Geography
What is another name for the Eastern Hemisphere?
Old World
Republic
What is the way of life of a group of people called?
Culture
Sumerians had beliefs based on fears and ignorance rather than truth. Those beliefs are called what?
Superstitions
What is supplying land with water called?
Irrigation
The structure built to try to keep man from being scattered after the Flood is called what?
The Tower of Babel
What is a type of government has a ruler that is often born into office and has complete power?
Absolute Monarchy
Name the two most important river systems in the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris and Euphrates
What instrument did the Sumerians use to stamp their documents?
Cylinder Seal
What is the Sumerian's form of wedge-shaped writing called?
Cuneiform
Six sevenths of the world's population lives in which hemisphere?
Eastern hemisphere
What is a ruler who comes to power by force called?
What it the imaginary line that separates the Northern pole from the Southern pole?
Equator
What is the name of the Sumerian moon god?
Nanna
What is the stair-stepped temples built for worship called?
Ziggurats
What occupation digs up and studies the remains of ancient cities called?
Archaeologists
What is the type of government whose ruler is often born into office but is limited by the land's laws and has a cabinet of people around them to help govern?
Constitutional Monarchy
What is the mountain on which Noah's Ark came to rest?
Mt. Ararat
What is the name of the King who commissioned the building of the famous Ziggurat of Ur?
Ur-Nammu
What 2 architectural features is credited to the Ancient Sumerians?
Arch and dome
What is the southern part of Sumer called and what is it's most important city?
Chaldea and Ur
What is man's attempt to put himself in the place of God called?
Humanism
What is the diameter and circumference of the earth?
Diameter = 8,000 miles
Circumference = 25,000 miles
Whose tomb was discovered that revealed much about the Sumerian's beliefs?
Lady Shubad
The ancient Sumerians created 2 major inventions, one was writing and the other was what?