History Test #1 Review

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Across
  1. 1. the instrument Sumerians used to stamp their documents
  2. 3. means in the year of our Lord
  3. 7. 25,000 miles, the measurement of Earth's " "
  4. 10. means between the rivers
  5. 15. the shape a globe, which is the shape of a map of the world
  6. 16. the mountain upon which Noah's Ark came to rest
  7. 17. the structure (tower) built to try to keep man from being scattered after the Flood
  8. 18. the event that marked the beginning of history and of man
  9. 20. the type of government found in the United States; the leader is called a president
  10. 22. a belief based on fear and ignorance rather than the truth
  11. 25. Sumerian moon god
  12. 28. one of two major rivers of the Fertile Crescent, the other is the Euphrates
  13. 29. man's attempt to put himself in the place of God
  14. 30. this hemisphere is the area between the equator and the North Pole
  15. 32. supplying land with water
  16. 35. the tall temples the Sumerians built for worshipping their gods
Down
  1. 2. a type monarchy (government) whose ruler is often born into office and has complete power
  2. 3. these people dig up and study the remains of ancient cities
  3. 4. 8,000 miles, the measurement of Earth's " "
  4. 5. a ruler who comes into power by force
  5. 6. the only completely accurate record of ancient history
  6. 8. a false idea of how man began
  7. 9. a large body of people who think of themselves as one, are united under one ruler, and are subject to the same general laws
  8. 11. located at the top of a ziggurat
  9. 12. southern part of Sumer
  10. 13. the birth of this person is what our dating system is centered on
  11. 14. the way of life of a group of people
  12. 18. Sumerian's form of wedge-shaped writing
  13. 19. the eastern hemisphere, includes Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, called the " " World
  14. 21. this hemisphere has more land than the Western Hemisphere; where 6/7 of the world's population live
  15. 23. the civilization that invented the wheel and writing, where the occupations were farmers, herdsmen, sheperds
  16. 24. the written record of mankind
  17. 26. architecture that Sumerians used in their buildings
  18. 27. the most important Sumerian city
  19. 31. powerful ruler of Ur who built its ziggurat
  20. 33. famous citizen of Ur mentioned in the Bible
  21. 34. an imaginary line drawn that runs halfway between the North Pole and South Pole
  22. 36. this tomb revealed much about the Sumerians' beliefs, and the name begins with Lady