When was the world created?
4000 BC
In what year was the flood?
2300 BC
3000 BC
3500 BC
What is putting man in place of or above God?
Humanism
What is the way of life of a group of people?
Culture
Evolution
Civilization
Who bragged openly of killing a man?
Lamech
Adam
Seth
Noah
Shem's descendents migrated where?
Asia
Ham's descendents migrated where?
Africa
Japheth's descendents migrated where?
Europe
Madagascar
Who was the first great empire builder?
Who was known as the mighty hunter?
Nimrod
Adam
Seth
Lamech
What is a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit?
Nation
Civilization
Country
Tribe
What does AD stand for?
Anno Domini
In what year did the Sumerian civilization begin?
2300 BC
What resembles the shape of a crecent moon?
Fertile Crecent
What does Tigris mean?
Arrow
What does Euphrates mean?
That Makes Fruitful
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land Between Rivers
What are the years between 4000-500 BC called?
Ancient Kingdom
What are the years between AD 500-1500 called?
Medieval
What are the years between 1500-Today called?
Modern
What does the Bible call Sumer?
Shinar
When was the early dynastic age?
2300 BC
When was the old Akkadian period?
2200 BC
When was the 3rd dynasty of Ur?
2100 BC
Who came up with BC and AD?
Bede
Who were the first people to use the wheel?
Sumerians
Who was the second great empire builder?
Who conquered the Sumerians in 2200 BC?
Sargon
What was the Sumerians greatest accomplishment?
Writing
What was the wedge shaped writings called?
Cuneiform
Who was the god of the sky for the Sumerians?
Anu
What are the towers that were built in tiers or stages that were used for sacrifices?
Ziggurats
Who was the moon god of the Sumerians?
Nanna
In what year was the third dynasty of Ur?
2100 BC
Who was the third great empire builder?
What King was the first to use law codes?
Ur-Nammu
What number did the Sumerians like?
60
In what year did Hammurabi come to power?
1800 BC
What is an organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern?
Bureaucracy
In what year did the Amorites and the Elamites invade Sumer?
1900 BC
Who was the sun god that Hammurabi thought gave him the right to make laws?
Shamash
What is know as making the laws known?
Promulgation
Who was the Sumerian goddess of love?
Inanna
Ishtar
Who was the chief god of the Babylonians?
Marduk
How many laws did Hammurabi create?
300
In what year did Babylon fall?
1500 BC
Abraham Isaac and Jacob were know as what?
Patriarchs
Who was the chief god of the Canaanites?
Baal
A nation or a people living in its own land with its own government is called what?
Nation State
What are wandering herdsmen called?
Nomads
How many years did the Patriarchs live in Canaan?
230
When was the call of Abraham?
2000 BC
False
Hammurabi's laws were fair for all crimes committed.
The wheel was invented after the Sumerian civilization was destroyed.
True
The most important part of a Sumerian city was the ziggurats.
Sumerians were humanists.
Sun god
Shamash
Sumerian goddess of love
Inanna
Babylonian goddess of love
Ishtar
Chief god of Babylon
Marduk
Chief god of Canaanites
Baal
God of the Patriarchs
Jehovah
Zeus
Neptune
Jupiter
Thor