Rise of City-States and Civilization Team Trivia GameWith your hosts: Mr. Byers and Mrs. Morton

Rules

Pick one person to be the scribe for the team

Pick a team name, be creative for example “E=MC Hammer” “Black Seabatth”

Write down the names of all team members

I will show and read you a question, quietly in your group decide on an answer and write it down.

At the end of the final round (10 questions per round), I will collect the answer sheets and score them

While I am scoring the answer sheets I will have an answer key to the study guide on the board, compare your answers to mine.

The team with the most points will earn 5 bonus points on their assessment.

Round #1

1.This word means land between the rivers

2. I prevent rivers from flooding

3. I store water for later use

4. I am a religious temple in ancient Mesopotamia

5. I added strength and beauty to Sumerian architecture

6. I am the lowest class in the Sumerian social structure

7. I helped Sumerian kings write and record their laws.

8. I originally was used to make pottery

9. I made planting seeds easier and faster

10. I am bordered to the north by the Sea of Galilee and to the south by the Dead Sea. What am I?

Round #2

1. Sumerian settlements who had their own government and farm land are called?

2. The shortage of food in the foothills was caused by…

3.Whose duty was it to build temples, lead the army, and enforce laws?

4. I am a two wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse.

5. The beliefs and behaviors of a society or group.

6. The way a society or civilization is organized.

7. The Libyan Desert is to my west and the Red Sea is to my East. What am I?

8. The Red Sea borders me to the west and the Persian Gulf borders me to the east. What am I?

9. To protect themselves, Sumerians defended their city-states with these two things.

10. The biggest problem Sumerian farmers faced was…

Final Round

1-7. List the seven characteristics of civilization

8-10.List at least three parts of an irrigation system.