A list of Jeopardy Terms related to Mesopotamia for AP World History
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| 9367044 | Delta | Wide, fertile river mouth | 0 | |
| 9367045 | Civilization | High developed form of culture | 1 | |
| 9368252 | Floods | Recurring river valley events that enriched the soil | 2 | |
| 9368253 | Cities | Population centers | 3 | |
| 9368254 | Classes | Groups of people identified by their status | 4 | |
| 9368255 | River Valleys | Geographical areas where the earliest civilizations developed | 5 | |
| 9368256 | Copper | Soft metal used by early cultures | 6 | |
| 9368257 | Bronze | Mixture of copper and tin that gave its name to an age | 7 | |
| 9368258 | Iron | Strong metal first used widely by the Hittites that gave its name to an age | 8 | |
| 9368259 | Irrigation | Method of watering crops during dry seasons | 9 | |
| 9368260 | Dikes (Levees) | Devices used for flood control | 10 | |
| 9368261 | Government | Cooperative system that developed as people worked together | 11 | |
| 9368262 | Clay (Mud) Brick | Principal building material in Sumer | 12 | |
| 9368263 | Clay | Sumerian writing material | 13 | |
| 9368264 | Roads | System that linked the different parts of both the Assyrian Empire and the Persian Empire | 14 | |
| 9368265 | Coin(s)(age) | Form of money used for Persian trade | 15 | |
| 9368266 | City-State | Basic political division in Sumer - made up of a city and its surrounding lands and villages | 16 | |
| 9368267 | Cuneiform | Sumerian wedge-shaped writing | 17 | |
| 9368268 | Arch | Architectural element invented by Sumerians | 18 | |
| 9368269 | Priests (Priest-Kings) | Governors of Sumerian cities | 19 | |
| 9368270 | Code of Hammurabi | The Babylonian collection of laws | 20 | |
| 9368271 | Empire | Group of states or nations under one ruler; first created by Sargon | 21 | |
| 9368272 | Potter's Wheel | Artisan's device for shaping jugs and bowls; first used by Sumerians | 22 | |
| 9368273 | Library | Vast Assyrian collection of clay tablets; One of the world's first | 23 | |
| 9368274 | Provinces | Divisions of the Assyrian Empire | 24 | |
| 9368275 | Astronomy and Astrology | Chaldean studies of the stars and planets | 25 | |
| 9368276 | Hereditary Kingship | Kingship passed down from father to son | 26 | |
| 9368277 | City's God | Owner of each Sumerian city's land | 27 | |
| 9368278 | Ziggurat | Pyramid-temple at the center of each Sumerian city | 28 | |
| 9368279 | Algebra (Based on 60) | Sumerian development in mathematics | 29 | |
| 9368280 | Retribution | Basic principle of justice under Babylonian law | 30 | |
| 9368281 | Payment of Damages | Basic principle of Hittite justice | 31 | |
| 9368282 | Polytheism | Belief in a number of gods; common among ancient people | 32 | |
| 9368283 | Satrapies | Persian provinces | 33 | |
| 9368284 | Trade | Economic system created by surplus products | 34 | |
| 9368285 | Farming | Principal occupation of the earliest river valley dwellers | 35 | |
| 9368286 | Calendar(s) | Devices developed to reckon and mark time | 36 | |
| 9368287 | Writing | Invention spurred by the need for records | 37 | |
| 9368288 | Irrigation and Flood Control | Two projects that required group cooperation in river valleys | 38 | |
| 9368289 | Wheeled Vehicles | Vital transportation method developed by the Sumerians | 39 | |
| 9368290 | Division of Labor | New system in which certain people specialized in specific types of work | 40 | |
| 9368291 | Pictogram | Simplified picture of a thing | 41 | |
| 9368292 | Ideogram | Picture that stands for an idea | 42 | |
| 9368293 | Phonogram | Picture that stands for a sound | 43 | |
| 9368294 | Mesopotamia | The "Land between the rivers" | 44 | |
| 9368295 | Tigris | Easternmost of Mesopotamia's twin rivers | 45 | |
| 9368296 | Euphrates | Westernmost of Mesopotamia's twin rivers | 46 | |
| 9368297 | Babylon | Principal city of the Babylonian Empire | 47 | |
| 9368298 | Fertile Crescent | Arc of rich-soil land where Mesopotamia was located | 48 | |
| 9368299 | India and China | The two Far Eastern lands that traded with Mesopotamia | 49 | |
| 9368300 | Persian Gulf | Mesopotamia's twin rivers emptied into this body of water | 50 | |
| 9368301 | Iraq | Present-day country that includes most of Mesopotamia | 51 | |
| 9368302 | Sumer | Southern Mesopotamia; home of the earliest known civilization | 52 | |
| 9368303 | Nineveh | Capital city of the Assyrian Empire | 53 | |
| 9368304 | Mediterranean Sea | Western boundary of the Babylonian Empire | 54 | |
| 9368305 | Hanging Gardens of Babylon | One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; located in Babylon; Built after Gate of Ishtar | 55 | |
| 9368306 | Persepolis | Capital city of Persia | 56 | |
| 9368307 | Iran | Present-day country that includes Persia | 57 | |
| 9368308 | Egypt | African country that traded with Mesopotamia | 58 | |
| 9368309 | Armenia (Eastern Turkey) | Area where Mesopotamia's twin rivers began | 59 | |
| 9368310 | Ur | Great city-state of Sumer | 60 | |
| 9368311 | Indus River | Easternmost boundary of the Persian Empire at its peak | 61 | |
| 9368312 | (Great)Royal Road | Famous Persian transportation route | 62 | |
| 9368313 | Arabia | Desert land to the south of Mesopotamia | 63 | |
| 9368314 | Sumerians | People who created the earliest known civilization | 64 | |
| 9368315 | Hittites | Warlike people from Asia Minor who were the first conquerors of Babylon | 65 | |
| 9368316 | Assyrians | Warfare specialists who destroyed Babylon and created a huge empire | 66 | |
| 9368317 | Cyrus (the Great) | First ruler of the Persian Empire | 67 | |
| 9368318 | Scribes | Mesopotamian writers | 68 | |
| 9368319 | Persians | People who created the mightiest Mesopotamian empire | 69 | |
| 9368320 | Gilgamesh | Sumerian priest-king who was the hero of the world's oldest written story (epic) | 70 | |
| 9368321 | Sargon (The Great (I)) | Ruler who joined Sumer and Akkad, creating the world | 71 | |
| 9368322 | Hammurabi | Ruler of the first Babylonian Empire | 72 | |
| 9368323 | Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians) | People who captured Nineveh and rebuilt Babylon | 73 | |
| 9368324 | Nebuchadnezzar | Ruler of the second Babylonian Empire | 74 | |
| 9368325 | Medes | Former allies defeated by the Persians around 550 B.C.E. | 75 | |
| 9368326 | Darius (I) | Ruler of the Persian Empire at its Peak | 76 | |
| 9368327 | Xerxes | Son of Darius who invaded Greece | 77 | |
| 9368328 | Zoroaster | Great Persian religious leader | 78 | |
| 9368329 | Women | Class of people who had more rights in Babylon that in other Mesopotamian countries | 79 | |
| 9368330 | Warfare | Major occupation of the Assyrians | 80 | |
| 9368331 | Ashurbanipal | Assyrian king who created a notable early library | 81 | |
| 9368332 | Cambyses | Son of the first Perisan ruler; he conquered Egypt | 82 | |
| 9368333 | Ashur | Supreme god of the Assyrians | 83 |
