Climate & Weather
the word that describes an area good to grow food and raise animals is
fertile
where was the religious temple?
at the top of the ziggurat
a son who strikes his mother faces the punishment of
cutting off hands
the building that was the highest in Mesopotamia's cities
ziggurat
farming was only possible close to
a major river or source of water
which one was not a god in Mesopotamia: of the air, of the water, of volcanoes, of the sun, of the moon?
volcanoes
house builders had to be careful, because
if the house collapsed and killed someone, they could face execution
how did Mesopotamians write things down
chiseled on clay tablets
nomads reached North America by crossing on a
land bridge
each city-state has its own
god of goddess
was divorce allowable if brought by the wife?
Yes, with a valid reason.
Mesopotamia was called the fertile ____
Crescent
the ice age had much of Europe, America, and much of of Asia covered with
glaciers
how powerful were priests and priestesses?
cannot ask for the child to return
the major invention travelling through Mesopotamia on dry land
the wheel
Mesopotamia got as warm as ____ in the summer
110 degrees
Mesopotamia's religion was
polytheistic
the theory of punishment in the code
retaliation
Tigris and Euphrates