2. Jeopardy Geography Legacy Vocabulary Way of Life Other Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500

3. $100 Question from A Mesopotamia is located mostly in what modern day country?

4. $100 Answer from A Iraq

5. $200 Question from A Name the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.

6. $200 Answer from A Tigris & Euphrates

7. $300 Question from A Mesopotamia has what type of climate?

8. $300 Answer from A Hot and dry

9. $400 Question from A What body of water do the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers empty into?

10. $400 Answer from A Persian Gulf

11. $500 Question from A What was left behind after the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded each year?

12. $500 Answer from A Silt

13. $100 Question from B The Sumerians were the first people in the world to form a, which means they had their own government, laws and complex institutions.

14. $100 Answer from B Civilization

15. $200 Question from B Why do we know so much about the history and legacy of the Sumerians?

16. $200 Answer from B They left written records

17. $300 Question from B What did they invent that made farming much easier?

18. $300 Answer from B The plow

19. $400 Question from B What did the Sumerians invent that they used in pottery and travel?

20. $400 Answer from B The wheel

21. $500 Question from B The Sumerians were the first in the world to do this with their language. Why did they do it?

22. $500 Answer from B Make a written language to keep track of records of sales.

23. $100 Question from C A community that includes a city and its nearby farmlands.

24. $100 Answer from C City-state

25. $200 Question from C A temple where priests sacrificed and people worshipped and paid taxes. In other words, the center of city life.

26. $200 Answer from C ziggurat

27. $300 Question from C With a of food, people couldn’t have specialized jobs.

28. $300 Answer from C Surplus

29. $400 Question from C A metal made from a mixture of copper and tin. It made tools stronger and last longer.

30. $400 Answer from C Bronze

31. $500 Question from C What tool did the scribes use to write cuneiform on clay tablets?

32. $500 Answer from C A stylus

33. $100 Question from D What did the Sumerians build their homes out of? Why?

34. $100 Answer from D Mud bricks because it was all they had.

35. $200 Question from D Why did people learn how to read and write, at first?

36. $200 Answer from D To keep business records

37. $300 Question from D Why did the Sumerians invent a calendar?

38. $300 Answer from D To keep track of when it was time to plant and harvest.

39. $400 Question from D Why were the priests so important to the Sumerians?

40. $400 Answer from D People believed they had access to the gods and they controlled the irrigation system.

41. $500 Question from D How did the Sumerians harness the water from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

42. $500 Answer from D They built irrigation canals that they used to water crops and to travel for trade.

43. $100 Question from E What “first” was Hammurabi’s Laws?

44. $100 Answer from E The 1 st time laws were written down for all to see. They established order & the idea that the law applies to everyone.

45. $200 Question from E What was the main reason the Sumerians developed a surplus of food?

46. $200 Answer from E Their irrigation system led to enough water for crops.

47. $300 Question from E Besides water for crops, what else were the canals used for?

48. $300 Answer from E To travel for trade.

49. $400 Question from E Why did the Sumerians eventually have a king?

50. $400 Answer from E Because when they went to war, they needed somebody to lead them.

51. $500 Question from E What happens when a few people are able to produce enough food for everyone else?

52. $500 Answer from E People can have specialized jobs, such as merchants, priests, jewelry makers, home builders, etc.