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C 1 final FINAL JEOPARDY Describe the geographical features of Mesopotamia and tell why it was the perfect place for civilization to begin.

C 1 final Features: Rivers: provided lots of fresh water, method of transportation; and fertile soil Mountains: melting snow fed the rivers in the Spring; mountains offered protection from enemies Deserts: offered protection from invasion

• Perfect place for civilization to begin because rich soil and plenty of water made it easy to have a surplus of food. When you have a surplus of food people have more time on their hands and the other elements of a civilization can develop.

C 1 $100 A group of many lands under one ruler.

C 1 $100 An empire

C 1 $200 Building material used by the Sumerians

C 1 $200 Mud brick

C 1 $300 Record keepers who went on to be government officials

C 1 $300 scribes

C 1 $400 “New Stone Age”

C 1 $400 Neolithic Age

C 1 $500 The development of different kinds of jobs

C 1 $500 specialization

C 2 $100 Chaldean King who made the Hanging Gardens

C 2 $100 Nebuchadnezzar

C 2 $200 First person to unite a group of city states into one empire

C 2 $200 Sargon

C 2 $300 First leader to create a written law code

C 2 $300 Hammurabi

C 2 $400 King of the Akkadians

C 2 $400 Sargon

C 2 $500 A skilled craftsperson

C 2 $500 artisan

C 3 $100 Number of social classes in Mesopotamian culture

C 3 $100 3

C 3 $200 Who was a member of the lower class?

C 3 $200 slaves

C 3 $300 Who were members of the upper class? (3)

C 3 $300 Wealthy landowners Priests Government officials

C 3 $400 Who were members of the middle class? (Name 3)

C 3 $400 merchants; traders; artisans; laborers; farmers; scribes

C 3 $500 Which social class were most Mesopotamian people part of ?

C 3 $500 Middle

C 4 $100 Building dams, ditches and channels to bring water to crops

C 4 $100 irrigation

C 4 $200 Wedge shaped writing

C 4 $200 cuneiform.

C 4 $300 Things made by humans long ago

C 4 $300 artifacts

C 4 $400 Traces of plants or animals preserved in rock

C 4 $400 fossils

C 4 $500 Another name for Mesopotamia

C 4 $500 Fertile Crescent.

C 5 $100 Sumerian building built in layers with a temple at the top

C 5 $100 ziggurat

C 5 $200 “Old Stone Age”

C 5 $200 Paleolithic Age

C 5 $300 Mesopotamia’s climate was…

C 5 $300 Hot and dry

C 5 $400 Name three Sumerian inventions

C 5 $400 wheel; plow; cuneiform; irrigation; geometry; sailboat; calendar

C 5 $500 A complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions and a writing system

C 5 $500 civilization

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