5th Grade - HISTORY REVIEW Chapters 1 & 2

Question 2

The setting up of authorities to rule a city, state, or nation.

Answer 2

Government

Question 3

Land in which a nation dwells

Answer 3

Country

Question 4

Man’s attempt to put himself in place of or above God.

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Humanism

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Rulers with absolute power, born into office, rule unto death, makes laws and enforces them

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Absolute Monarchy

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Rule by one man who usually comes to power by force

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Dictatorship

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Ruler that is born into office, limited in power

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Constitutional Monarchy

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A government that is run by representatives of the people. No particular group have all the power. Ruler is called a president. The U.S. has a republican government under the Constitution.

Answer 8

Republic

Question 9

Was built to reach the heavens and to keep people from being scattered abroad upon the faces of the whole earth. Was the beginning of the different languages of mankind.

Answer 9

Tower of Babel

Question 10

A large body of people who think of themselves as one and are united under one ruler and subject to the same general laws.

Answer 10

Nation

Question 11

A book of maps

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Atlas

Question 12

Shows land and water areas and gives their names.

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Physical Map

Question 13

Shows nations, cities, and states; also rivers, lakes and other waters.

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Political Map

Question 14

The false idea that man began as an animal and slowly changed into man.

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Evolution

Question 15

The human development of new knowledge and greater skills throughout history.

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Progress (Not the same as Evolution)

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The only true and reasonable record of where we came from.

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Bible

Question 17

The only reasonable explanation for human thought and language is that they are direct gifts from God, not products of evolution.

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How human language originated

Question 18

The first people in the world were familiar with farming and keeping sheep.

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How long it took for men to learn farming and keeping animals.

Question 19

Distance from side to side through the center

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Diameter of Earth = 8,000 miles

Question 20

Greatest distance around Earth

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Circumference of Earth = 25,000 miles

Question 21

What is does “Between the rivers” refer to?

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Mesopotamia

Question 22

What was the main occupation in Sumer?

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farmers

Question 23

What was the wedge-shaped writing of Sumer?

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cuneiform

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Where did Noah’s ark land?

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Mt. Ararat

Question 25

What is the smallest and coldest ocean?

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Arctic Ocean

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What is the warmest ocean?

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Indian Ocean

Question 27

What is the largest ocean?

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Pacific Ocean

Question 28

What is the ocean between the Americas and Europe or Africa?

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Atlantic Ocean

Question 29

What is the study of ancient people by recovering, preserving, and evaluating remains from the past called?

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archeology

Question 30

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

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superstition

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What are the tall, layered temples built by the Sumerians for worships called?

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ziggurats

Question 32

What was the most common type of seals in Sumer?

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cylinder seal

Question 33

What city did Abraham come from?

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Ur

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What land did God promise to Abraham?

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Canaan

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What does the name "Tigris" mean?

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arrow

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What does the name "Euphrates" mean?

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that which makes fruitful

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Why is the Fertile Crescent called the "Cradle of Civilization?"

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Because the earliest people lived there

Question 38

Where can we find the only completely accurate record of ancient history?

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the Bible

Question 39

Who were the first people after the Flood who developed and used writing?

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Sumerians

Question 40

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

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archeologists

Question 41

What was the early form of the Sumerian writing called? What was the later form called?

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the early form was pictographs and the later form was cuneiform

Question 42

What architectural details were the Sumerians first to use?

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the arch and the dome

Question 43

What were the two most important Sumerian inventions?

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writing and the wheel

Question 44

_____ Is the written record of mankind.

Answer 44

history

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_____ is the study of the earth's surface

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geography

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Name of the continents of the Old World

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Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Antartica

Question 47

The event that marks the beginning of history is the _____ of man.

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creation

Question 48

Our dating system is on the _____ __ _______.

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Birth of Christ

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The letters A.D. stand for ______ _____ which is Latin for ____________.

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anno Domini -- which means "in the year of our Lord"

Question 50

The letters B.C. mean _____ _____.

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Before Christ

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

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Evolution

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The ______ gives us the only true and reasonable record of where we came from and what our first ancestors were like.

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Bible

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Some _______ have rulers known as chiefs.

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tribes

Question 54

This type of government has a ruler who is born into office and has absolute power over his people.

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Absolute Monarchy

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This is a ruler who usually comes to power by force.

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Dictator

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The United States has this type of government.

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Republic

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This leader of a republic is a _______.

Answer 57

President

Question 58

The people of Sumer worked together to build the __________ to keep them from being "scattered aboard upon the face of the whole earth (Gen 11:4).

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Tower of Babel.

Question 59

A large body of people who think of themselves as one and are united under one ruler and subject to the same general laws is called a ______.

Answer 59

Nation.

Question 60

_____ is a way of life of a group of people.

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culture

Question 61

Two major rivers int he Fertile Crescent are the _______ and the ______.

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Tigris and Euphrates

Question 62

The part of the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates was called _______ which means "between rivers"

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Mesopotamia

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____________ may be the mountain upon which Noah's Ark came to rest.

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Mount Ararat

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_______ which is supplying land with water, was very important to the Sumerian way of life

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irrigation

Question 65

The main occupation of Sumerians was ________. Some Sumerians were ________ or ________.

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Main occupation was farming. | Some were herdsmen or shepherds

Question 66

Gradually the Sumerians' wiring became wedge-shaped with each mark standing for a symbol of a word. This form of writing became known as _______.

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cuneiform

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_________ are people who dig up and study the remains of ancient civilizations.

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archaeologists

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

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superstition

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

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ziggurats

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Sumerian builders were very skillful and were the first to build the ______ and the ______.

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arch and dome

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The ________ was an instrument used to stamp an article or document.

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seal

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The Sumerians built an ______ on top of the last and smallest layer of the ziggurat to offer sacrifices to their gods.

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altar

Question 73

The southern part of Sumer was called ______.

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Chaldea

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______ was the most important Sumerian city

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Ur

Question 75

The two major inventions of the Sumerians were the ____ and ______

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wheel and writing

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_______ was the Sumerian moon god

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Nanna

Question 77

_______ was a famous citizen of Ur mentioned in the Bible

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Abraham

Question 78

The most amazing tomb in Sumer was that of _______. It is from such discoveries that we have learned something of what the ancient people believed about death.

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Lady Shubad

Question 79

The king who ordered the ziggurat built at Ur was named ________.

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Ur-Nammu

Question 80

The _____ of the earth (distance from side to side through the center) is nearly _______ miles.

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diameter of earth is 8,000 miles

Question 81

A globe map of the world in the shape of a ______.

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sphere

Question 82

The ______ is the imaginary line that runs halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.

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equator

Question 83

All area between the equator and the North Pole is the ___________.

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Northern Hemisphere

Question 84

The _____________ is the southern half of the earth between the equator and the South Pole.

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Southern Hemisphere

Question 85

The _______ has more land and the ___________ has more water.

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Eastern has more land; Western has more water

Question 86

Six sevenths (6/7) of the world's people live in the ________ today.

Answer 86

Eastern Hemisphere

Question 87

This hemisphere is the Old World

Answer 87

Eastern Hemisphere

Question 88

This hemisphere is the New World

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Western Hemisphere

Question 89

This means "half a sphere"

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hemisphere