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Mesopotamia is located in present-day _____. (Mesopotamia) Iraq ($100)TRANSCRIPT
Mesopotamia Vocabulary Social Hierarchy
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Mesopotamia is located in present-day _____.
(Mesopotamia)• Iraq ($100)
What two rivers was Mesopotamia
between(Mesopotamia)• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers ($200)
Mesopotamia is considered the ______ of Civilization.
(Mesopotamia)• Cradle ($300)
Mesopotamia is also known as this. (Mesopotamia)
• Fertile Crescent ($400)
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
(Mesopotamia)• Land between the two rivers ($500)
He is an Akkadian King who created the first empire. (Leaders)
• Sargon ($100)
He made a set of laws that dealt with criminals
(Leaders)• Hammurabi ($200)
He built the Library at Nineveh (Leaders)
• Ashurbanipal ($300)
He built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
(Leaders)• Nebuchadnezzar ($400)
Took over after Hammurabi died and made Babylon the
best city-state in Mesopotamia (Leaders)
• Nebuchadnezzar ($500)
Structures created by people to meet the
needs of society (Vocabulary)
• Social Institutions ($100)
A way to structure society with richer at the top and poorer at the bottom(Vocabulary)• Social Hierarchy/classes ($200)
A city-state the becomes so powerful, and makes an
ambry and conquers territories. (Vocabulary)
• Empire ($300)
A person who was able to read and write and had a powerful role in
society(Vocabulary)• Scribe ($400)
A group of people who were seen as the best in society because of
their wealth, talent, or power.(Vocabulary)
• Elite ($500)
These are at the top of the social pyramid (Social
Hierarchy)• King ($100)
These are found on the bottom of the social
pyramid (Social Hierarchy)• Slaves ($200)
These are directly below the priests (Social
Hierarchy)• Scribes ($300)
Give an example of a SKILLED laborer . (Social
Hierarchy)• Weaver, blacksmith, potter, merchant ($400)
Give an example of a UNSKILLED laborer .
(Social Hierarchy)• Soldier, farmer, shepherd, laborer. ($500)
An event that happened 10,000 years ago when
the Earth’s climate warmed (Neolithic Age)
• Great Thaw ($100)
An event which causes a VERY significant change in history
(Neolithic Age)
• Turning Point ($200)
Age of Foragers changed to the _______ Age
(Neolithic Age)
• Agrarian ($300)
Another name for Neolithic Age (Neolithic Age)
• Agrarian Age, or New Stone Age ($400)
This increased rapidly during this Age. (Neolithic
Age)
• Population ($500)
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Vocabulary 2
A type of society based on farming and raising
cattle.Vocabulary 1)• Agrarian ($200)
Having more than you need (Vocabulary 1)
• Surplus ($400)
Believing in more than one god (Vocabulary 1)
• Polythiestic ($600)
Writing that developed in Sumer (Vocabulary 1)
• Cuneiform ($800)
Temple built for the gods (Vocabulary 1)
• Ziggurat ($1000)
Assyrians made weapons out of this (Vocabulary 2)
• Iron ($200)
A permanent community where
people live. (Vocabulary 2)
• Settlement ($400)
When different people in society take on specific jobs that require unique
skills (Vocabulary 2)
• Specialization of Labor ($600)
Sumerians invented an early form of this (Vocabulary 2)
• Mathematics ($800)
What era do we live in? (Vocabulary 2)
• Industrial Age ($1000)
List the 5 S’s of society (Final Jeopardy)
• Settlement, surplus, specialization of labor, social hierarchy, and social institutions