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“Jeopardy”Benchmark Review:
Early Humans & Mesopotamia
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
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!
Early Humans
Farming & Agriculture Mesopotamia Hammurabi’s
CodeDevelopment
of Writing
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500 500 500 500 500
Early Humans: 100 pointWhat did the
domestication of plants and animals lead to?
Permanent agriculture settlements
Early Humans: 200 points
Why did hunters and gatherers experiment with agriculture about 12,000 years ago?
The Ice Age ended and the earth’s climate warmed,
more plants grew
Early Humans: 300 points
How were hunter-gatherers able to acquire goods they could not produce?
They had a surplus of goods that they could
trade
Early Humans: 400 points
What is the study of human life in the past through the examination of the things that people left behind?
Archaeology
Early Humans : 500 points
Who were the first modern humans who traveled the rest of the world?
Homo Sapiens
Farming & Agriculture: 100 point
What is it called when you build a system for watering plants?
Irrigation
Farming & Agriculture: 200 points
What did the development of irrigation allow Sumerian farmers to do?
Transport water from the rivers to their fields
Farming & Agriculture: 300 points
What did the surplus of food produced by Sumerian farmers allow them to do?
1. A large population growth
2. Permanent shelters
Farming & Agriculture: 400 points
How did farmers in Mesopotamia overcome the dangerous effects of droughts?
1. Irrigation systems
Farming & Agriculture: 500 points
These tools and techniques helped farmers improve their agriculture.
1. The plow2. Irrigations systems
3. Hand tools
Mesopotamia: 100 point
There are two other names for Mesopotamia. What are they?
1. The Fertile Crescent2. The Land Between
Two Rivers
Mesopotamia: 200 points
Who was the first Mesopotamian empire created by?
Sargon the Great
Mesopotamia: 300 points
What are five inventions of the Sumerians?
1. The wheel2. The sail
3. The plow4. Writing
5. Irrigation systems
Mesopotamia: 400 points
Why did city-states in Mesopotamia go to war with each other?
To gain control of farmland
Mesopotamia: 500 points
Who ruled each city-state in Mesopotamia?
A king who priests said was chosen by the gods/goddesses
Hammurabi’s Code: 100 point
Who did the Code of Hammurabi apply to in Babylonia?
To all people because it treated everyone fairly
Hammurabi’s Code : 200 points
Name one idea that we use today that was introduced by the code of Hammurabi?
An eye for an eye
Hammurabi’s Code: 300 points
How many laws did the code of Hammurabi have?
282
Hammurabi’s Code: 400 points
How did Hammurabi communicate his code to the people of Babylonia?
On a stele that was displayed in a ziggurat
(holy temple)
Hammurabi’s Code: 500 points
Name two reasons why the code of Hammurabi is important?
1. to his people2. to us (modern humans) 1. It treated everyone fairly
2. It tells us about daily life and the values in
Mesopotamia
Development of Writing: 100 point
What were the first written symbols of early Sumerians called?
pictographs
Development of Writing : 200 points
Sumerians invented writing that consisted of 2000 symbols at first. What was this writing called?
cuneiform
Development of Writing : 300 points
Who recorded information for Kings, farmers, and priests in Sumer and what tools did they use to write?
Scribes and they used a stylus and a clay tablet
Development of Writing : 400 points
How long did scribes go to school for?
12 years
Development of Writing : 500 points
Name a few types of jobs that scribes had to do?
1. Write down what the King would say (laws (rules),
information)2. Record number of crops for
farmers, fishermen3. Record information for priests
Daily Double!
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!
Daily Double!
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!
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?