Mr. Andrews Mesopotamia Jeopardy

Epic of Gilgamesh

100

Who are the two main characters?

Gilgamesh and Enkidu

200

What was the name of the kingdom that Gilgamesh ruled over?

Uruk

300

What was the name of the goddess that sent the Bull of Heaven?

Ishtar

400

Where did Gilgamesh and Enkidu run into Humbaba?

Cedar Mountain

500

How was Enkidu created? (Be Specific)

The gods dipped their hand in water, pinched off some clay, and dropped it in the wilderness

Inventions

100

The Sumerians built this to bring water to their plants

Canal/Irrigation

200

The most well-known invention by the Sumerians

The wheel

300

The Sumerians were the first to invent this thing. We use a modern version of it every day. Most of you struggle using this thing.

Clock

400

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500

We believe the Sumerians built this, but we can't trace it back far enough to be sure

A sailboat

Geography

100

What do they call the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

The Fertile Crescent 

200

Mesopotamia is in what modern day country?

Iraq

300

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400

What 3 empires made up Mesopotamia?

Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria

500

The Tigris and Euphrates flowed into what body of water?

The Persian Gulf

Sumer

100

Most of the people who lived in Sumer were what? (Think Jobs)

Farmers or Slaves

200

Sumerians used this metal made from Copper and Tin

Bronze

300

How many gods did the Sumerians worship?

7

400

When was Sumer settled?

5000BC - 4000BC

500

We know the people of Sumer as Sumerians, but what did the Sumerians call themselves?

Saggiga or "the black-headed ones"

BONUS

100

How old is Mr. Andrews?

24

200

Name all 3 of the Deans

Mr. David, Mr. Diaz, Ms. Kayla 

300

ELA: What is the most exciting part of a story called?

The climax

400

Science: Where would you find a deep ocean trench?

Subduction Zone or Oceanic-Oceanic and Oceanic-Continental Convergent Boundaries

500

MATH: What is the value of t in this equation?

t + 1^1/3 = 2^7/9

t = 1^4/9