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What was the southern part of Sumer called?
Chaldea (29)
What city did Sir Leonard Woolley excavate?
Ur (28)
What is a government run by representatives of the people?
Republic (15)
A large group of people who think of themselves as one and are united under the same general laws?
Nation (14)
The system of authority to govern people and punish evil?
Government (14)
What kind of map shows the geographical features of an area such as mountains, deserts, rivers and lakes?
Physical (A4)
A document, account, or object that recalls firsthand an event in history?
Primary source (9)
What do the letters A.D. mean?
In the year of our Lord (7)
A government whose leaders are born into office and rule until death?
Absolute monarchy (15)
A government with a king or queen alongside a more powerful prime minister or members of parliament?
Constitutional monarchy (15)
Arab nomads who wander from place to place with their herds and belongings?
Bedouins (23)
The earth's 0* line of longitude?
Prime Meridian
The first known civilization to develop and use writing?
Sumerians (25)
Some of the earliest known occupants of Asia Minor?
Hittites (31)
The people whose ships connected the civilizations of the Middle East through trade and travel?
Phoenicians (33)
The last king of Lydia?
Croesus (35)
Two Phoenician cities famous for producing purple dye and blown glass?
Tyre and Sidon (33-34)
What lines run east and west around the earth?
Latitude
Plant used for making a paper like material?
Papyrus (33)
The tall Sumerian temple?
Ziggurat (26)
Another name for an excavation site?
Dig (8)
Government ruled by a chief?
Tribal government (15)
An object from the past with historical interest?
Artifact (8)
People who study the surface of the earth?
Geographers
The study of ancient people by means of recovering, preserving, and evaluating remains from the past?
Archaeology (8)
The study of the earth's surface, climate, countries, people and cultures?
Geography (6)
The written record of what man has done with the time God has given him?
History (5)
A belief that is based on fear and ignorance rather than truth?
Superstition (26)
An area of land completely surrounded by water?
Island (A63)
The best preserved ancient city in Mesopotamia?
Ur (28)
A high, steep wall of rock?
Cliff
The height above sea level?
Altitude
A raised area of the earth's surface that rises somewhat abruptly and is larger than a hill?
Mountain
A box that explains what the symbols, lines and colors on a map represent?
Map key (A5)
The four main directions on a compass are called what?
Cardinal directions
What did the Sumerians use to stamp an article or document?
Seal (26)