1. Benchmark Review: Early Humans & Mesopotamia

2. Do Now Write down homework in agenda Its on the whiteboard You have one minute to take out a dry erase marker and get a whiteboard from the middle of your table No talking

3. Rules You will play individually because you will take the Benchmark exam individually! Everyone will get a whiteboard, please take out a dry erase marker When time is up, please only hold up your whiteboard when I say “1…2…3…up” NOTE: This Jeopardy game is difficult because it is not multiple choice! Even though your benchmark will be multiple choice, you should be able to answer these questions because of all the review we have done so far! Just do your best!

4. 100 200 300 400 500

5. Permanent agriculture settlements

6. The Ice Age ended and the earth’s climate warmed, more plants grew

7. They had a surplus of goods that they could trade

8. Archaeology

9. Homo Sapiens

10. Irrigation

11. Transport water from the rivers to their fields

12. 1.A large population growth 2.Permanent shelters

13. 1. Irrigation systems

14. 1.The plow 2.Irrigations systems 3.Hand tools

15. 1.The Fertile Crescent 2.The Land Between Two Rivers

16. Sargon the Great

17. 1.The wheel 2.The sail 3.The plow 4.Writing 5.Irrigation systems

18. To gain control of farmland

19. A king who priests said was chosen by the gods/goddesses

20. To all people because it treated everyone fairly

21. An eye for an eye

22. 282

23. On a stele that was displayed in a ziggurat (holy temple)

24. 1.It treated everyone fairly 2.It tells us about daily life and the values in Mesopotamia

25. pictographs

26. cuneiform

27. Scribes and they used a stylus and a clay tablet

28. 12 years

29. 1.Write down what the King would say (laws (rules), information) 2.Record number of crops for farmers, fishermen 3.Record information for priests

30. As a team, decide how many of the points you already have you wish to wager. If you get the question correct, you will earn double the points you wagered. If you get the question incorrect, you will lose the points you wagered. Good luck!

32. FINAL JEOPARDY You have 3 minutes to answer the following question for 1000 pts! Q: WHY WAS FARMING/AGRICULTURE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVANCES OF ALL TIMES?