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Hammurabi's Code
Random
100
A group of people living and working together for the purpose of creating an organized society is known as a ____________?
Civilization
100
The Mesopotamia region is often nicknamed the "Fertile ______________?"
Crescent
100
The Mesopotamians were (monotheistic or polytheistic)
Polytheistic
100
Hammurabi was the king of which ancient civilization/empire?
Babylon
100
What color is Ms. Pikula's phone case?
Pink
200
How many key features of a civilization are there?
8! (Cities; Government & Laws; Writing; Division of Labor; Social Classes; Public Works; Organized Religion; Art & Architecture)
200
Give one pro and one con of the yearly flooding in the Mesopotamia region.
(Pikula will accept multiple answers)
200
The wedge-shaped writing system used in Mesopotamia is called:
Cuneiform
200
True or False: Punishments in Hammurabi's Code are influenced by social class.
True
200
What is the name of this famous boyband?
One Direction
300
Considered to be the world's first civilization
Sumer (Sumerian Civilization)
300
The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia arose in what present-day country?
Iraq
300
Name one group at the top of the social pyramid. Name one group at the bottom of the social pyramid.
Top: Kings, Priests, Government Officials/Scribes.
Bottom: Farmers, Merchants, Slaves.
300
Hammurabi's Code is often known for an "Eye For An Eye". What does that mean?
Whoever commits an injury should be punished in the same manner as that injury.
300
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FREE POINTS
400
The name of the king that united Sumerian/Mesopotamian city-states under one major empire, the Akkadian Empire.
King Sargon I
400
Mesopotamia translates to “the land between two rivers”. What are those two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
400
What is the term for the religious temples in Mesopotamia? (Also served as a city center)
Ziggurats
400
How many laws are in Hammurabi's Code?
282
400
Which famous American road runs from Chicago to Los Angeles? (Also nicknamed "The Mother Road")
Route 66
500
This Mesopotamian civilization/empire was most well known for their fearsome army and warriors (Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, or Assyria)
Assyria
500
What type of farming system, involving the controlled flooding of fields, was common in Mesopotamia?
Irrigation Farming
500
What is this artifact?
Board Game (Royal Game of Ur)
500
Why is Hammurabi's Code important?
(Pikula will accept multiple answers).
500
Name the movie (its spooky season!)
Young Frankenstein