Mesopotamia Bluff Review Game

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MesopotamiaBluff Review Game
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True or false (and explain) A city-state is a
network of cities that are all controlled by one
ruler?
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True or false (and explain) The gods played a
major role in the lives of Mesopotamians.
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True or false (and explain) The Sumerians
counted on rainfall in order to grow their corps.
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True or false (and explain) The Sumerians worked
hard to rid their farmland of silt.
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True or False (and explain) Becoming a scribe
could allow someone to move up in the social
hierarchy.
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What was early writing used for?
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What is one of the biggest probems with using
pictographs as a form of written communication?
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Describe the social pyramid of Mesopotamia.
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What are the five requirements of a civilization?
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Name five Sumerian inventions.
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Describe three characteristics that make up a
River Valley Civilization like Mesopotamia.
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How did the development of agriculture lead to
the start of civilizations?
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What are the advantages of having writing as part
of your culture?
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of
using cuneiform?
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Describe the eye for an eye theory behind the
Code of Hammurabi.
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Describe the type of religion they had in Ancient
Sumer.
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Describe the difference between a civilization
and an empire.
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Which two features gave Mesopotamia its name?
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Who served as the link between the Sumerians and
the gods?
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What is the definition of cuneiform?
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What was the most likely reason that ziggurats
were tall?
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What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians
use in battle?
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The resource for which Phoenicia was well know
was.
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The army of who defeted all the city states of
Sumer and conquered northern Mesopotamia?
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The city state of _________ rose to power after
the death of Sargon I.
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Could a Sumerian women be important religious
leaders? Why or why not?
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True or false (and explain) Sumerians developed
a math system based on the number 100.
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Who created the alphabet which our current day
one is modeled after?
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These are long poems that tell the story of a
hero.
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This word means the worship of many gods.
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Review Game Answers1. False2. True3. False4.
False5. True6. Cuneiform7. Misinterpretation8.
Kings are at the top, priests are under them,
traders farmers and laborers, slaves9. System of
Government, Stable Food Supply, Social Hierarchy,
Highly Developed Culture and Division of
Labor10. Answers Vary11. Answers Vary12.
Surplus of crops leads to extra time to create
culture13. Answers Vary14. Answers Vary15.
What is done to others is reciprocated onto
you16. Polytheism-gods determine their fate (
or -)17. Answers Vary18. Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers19. Priests20. Wedged-Shaped symbol
writing21. Show appreciation to the gods22.