Ch 2 Jeopardy Review

Powerpoint Jeopardy Egyptians

Sumerians Babylonians

Persians

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The title of the Egyptian rulers

What is “pharaoh”?

How the Egyptians viewed their rulers (as a god or human-like?).

What is as a god?

After death, the Egyptians believed that there was this.

What is after-life (life after death)

She was a female Egyptian pharaoh who wore a false beard to assert her authority.

Who is Hatshepsut?

The name of the young Egyptian pharaoh whose remains were uncovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.

Who is King Tut? (Tutankhamun)

How The Epic of Gilgamesh describes the underworld.

A grim place with no release (unhappy).

Because of a lack of other resources, the Sumerians used this as their building material.

What is clay?

These people made up the majority of the people in the Sumerian social hierarchy.

What are peasant farmers?

This was a pyramid-like temple that soared to the heavens.

What is a ziggurat?

Invented by the Sumerians, this may be the earliest form of writing. It involved using a reed pen to make wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets

What is cuneiform?

The king of Babylon who united the Babylonian empire.

Who is Hammurabi?

This type of law dealt with personal matters.

What is civil law?

The Hittites made their tools and weapons out of this material.

What is iron?

Although they were ruthless warriors, this group of people encouraged a well-ordered society.

Who are the Assyrians?

This group was ranked highest among the social classes.

What are priests/nobles?

This type of economy was based on the exchange of good or services.

What is a barter economy?

This emperor united the Persian Empire.

Who is Darius?

This is what a Persian governor was called.

What is a satrap?

This is the name of the Persian thinker who Believed that the god Ahura Mazda ruled the world.

Who is Zoroaster?

Persian kings pursued a policy of this, or acceptance of the people they conquered

What is tolerance?

They believed that were the “chosen people”.

Who are the Israelites?

He united the Hebrew tribes into a single nation.

Who is Moses?

These were spiritual leaders who interpreted God’s will.

What are prophets?

The Phoenicians invented this a means to help traders communicate better.

What is the alphabet?

Israelite society was this, or ruled by males.

What is patriarchal?

Final Jeopardy Make your wagers • Why did Egyptians identify closely with the story of Osiris and Isis?