2. Jeopardy The Fertile Crescent Babylonia & Assyria Hammurabi’s Code & Writing The Phoenicians The Israelites & Judaism Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

3. $100 Question from The Fertile Crescent What does Mesopotamia mean?

4. $100 Answer from The Fertile Crescent Between the rivers!

5. $200 Question from The Fertile Crescent What were the two rivers that surrounded The Fertile Crescent?

6. $200 Answer from The Fertile Crescent 1.Tigris River 2.Euphrates River

7. $300 Question from The Fertile Crescent What attracted people to come and settle in The Fertile Crescent region?

8. $300 Answer from The Fertile Crescent People came there due to the rich, fertile soils from the rivers. This meant that they could farm easily.

9. $400 Question from The Fertile Crescent What are four ways in which the rivers surrounding Mesopotamia were helpful?

10. $400 Answer from The Fertile Crescent 1.Water for crops 2.Reeds for boats 3.Clay for building 4.Rich fertile soil 5.Fish

11. $500 Question from The Fertile Crescent Name four present day countries that are near where Mesopotamia used to be.

12. $500 Answer from The Fertile Crescent Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait

13. $100 Question from Babylonia & Assyria Who rebuilt the city of Babylonia and made it into the New Babylonian Empire?

14. $100 Answer from Babylonia & Assyria King Neuchadnezzar II

15. $200 Question from Babylonia & Assyria How do we know a lot about life in early Mesopotamia?

16. $200 Answer from Babylonia & Assyria The library at Nineveh contained many clay tablets with writing on them

17. $300 Question from Babylonia & Assyria Why was Babylon known as the crossroads of trade?

18. $300 Answer from Babylonia & Assyria It was located between the cities of Assyria to the North and Sumer to the South

19. $400 Question from Babylonia & Assyria Who destroyed the Assyrian empire?

20. $400 Answer from Babylonia & Assyria The Medes and the Chaldeans

21. $500 Question from Babylonia & Assyria What three things did both the Babylonian and Assyrian empires have in common?

22. $500 Answer from Babylonia & Assyria 1.Both valued culture and learning 2. Both had vicious warriors 3. Both built grand cities

23. $100 Question from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing What saying was associated with Hammurabi’s Code?

24. $100 Answer from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing An eye for an eye

25. $200 Question from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing Why was Hammurabi’s code important?

26. $200 Answer from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing It was the first set of laws that were written down.

27. $300 Question from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing What was one of the first forms of writing?

28. $300 Answer from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing Cuneiform

29. $400 Question from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing How did Hammurabi’s Code treat people differently and give an example.

30. $400 Answer from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing The harshness of the punishment depended on how important the victim and the lawbreaker were. The higher the class of the victim, the harsher the punishment was. Example: An ox owner would pay half a mina if the ox gored a noble, but if it gored a slave the person only had to pay one-third of a mina.

31. $500 Question from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing Why was writing first created, what did they write on, and what did the size of what they wrote on tell us?

32. $500 Answer from Hammurabi’s Code & Writing They started writing to keep records. The first records were written about farm animals. They wrote on clay tablets using a reed stylus. The size and shape of the clay tablet told the purpose of the writing. If it was small, it was a message and if it was large it was for reference purposes.

33. $100 Question from The Phoenicians What 2 resources did the Phoenicians trade?

34. $100 Answer from The Phoenicians Purple dyed cloth and Wood

35. $200 Question from The Phoenicians How did Phoenicia’s location near the sea affect its development?

36. $200 Answer from The Phoenicians Being near the sea, they could trade easily with other areas and get things that they did not have. This allowed them to develop.

37. $300 Question from The Phoenicians What were 2 important advantages of The Phoenician Alphabet?

38. $300 Answer from The Phoenicians 1.It was easier than cuneiform 2. It allowed more people to learn to read and write

39. $400 Question from The Phoenicians How did the Phoenicians help spread civilizations throughout the Mediterranean area?

40. $400 Answer from The Phoenicians They used their ships and access to the sea to trade with other areas along the Mediterranean Sea. This allowed other areas to get goods that they did not have before and civilizations spread.

41. $500 Question from The Phoenicians How were the Phoenicians able to keep other people from competing with them for trade in the Atlantic Ocean? Why did they want to be the only people trading into the Atlantic?

42. $500 Answer from The Phoenicians They were able to keep people from trading in the Atlantic Ocean by telling stories of horrible monsters that lived in the ocean depths when they returned from their trips. This made people not want to go out in the Atlantic to trade. They wanted to be the only people so that they got more money!

43. $100 Question from The Israelites & Judaism What two religions did Judaism have a large influence on?

44. $100 Answer from The Israelites & Judaism Christianity and Islam

45. $200 Question from The Israelites & Judaism What promise do the Israelites believe that God made to Abraham?

46. $200 Answer from The Israelites & Judaism That they would become kings and build great cities

47. $300 Question from The Israelites & Judaism What are the Israelites known for that makes them special among ancient people?

48. $300 Answer from The Israelites & Judaism They believe in only one God (monotheism)

49. $400 Question from The Israelites & Judaism What do the Babylonians and the Israelites have in common?

50. $400 Answer from The Israelites & Judaism They both lived by a code of laws Babylonia = Hammurabi’s Code Israelites = Ten Commandments

51. $500 Question from The Israelites & Judaism What are three beliefs of Judaism?

52. $500 Answer from The Israelites & Judaism 1. Believed that God made them a promise to that they would be kings and build grand cities 2. Believed God knows everything and has complete power 3. God is present everywhere 4. Believe God delivered Ten Commandments to Moses (these included rules for correct behavior and duties to God) 5. Believed in monotheism 6. Women were of lower social status then men 7.All people were equal before God 8. Prophets preached a code of moral behavior

53. Final Jeopardy Explain the journey that the Israelites took including all of the places that they went and why they went there. Make sure you include the word Exodus.

54. Final Jeopardy Answer 1.They left Mesopotamia to go to Canaan because God told them to leave. 2. They left Canaan to go to Egypt because there was a famine and there was no food 3. They stayed in Egypt for 100’s of years but a nasty king came in and forced them into labor because he was suspicious of their power. So, the Israelites left Egypt with Moses. (This was known as the Exodus) 4. After they left Egypt they wandered in the desert of the Sinai Peninsula for 40 years. Here God gave the Israelites The Ten Commandments. 5. Finally the Israelites settled in Canaan where King David established the city of Jerusalem.