Mesopotamia Bluff Review Game

True or false (and explain) A city-state is a network of cities that are all controlled by one ruler?

True or false (and explain) The gods played a major role in the lives of Mesopotamians.

True or false (and explain) The Sumerians counted on rainfall in order to grow their corps.

True or false (and explain) The Sumerians worked hard to rid their farmland of silt.

True or False (and explain) Becoming a scribe could allow someone to move up in the social hierarchy.

What was early writing used for?

What is one of the biggest probems with using pictographs as a form of written communication?

Describe the social pyramid of Mesopotamia.

What are the five requirements of a civilization?

Name five Sumerian inventions.

Describe three characteristics that make up a River Valley Civilization like Mesopotamia.

How did the development of agriculture lead to the start of civilizations?

What are the advantages of having writing as part of your culture?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using cuneiform?

Describe the “eye for an eye” theory behind the Code of Hammurabi.

Describe the type of religion they had in Ancient Sumer.

Describe the difference between a civilization and an empire.

Which two features gave Mesopotamia its name?

Who served as the link between the Sumerians and the gods?

What is the definition of cuneiform?

What was the most likely reason that ziggurats were tall?

What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle?

The resource for which Phoenicia was well know was….

The army of who defeted all the city states of Sumer and conquered northern Mesopotamia?

The city state of _________ rose to power after the death of Sargon I.

Could a Sumerian women be important religious leaders? Why or why not?

True or false (and explain) Sumerians developed a math system based on the number 100.

Who created the alphabet which our current day one is modeled after?

These are long poems that tell the story of a hero.

This word means the worship of many gods.

Review Game Answers 1. False 2. True 3. False 4. False 5. True 6. Cuneiform 7. Misinterpretation 8. Kings are at the top, priests are under them, traders farmers and laborers, slaves 9. System of Government, Stable Food Supply, Social Hierarchy, Highly Developed Culture and Division of Labor 10. Answers Vary 11. Answers Vary 12. Surplus of crops leads to extra time to create culture 13. Answers Vary 14. Answers Vary 15. What is done to others is reciprocated onto you 16. Polytheism-gods determine their fate (+ or -) 17. Answers Vary 18. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers 19. Priests 20. Wedged-Shaped symbol writing 21. Show appreciation to the gods 22.