The Sumerians
Irrigation
Cuneiform
Other Sumerians Inventions
The Code of Hammurabi
100

About how long were the Sumerians in Mesopotamia before the Akkadians took over?

What is 2000 years?

100

How does irrigation work?

What are canals?

100

What did the Sumerians use to write cuneiform?

What is (wet) clay?

100

True or False: The Sumerians invented our modern alphabet.

What is false?

100

About how many laws are in Hammurabi's code?

What is 300?

200

True or False: The Sumerians had a proper empire with a centralized government?

What is false?

200

What does irrigation do?

What is control water(flow)? What is water plants far away from a river?

200

What does cuneiform look like?

a. like squares with lines

b. like triangles with lines

c. like circles

What is B?

200

What part of math did the Sumerians develop?

What is roots? What is basics?

200

What does the "an eye for an eye" expression refer to?

What is revenge?

300

When did the Akkadian's take control of Mesopotamia?


BONUS (extra 500 points): What year exactly did this happen?

When is the 24th century?


BONUS: 2340 BC

300

Where was irrigation most popular?

Where is South Mesopotamia?

300

What other civilization used pictographs as a form of writing?

What are the Ancient Egyptians?

300

What are 3 other things that the Sumerians also invented? (not including writing, math, or irrigation)

What is city-states, civilization, time system, the calendar year, large-scale religion, astronomy, the wheel.

300

What are 3 of the topics in Hammurabi's code?

What is family, marriage, revenge, stealing, slavery, false accusations, professions, trade.