Ice Age
What is a striation
Scrape or scratch in the Earth from glaciers
What is the name of the oldest known civilization?
The Sumerians
What is a Ziggurat?
A tiered-structure
What does babel mean in English?
Confusion
What is a glacier?
Large amount of ice that is also mobile.
Where did the Sumerians live?
Mesopotamia, Fertile Crescent, Ur
What is the name of the most famous ziggurat.
Tower of Babel
How many languages are there now in the world?
Over 7,000
What is an Ice sheet?
Large flat ice that remains stationary
Who is one of the oldest examples of a Sumerian that we have?
Abraham
When was the tower of Babel created?
2242 B.C
What were the names of Noah's children?
Shem, Ham, Japeth
What is an Ice Cap?
How advanced were the Sumerians?
Advanced enough to have water systems, ahead of their time
Why did the people create the Tower?
Because they wanted to show independence from God
The Story of Babel is in what book of the Bible?
Genesis
What are examples of Striations?
Yosemite Valley, Grand Canyon
What is a civilization?
A group of people that include laws, government, and written language.
What did God do after the people created the Tower?
He confused their languages
What city sprung up from the tower of Babel?
Babylon