Knowledge Questions
What did Mesopotamians use to control water that would sometimes flood?
Canals
What are the TWO mountains in Mesopotamia
The Zagros and Taurus mountains
What rivers boarder Mesopotamia?
The Tigris river and Euphrates river
True or False:Mesopotamians were always nomadic.
False
Why did the land become overworked?
The farmers were farming to much
There were too many farmers
What is the difference between trading and bargaining?
Trade can involve money, while bargains cannot.
True or false: ONLY the Zagros Mountains helped Mesopotamia as they bordered the land.
False
What is one positive AND one negative of the two rivers flooding?
1.)Fertile land/clay
2.)Destroy crops
Why did Mesopotamian stop being nomadic?
They invented agriculture.
Why was it bad that the crops were flooded?
Their houses were destroyed
What are THREE things Mesopotamians traded?
Wood, metal, food, cloth, clay, fertile mud
WHERE are the Taurus mountains located (in today's time)?
What is Iraq
Name 3 rivers that were involved in Mesopotamia
The Tigris, Nile, and the Euphrates
People in Mesopotamia use clothing to protect themselves from...?
Extreme weather changes(cold, hot, windy, rainy)
What is one problem the downfall of the rivers in the spring caused
They caused the people's homes and crops to be destroyed
Northern Mesopotamians had wood, southern Mesopotamians had...?
Fertile land/silt
Name ONE of the Mountains that boarded Mesopotamia
The Taurus Mountains
The Zagros Mountains
What happened in the spring?
The rivers flooded
True or false: Temperatures can exceed 100 degrees fahrenheit in Mesopotamia.
True
Why was is GOOD that the crops flooded?
It brought VERY fertile silt to the land
What THREE animals did Mesopotamians domesticate?
Dogs, goats, and sheep
What did the Mountains do?
They Bordered the lands
What would Mesopotamians do when their soil loses fertility?
Move to a place with fertile soil.
Why was Hammurabi's code just or unjust?
BOTH ANSWERS ARE ALLOWED
Unjust- It favored the victim, and the upper class, punishments were brutal
Just- Do bad get bad, it punished the criminal for what they did.