipped and honored many gods. The name for this type of belief system is this.
What is polytheism?
400
This king of the city-state Uruk is the subject of the world's oldest (and first) written epic story.
Who is Gilgamesh?
400
The name of the rich fertile soil that came from the rivers during floods and ended up on the farmland.
What is silt?
400
He started as a member of the rap group NWA. Still using his rap name, he's the star in many movies including the "Barbershop" and "Friday" movies
Who is Ice Cube?
400
Two of the five large bodies of water (not rivers) located near Mesopotamia.
What are the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, or the Red Sea?
500
Many armies, including the Babylonians and the Assyrians, conquered Sumer and Mesopotamia over the years. Their conquests created this new type of government where many diverse people, lands, and cultures were controlled by one leader. (The Romans would call the leader "emperor" because he was leading this.)
What is an empire?
500
The "wedge-shaped" style of writing used by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
500
Mesopotamia is located in this modern day country.
What is Iraq?
500
This singer/actress started as a dancer on "In Living Color," but got her acting break starring in the title role of "Selena," the story of "the queen of Tejano music" who had died in a plane crash two years earlier. In addition to her many movies and top 40 songs, she was also a judge on "American Idol"
Who is Jennifer Lopez?
500
The Zagros mountain borders the northwest side of Mesopotamia and feeds these rivers.