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100
Lady Shubad
What is a queen whose tomb was discovered in ancient Ur?
100
Tigris River and Euphrates River
What are two rivers in the Fertile Crescent?
100
the Wheel and Writing
What are two Sumerian inventions?
100
Ziggurat
What is a tall Sumerian temple?
100
Mesopotamia
What is "between the rivers"?
200
Abraham
What is a famous citizen of Ur?
200
Mount Ararat
What is the place where Noah's Ark came to rest?
200
Arch and Dome
What are two types of architecture first used in Sumerian buildings?
200
Bible
What is the only completely accurate record of ancient history?
200
Tower of Babel
What is a man-made structure built after the Flood, where God confused their languages?
300
Ur-Nammu
What is a king who ordered the ziggurat at Ur to be built?
300
Garden of Eden
What is the place where history began?
300
Seal and Cylinder
What is used to stamp an article or document and what is the most common type in Sumer?
300
Archaeology
What is the study of ancient peoples and remains from the past?
300
Dig
What is another name for an archaeologist's excavation site?
400
Archaeologists
What is people who dig up and study the remains of ancient cities and civilizations?
400
Fertile Crescent
What is the "Cradle of Civilization"?
400
Pictograph and Cuneiform
What is the early form of Sumerian writing and what is wedge-shaped writing?
400
Superstition
What are beliefs based on fear and ignorance?
400
Canaan
What is the land that God promised to Abraham and his descendants?
500
Sir Leonard Woolley
What is a British archaeologist who found evidence of the Flood in his excavations of ancient Ur?
500
Ur
What is the most important Sumerian city?
500
Irrigation
What is a method of supplying the land with water?
500
Civilization
What are people who have developed their natural and God-given abilities?
500
farmers, herdsmen, and skilled workers
What are three main occupations of the Sumerians?