Mesopotamia Famous Mesopotamian Civilizations Primary Documents Terms Life

Mesopotamia

Famous Mesopotamian Civilizations Primary Documents Terms Life in Ancient Mesopotamia 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 40 40 40 50 50 50

Question 1 - 10 • This Sumerian King was the inspiration for the world’s first monomyth

Answer 1 – 10 • Gilgamesh

Question 1 - 20 • This Babylonian King was the first person to record laws

Answer 1 – 20 • Hammurabi

Question 1 - 30 • This Akkadian King was known for his military prowess

Answer 1 – 30 • Sargon I

Question 1 - 40 • This Assyrian King wasn’t all bad, he did build a pretty fantastic library afterall…

Answer 1 – 40 • Ashurbanipal

Question 1 - 50 • Name the most important of the Mesopotamian Kings. Be sure to back up your answer with 3 facts from class.

Answer 1 – 50 • Your choice…

Question 2 - 10 • This was the first EVER civilization because they invented literacy…

Answer 2 – 10 • SUMER!

Question 2 - 20 • This civilization was created by Sargon I and focused primarily on military

Answer 2 – 20 • Akkad

Question 2 - 30 • This civilization took the best of both Akkadian and Sumerian civilizations when creating their own

Answer 2 – 30 • Babylon

Question 2 - 40 • This was the last of the Mesopotamian civilizations and it fell as the result of Persian invasion

Answer 2 – 40 • Assyria

Question 2 - 50 • This civilization became very wealthy because they controlled trade over the rivers

Answer 2 – 50 • Babylon

Question 3 - 10 • The first set of recorded laws was referred to as:

Answer 3 – 10 • Hammurabi’s Code

Question 3 - 20 • This is the name of the first monomyth

Answer 3 – 20 • The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 3 - 30 • In Hammurabi’s Code, these people had the least amount of power

Answer 3 – 30 • Slave women

Question 3 - 40 • Gilgamesh was able to defeat Humbaba by:

Answer 3 – 40 • Pulling out his insides, including his tongue

Question 3 - 50 • What Gilgamesh held in his hand as he floated down the river to Nippur when he defeated Humbaba:

Answer 3 – 50 • Humbaba’s head

Question 4 - 10 • Mesopotamia means:

Answer 4 – 10 • The land between two rivers

Question 4 - 20 • Mesopotamians built these in an attempt to stop the river from flooding their fields

Answer 4 – 20 • Levee

Question 4 - 30 • The name for Mesopotamian writing

Answer 4 – 30 • Cuneiform

Question 4 - 40 • When you write something down for all to see (in Mesopotamia’s case, it was laws)

Answer 4 – 40 • Codify

Question 4 - 50 • A Mesopotamian temple was called this:

Answer 4 – 50 • A ziggurat

Question 5 - 10 • The lowest level of the Mesopotamian class system

Answer 5 – 10 • Slave

Question 5 - 20 • If you were alive in Mesopotamia the thing that was most important to you…on no you didn’t call me a Mahenjo-Daran

Answer 5 – 20 • Your hair

Question 5 - 30 • A women in Mesopotamia was unable to:

Answer 5 – 30 • Give evidence in court • Ask for a divorce • Hold government office

Question 5 - 40 • Most Mesopotamians worshiped a god with this animal’s head

Answer 5 – 40 • A goat

Question 5 - 50 • The best word to describe the people of Mesopotamia (they were this was as a result of environmental factors):

Answer 5 – 50 • Pessimistic