The Fertile Crescent Jeopardy 1 Furcron(2014)
Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click outside the question area to return to the game board. Click to Start Game Welcome to Fertile Crescent Jeopardy! 2 S. Gareau (2010)
3 Mesopotamia 1 Mesopotamia 2 Mesopotamia 3 Vocabulary 1 Vocabulary Final Question
Start of Category 1 True or false….all people were treated equally under Hammurabi’s code 4
False 5
6 Mesopotamia was between these two rivers…
What are the Tigris and Euphrates? 7
8 Due to its central location, this place became a center for trade.
What is Babylon? 9
10 These people became skilled warriors because they were constantly under attack…
Who are the Assyrians? 11
12 City-states shared many things in common except this.
What is Government? 13
Start of Category 2 14 Civilization began in the Fertile Crescent because of this.
What is Fertile land ? 15
16 Babylon became wealthy because of this.
What is Trade? 17
Daily Double!!! Hit arrow button 18 He conquered and united the Sumerian city-states.
Who is King Sargon? 19
20 This religion is considered the origin for both Christianity and Islam.
What is Judaism? 21
22 Professional writers used these to write on.
What are Clay Tablets? 23
Start of Category 3 24 “An eye for an eye” is the basis for this.
What is Hammurabi’s Code ? 25
26 Sumerians believed in this type of religion.
What is Polytheism? 27
28 This system of writing was first developed in Mesopotamia.
What is Cuneiform ? 29
30 Our _____________ is based on the one first developed by the Phoenicians.
Alphabet 31
32 Hebrews migrated from Canaan to Egypt due to this.
What is a Famine ? 33
Start of Category 4 34 A group of travelers
What is a caravan? 35
Daily Double!!! Hit arrow button 36 This is the most important book in Judaism…
What is the Torah ? 37
38 The belief in ONE god…
What is Monotheism ? 39
40 A market…
What is Bazaar ? 41
42 An organized set of laws…
What is a Code? 43
Start of Category 5 44 A large area controlled by one government…
What is an Empire ? 45
46 A system of writing using wedges and lines…
What is Cuneiform ? 47
48 The belief in MANY gods…
What is Polytheism ? 49
50 Home to the first civilizations…
What is The Fertile Crescent? 51
52 Pyramids made of terraces; temple for a god or goddess…
What is a Ziggurat? 53
Everyone: Mark your wager on a piece of paper! Place your paper face down, and then click to continue… Welcome to… 54 S. Gareau (2010)
Write your correct question on a piece of paper! Place your paper face down, and then click to continue… The Final Answer is: Having social classes, government, religion, writing, art, and surplus led to this. 55
What is a Civilization? 56