Terms
The written record of mankind is called...
What is History?
This kind of government is found in the United States.
What is a Republic?
The word __________ means "between the rivers".
What is Mesopotamia?
The inventions of the Sumerians.
The circumference of the earth.
What is 25,000 miles?
______________ is the false idea of how mankind began.
What is Evolution?
The leader of a republic is the ____________.
What is a president?
The Sumerians used these to supply the land with water.
What is irrigation?
The mountain on which it is believed Noah's Ark landed on.
What is Mt. Ararat?
The diameter of the earth.
What is 8,000 miles?
A belief system that is based on fear and ignorance.
What is Superstition?
When a ruler is born into office and has complete control.
What is an absolute monarchy?
These people dig up and study remains of ancient cities.
What are archaeologists?
The southern part of Sumer.
What is Chaldea?
The imaginary line that divides the world halfway between the North and South Poles.
What is the equator?
A group of people's way of life is known as _________.
What is Culture?
What event marks the beginning of human history?
What is creation?
The place of worship for the Sumerian people.
What are the Ziggurats?
The most important place/city in Sumer.
What is Ur?
The globe is in this shape.
What is a sphere?
A __________ is a large body of people who think of themselves as one, who are united under one ruler, and are subject to the same laws.
The people were scattered following what event?
What is the Tower of Babel?
These were the wedge shaped writings of the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
The continents found in the Old World.
What are Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, & Antarctica?
Six sevenths of the world's population live in this hemisphere.
What is the Eastern Hemisphere?