History

Geography Facts

100

What do we call the distance from side to side through the center of the earth? 

diameter 

200

What is the length of the earth's circumference?

25,000 miles

300

What is the world's largest ocean?

Pacific Ocean

400

What is the smallest continent?

Australia

500

What is the imaginary line that runs halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole?

equator

Fertile Crescent

100

What does Tigris mean? 

arrow

200

What sea is left of Mesopotamia?

Mediterranean Sea

300

What means "that which makes fruitful."?

Euphrates 

400

What does Mesopotamia mean? 

"between the rivers."

500

Which city is north- Babylon or Ur?

Babylon

True or False

100

The written record of mankind is evolution. 

false- history 

200

The leader of a republic is a president. 

true

300

Another name for the Eastern Hemisphere is New World.

false- Old World

400

A ruler who comes to power by force is a dictator. 

true. 

500

The event that began the need for human government was the Tower of Babel.

false... the Flood 

Random

100

First 8 words of The American's Creed. 

I believe in the United States of America.

200

Two things we got from Sumeria. 

writing and the wheel.

300

What is the ruler of a constitutional monarchy called?

king or queen

400

The tall, layered temples built by the Sumerians for worship were called ?

ziggurats

500

Abraham came from the city of ?

Ur