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38 Cards in this Set
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Arctic Ocean |
Smallest and coldest ocean |
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Fertile Crescent |
Cradle of Civilization |
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Indian Ocean |
warmest ocean |
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King or Queen |
Leader of a constitutional monarchy |
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New World |
North & South America |
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Old World |
Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Antarctica |
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Pacific Ocean |
Largest ocean |
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President |
Leader of a republic |
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Diameter of the earth |
8,000 miles |
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Circumference of the earth |
25,000 miles |
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History |
the written record of mankind |
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Geography |
the study of the earth's surface |
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The Bible |
the only completely accurate record of ancient history |
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Mt. Ararat |
The place that Noah's Ark is believed to have come to rest after the flood |
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Culture |
the way of life of a group of people |
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Evolution |
the false idea that man began as an animal and slowly changed into a man |
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Republic |
the type of government we have in the USA |
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Babylon |
the city that was probably named after the Tower of Babel |
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B.C. |
"Before Christ" |
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The creation of Adam & Eve |
the event that marks the beginning of human history |
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Progress |
the human development of new knowledge and greater skills throughout history |
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Farmer |
the main occupation of the Sumerians |
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Irrigation |
the supplying land with water |
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Cuneiform |
The Sumerian form of wedge-shaped writing |
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Seal |
the instrument the Sumerians used to stamp documents |
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Superstition |
a belief that is based on fear and ignorance rather than truth |
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Canaan |
the land promised to Abraham |
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Lady Shubad |
her tomb was discovered in ancient Ur |
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Nanna |
the Sumerian moon god |
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Chaldea |
southern part of Sumer |
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Fertile Crescent |
the "Cradle of Civilization" |
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Abraham |
one citizen of Ur who did not worship idols |
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Mesopotamia |
the land "between the rivers" |
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Leonard Woolley |
archaeologist who discovered the buried city of Ur |
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Humanism |
man's attempt to put himself in place of or above God |
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Nation |
one body of people who think of themselves as one, are united under one ruler, and subject to the same general rules |
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Government |
the setting up of authorities to rule a city, state, or nation |
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Tower of Babel |
the structure that was built to try and reach to heaven and keep the people from being scattered |
