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Game Instructions

FinalJeopardy


Daily Doubles

Jeopardy Instructions• On your turn, you will come to the computer with a

partner from your team.• Select a category by clicking on the dollar amount.• When the question appears, read it aloud.• You and your partner will have 30 seconds to answer

the question.• After you have answered, click on the screen and read

the correct answer aloud.• If your answer is correct, your team will have that

dollar amount added to their score. If incorrect, the dollar amount will be subtracted from the score.

• Click on the Game Board button to go back to the board.


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Daily Doubles• If a “Daily Double” screen comes up when you

select your question, you may choose how much the question will be worth.

• The value you choose cannot be more than your team has currently earned.

• If your team has a negative balance, you may wager up to $500.

• If you get the question correct, you will have the amount you selected added to your score.

• If you get the question incorrect, the amount you selected will be subtracted from your score.


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Rulers Vocabulary Mesopotamian Mix

Politics and

Religion

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Final Jeopardy

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The meaning of the word “Mesopotamia”

Geography


What is “the land between two rivers”?

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The natural obstacles which led the

Phoenicians to use the sea for trade

Geography


What are mountains to the east and north?

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The capital of Assyria

Geography


What is Nineveh?

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A large arc of fertile farmland

Geography


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What is the Fertile Crescent?

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A mix of rich soil and small rocks

Geography


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What is silt?

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved$100Accomplishments

Two great leaders who built up Babylon


Who are Hammurabi and

Nebuchadnezzar?


The most important contribution of the

Phoenicians

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What is the alphabet?

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved$300Accomplishments

Technology used by the Hittites

and Assyrians in battle


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What are iron weapons and chariots?


The Sumerian plow is most like this modern-

day technology.

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What is a tractor?

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A form of writing using wedge-shaped

symbols

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What is cuneiform?

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He was among the first leaders to have a

permanent army

Rulers


Who was Sargon I?

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Legendary king in Sumerian literature

Rulers


Who was Gilgamesh?

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The first group to rule after Hammurabi

Rulers


Who were the Hittites?

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Group of people who grew more powerful due to trade rather

than winning battles

Rulers


Who were the Phoenicians?

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People who developed the world’s first

civilization in Mesopotamia

Rulers


Who were the Sumerians?

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Long poems that tell the story of a hero

Vocabulary


What are epics?

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved$200Vocabulary

Name given to ancient writers


What is a scribe?

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The worship of many gods

Vocabulary


What is polytheism?

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The science of building

Vocabulary


What is architecture?

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This allowed some people to farm and others to become

craftsmen

Vocabulary


What is division of labor?

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Sumerian class made of farmers and

laborers

Mesopotamian Mix


What was the working class?

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The reason for the success of the

Assyrians

Mesopotamian Mix


What was a strong army?

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What is cedar wood?

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The center of Sumerian cities

Mesopotamian Mix


What are temples?

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What are coins?

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The political unit of Carthage

Politics & Religion


What is a colony?

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A city and its surrounding countryside

Politics & Religion


What is a city-state?

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The basis of the Mesopotamian society

Politics & Religion


What is agriculture?

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The most likely reason that the ziggurats

were tall

Politics & Religion


What is to honor the gods?

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According to Sumerians, this was the cause of a good

harvest or a terrible flood

Politics & Religion


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What were the gods?


Final Jeopardy

Final Jeopardy Instructions• After seeing the category, your team must decide

whether to wager $50, $100, or $200 per person on the Final Jeopardy question.

• Each person will answer the question individually on their own sheet of paper.

• After 30 seconds, papers will be collected and tallied.

• For each correct answer, the team will receive the amount that they selected.

• For each incorrect answer, the team will lose the selected amount of money.


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Connections to the 21st Century

Final Jeopardy Question


The present-day location of Ancient

Babylon


What is Baghdad, Iraq?

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