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The Legacy of Mesopotamia
JEOPARDYKey
TermsHammurabi’s Code
The Art of
Writing
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This is an organized list of laws or rules.
This is an organized list of laws or rules
Answer: code
If Sumerians were polytheistic, what would
they believe?
If Sumerians were polytheistic, what would
they believe?Answer: They’d believe
in many gods.
This kind of writing made of wedges and
lines was highly useful in a land of many
peoples.
This kind of writing made of wedges and
lines was highly useful in a land of many
peoples.Answer: Cuneiform
This Babylonian King set down rules for his empire to follow by organizing them and writing them
down.
This Babylonian King set down rules for his empire to follow by organizing them and writing them
down. Answer: Hammurabi
True or False? Hammurabi’s code covered all laws in the land
except the selling of wagons.
False. Hammurabi’s code were written laws that covered
everything in the land from trading to selling to marriage
and family.
Hammurabi’s Code was based on what idea and what does it mean?
Hammurabi’s Code was based on what idea and what does it mean
Answer: “an eye for an eye” and it means that if you commit
a crime, there will be a consequence.
True or false? Under Hammurabi’s Code, if a
person accidentally breaks a rule, then
nothing really happens.
False: If a person breaks a rule then they are still guilty
and receive the same
punishment.
If I were a scribe, I would write records down on this natural
material.
If I were a scribe, I would write records down on this natural
material.Answer: a clay tablet
True or False? Cuneiform script originated in
Southeast Asia.
True or False? Cuneiform script originated in
Southeast Asia.Answer: False, it
originated in Mesopotamia
True or False? The ancient writing of cuneiform was useful
because it could be written in different languages.
True or False? The ancient writing of cuneiform was useful
because it could be written in different languages
Answer: True
Spell AND CORRECTLY pronounce the word for ancient
writing in Mesopotamia.
Answer: C U N E I f O R M.
What is so important about what Sumerians were able to figure out
about math?
What did we discover Sumerians knew about Math?
Answer: They could find the area of a geometric shape and also had a base ten
system for math (like us).
Go up to the board and draw what Sumerians would draw to
represent the number 34.
Go up to the board and draw what Sumerians would draw to
represent the number 34. Answer: See board
What is the significance of a small stone archeologists
discovered in 2000?
What is the significance of a small stone archeologists discovered in 2000?
Answer: It has some type of ancient writing on it from long ago. It may
indicate an unknown ancient culture!
According to Babylonian legend, this god of justice presented the
cold of laws to Hammurabi.
According to Babylonian legend, this god of justice presented the
code of laws to Hammurabi.
Answer: Shamash
This important capital city in Mesopotamia was a crossroads of
trade.
This important capital city in Mesopotamia was a crossroads of
trade.Answer: Babylon
If you were a date farmer, you may go here every day to make a
living.
If you were a date farmer, you may go here every day to make a
living.
Answer: the bazaar
This ruler of New Babylonia build a beautiful garden for his
wife. Who was he and what were the gardens called?
This ruler of New Babylonia build a beautiful garden for his wife. What was his name and what were the gardens called?
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar
Name one legacy of the Assyrians?
Name one legacy of the Assyrians?
Answer: invented the battering ram, fierce warriors, creating a
library of clay tablets in Nineveh
Moses went to the top of a mountain where the lord gave
him another type of code of laws. What were they called?
Moses went to the top of a mountain where the lord gave
him another type of code of laws. What were they called?
Answer: The Ten Commandments
