Vocab
the written record of mankind
What is history?
Type of government found in the United States
What is a republic?
famous citizen of Ur mentioned in the Bible
Who is Abraham?
A major invention of the Sumerians
What is writing? OR
What is the wheel?
A globe is a map of the world in the shape of a _______
What is sphere?
a false idea of how man began
What is evolution?
type of government whose ruler is born into office and has complete power
What is an absolute monarchy?
Sumerian moon god
Who is Nanna?
Sumerians' form of wedge-shaped writing
What is cuneiform?
All the area between the equator and the North Pole is the __________ hemisphere
What is Northern?
a belief based on fear and ignorance rather than the truth
What is superstition?
the leader of a republic
What is a president?
Powerful ruler of Ur who built its ziggurat
Who is Ur-Nammu?
What do we call the tall temples the Sumerians built for worshiping their gods
What are ziggurats?
the imaginary line that runs halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
What is the equator?
man's attempt to put himself in the place of God
What is humanism?
A ruler who comes to power by force
What is a dictator?
this tomb revealed much about the Sumerians' beliefs
Who is Lady Shubad?
What is a seal?
the circumference of the earth
What is 25,000 miles?
the way of life of a group of people
What is culture?
type of government where the ruler is born into power but has limited power
What is a constitutional monarchy?
these people dig up and study the remains of ancient cities
What are archaeologists?
located at the top of a ziggurat?
What is an altar?
the diameter of the earth
What is 8,000 miles?