Test

Front 1

Name the 2 rivers in the Fertile Crescent:

Back 1

the Tigris and the Euphrates

Front 2

What is the part of the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

Back 2

Mesopotamia

Front 3

What name means "between the rivers?"

Back 3

Mesopotamia

Front 4

What is our only completely accurate record of ancient (very old) history?

Back 4

the Bible

Front 5

What was the name of the mountain upon which Noah's Ark came to rest?

Back 5

Mount Ararat

Front 6

A _____ is a country or a people who have developed to a great extent the natural abilities that God has given to man?

Back 6

civilization

Front 7

What was the main occupation in Sumer?

Back 7

farming

Front 8

_____ is supplying land with water by means of ditches, channels, or sprinklers.

Back 8

Irrigation

Front 9

Some Sumerians were _____ or _____.

Back 9

herdsmen or shepherds

Front 10

What are pictures of what the writer was trying to represent?

Back 10

pictographs

Front 11

Gradually their writing became wedge-shaped, each mark standing for a syllable of a work. This form of writing became known as ____.

Back 11

cuneiform

Front 12

Who are people who dig up and study the remains of ancient civilization?

Back 12

archaeologists

Front 13

What was an invention accredited to the Sumerians?

Back 13

the wheel

Front 14

What is the world's largest ocean?

Back 14

the Pacific Ocean

Front 15

Name the 4 oceans:

Back 15

1. Pacific Ocean,

2. Atlantic Ocean,

3. Indian Ocean, and

4. Arctic Ocean

Front 16

Which ocean is half the size of the Pacific Ocean but is important because it separates the American continents from Europe and Africa?

Back 16

Atlantic Ocean

Front 17

Which ocean is the world's warmest ocean?

Back 17

Indian Ocean

Front 18

What is the smallest and coldest ocean and surrounds the North Pole?

Back 18

Arctic Ocean

Front 19

What body of water is the largest inland body of water in the world?

Back 19

Caspian Sea

Front 20

Name the 7 continents:

Back 20

1. North America,

2. South America,

3. Africa,

4. Europe,

5. Asia,

6. Australia, and

7. Antarctica

Front 21

Which continent is the largest continent and has the greatest population?

Back 21

Asia

Front 22

Because Asia is connected by land to Europe, the 2 continents together are often referred to as ____.

Back 22

Eurasia

Front 23

What is the second largest continent?

Back 23

Africa

Front 24

What is a narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger bodies of land?

Back 24

isthmus

Front 25

What is a narrow, man-made channel of water that joins other bodies of water?

Back 25

canal

Front 26

What is often used for navigation or irrigation?

Back 26

canal

Front 27

`Which continent is the only continent where no people live, except for some explorers and scientists?

Back 27

Antarctica

Front 28

Which continent is the smallest continent and the only continent that is also a country?

Back 28

Australia

Front 29

What is the written record of mankind?

Back 29

History

Front 30

What is the study of the earth's surface?

Back 30

Geography

Front 31

What are the continents of: Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica known as?

Back 31

Old World continents

Front 32

What is generally the most important thing to know about history?

Back 32

WHERE something happened in history is just as important as WHEN it happened and WHO was involved.

Front 33

What event is our dating system in history centered on?

Back 33

The coming of Jesus Christ

Front 34

What does AD mean?

Back 34

"anno Domini" – "in the year of our Lord"

Front 35

What is the false idea that man began as an animal and slowly changed (evolved) into man?

Back 35

evolution

Front 36

What gives us the only true and reasonable record of where we came from and what our first ancestors were like?

Back 36

The Bible

Front 37

What is the human development of new knowledge and greater skills throughout history?

Back 37

Progress

Front 38

What type of ruler is born into his office and rules until his death?

Back 38

absolute monarchy

Front 39

Which type of ruler is one man who usually comes to power by force?

Back 39

dictatorship

Front 40

In what type of government is the ruler called a president?

Back 40

republic

Front 41

What type of government does the United States have under our Constitution?

Back 41

republican government

Front 42

What was built by people who banded together to keep from being "scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth?"

Back 42

Tower of Babel

Front 43

What was the beginning of the different languages of mankind?

Back 43

At the tower of Babel, God confused the language of the people so they could not understand each other.

Front 44

What is a large body of people who think of themselves as one and are united under one ruler and subject to the same general laws?

Back 44

nation

Front 45

What is a land in which a nation dwells?

Back 45

country

Front 46

What is man's attempt to put himself in place of or above God?

Back 46

humanism

Front 47

As groups of people left the Tower of Babel and settled around the world, they began to develop their own unique way of life, or _____.

Back 47

culture

Front 48

Name the 7 continents:

Back 48

1. North America,
2. South America,
3. Africa,
4. Europe,
5. Asia,
6. Australia, and
7. Antarctica

Front 49

What is the largest continent and has the greatest population?

Back 49

Asia

Front 50

What is the second largest continent?

Back 50

Africa

Front 51

What is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land?

Back 51

isthmus

Front 52

What is a narrow, man–made channel of water that joins other bodies of water and is used for navigation or irrigation?

Back 52

canal

Front 53

What are the next 2 largest continents in size after Africa?

Back 53

North America and South America

Front 54

What continent is at the "bottom of the world," and is the frozen continent?

Back 54

Antarctica

Front 55

Which continent is the next to smallest in size but plays a very important part in world history?

Back 55

Europe

Front 56

What is the smallest continent and is the only continent that is also a country?

Back 56

Australia

Front 57

What is a belief that is based on fear and ignorance rather than on the truth?

Back 57

Superstition

Front 58

The Sumerians built tall temples called _____ for worshiping their gods.

Back 58

ziggurats

Front 59

What did the Sumerians build on the last and the smallest layers of their ziggurats?

Back 59

alters to offer sacrifices to their gods

Front 60

Were the Sumerian builders good builders?

Back 60

Yes, the Sumerians were very skilled builders.

Front 61

What was an instrument used to stamp an article or document?

Back 61

seal

Front 62

What was the most common type of seal in Sumer?

Back 62

the cylinder

Front 63

The southern part of Sumer was called _____.

Back 63

Chaldea

Front 64

What was the most important Sumerian city?

Back 64

Ur

Front 65

Who ordered the ziggurat built at Ur?

Back 65

Ur Nammu

Front 66

Who was the moon god?

Back 66

Nanna

Front 67

Name one citizen of Ur who did not worship idols?

Back 67

Abraham

Front 68

What land was promised to Abraham and his descendants?

Back 68

Canaan

Front 69

It was through whose tomb that we have learned something of what the ancient people believed about death?

Back 69

Lady Shubad