“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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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?