A person who studies artifacts and fossils to learn how people once lived.
What is an Archeologist
100
Also known as the Fertile Crescent, what does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
What is Land between the rivers
100
Who was at the top of the Sumerian Social Class? Who was at the bottom?
What is King is at the top. Slaves at the bottom.
100
What is the gift of the Nile and when does it come?
What is.......... Most Summers the Nile floods. When the water recedes it leaves behind fertile soil.
100
Was Hammurabi a Sumerian, an Acadian, an Assyrian, or a Babylonian?
What is Babylonian
200
These early humans moved in groups, hunting and gathering enough food to survive. Because of their lifestyle we call them....
What is Hunter Gatherers
200
Name the two rivers that boarder Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
200
What do we call the earliest form of writing created by the Sumerians? Who could read and write it? What was it written on?
What is....... Cuneiform was written by scribes on clay tablets using a stylus.
200
In which direction does the Nile flow? North, South, East, or West.
What is.. The Nile flows North from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt where it forms a river delta before it reaches the Mediterranean Sea.
200
What two things made Hammurabi's code different from earlier laws in Sumer?
What is ...His harsh punishments "eye for an eye" and also the fact that they were written down and placed for all to see.
300
What is the term used to describe our earliest primitive ancestors and where are they from?
What is Hominids from Africa
300
Digging drainage ditches and canals to water crops is an example of what?
What is Irrigation.
300
The Sumerians were responsible for many inventions and their contributions to modern day society are immense. What is considered to be one of their most important inventions of all time
What is The Wheel!
300
What is the system of writing developed by the Egyptians and what was used to write on?
What is..... Hieroglyphics were written on papyrus which is a type of paper made from a water plant of the same name.
300
What led to the poisoning of the crops in Mesopotamia?
What is Mineral Salt Deposits and Erosion.
400
early hunter gatherers were always on the move following the animals they hunted. With no permanent homes to speak of we call these people...
What is Nomads. We aint got no homes....
400
An independent city and the surrounding land it controls.
What is a City State
400
What structure, usually built of mud bricks, was located at the center of the city and served as the home for a god?
What is a ziggurat
400
What three things must happen if you wish to make it to the afterlife?
What is ...Your name must be written down. Your body must be preserved. Your heart must be light.
400
The God of the Afterlife.
Who is Osiris
500
After the end of the last Ice Age people across the Earth started growing crops at about the same time. What is this event called?
What is Possibly one of the most significant events in human history, the Agricultural Revolution
500
Belief in many gods.
What is Polytheistic
500
What form of government involves having one king chosen by divine right?
What is Monarch
500
During which kingdom were the pyramids built?
What is ...Old Kingdom
500
What artifact helped scientists to decipher Hieroglyphics?