history Flashcards

1
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Mans attempt to put himself in the place of God

A

Humanism

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2
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Our only complete accurate record of ancient history

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Bible

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3
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Before Christ

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BC

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4
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In the year of our Lord

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AD

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5
Q

The written record of mankind

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History

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6
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A false idea of how man began

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Evolution

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7
Q

Supplying Land with Water

A

Irrigation

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8
Q

Between two rivers

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Mesopotamia

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9
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A large body of people who think of themselves as one, united under one

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Nation

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10
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The instruments the Sumerians used to stamp their articles or documents

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Seal

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11
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The way of life of a group or people

A

Culture

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12
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a ruler who comes to power by force

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Dictator

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13
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The most important Sumerian city

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Ur

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14
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Mountain on which we believe Noah’s Ark came to rest

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Mt Ararat

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15
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All the area between the Equator and the North Pole

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Northern Hemisphere

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16
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The imaginary line that runs halfway between the North and South pole

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Equator

17
Q

The leader of a republic

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President

18
Q

type of government found in the United States

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Republic

19
Q

A belief based on fear and ignorance rather than the truth

A

superstition

20
Q

the map of the world in the shape of a sphere

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Globe

21
Q

the tall temples the Sumerians built

A

Ziggurat

22
Q

the southern part of Sumer

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Chaldea

23
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People who dig up and study remains of ancient cities

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Archeologists

24
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Type of government whose ruler is often born into office and has complete power

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absolute monarchy

25
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a structure built to try and keep man from being scattered after the flood

A

Tower of Babel

26
Q

the beginning of human history

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Creation

27
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The Sumerians form of wedge shaped writing

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Cuneiform