Sumerians Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What does Genesis mean? Beginning; Origin What philosophy puts man in place of or above God? Humanism What is the way of life of a group of people? Culture What did God establish to teach the sanctity of human life? Capital punishment What is a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit? Nation What was God's punishment for man's wickedness? The Flood What was lost when Adam and Eve committed the first human...

What was the "Neolithic Revolution" - Answer-change in climate led to better food production which led to population growth. hat area are historians referring to when they talk about Mesopotamia - Answer-The area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. How did cuneiform writing develop - Answer-First developed as pictograms, then developed into symbols associated with spoken sounds how was cunieform written - Answer-it was written by making lines in clay using reeds what was cunie...

ABEKA WORLD HISTORY AND CULTURES TEST 1 ALREADY PASSED another name for the 10 commandments Decalogue biblical name for Sumer Shinar capital of the Eastern Roman Empire Byzantium symbols used to express ideas ideograms human worship, making man into a god humanism founding fathers of Israel patriarchs government ruled by God theocracy Greek word for "between the rivers" Mesopotamia T/F civil government began AFTER the Deluge T T/F the sea-trading PHOENICIANS helped transmit the alphab...

What does B.C. after a date mean before the birth of Christ What was the greatest turning point in world history Christ's first coming What does Tigris mean arrow What was the greatest accomplishment of the Sumerians writing

Development of Agriculture correct answers 10,000 Domestication of Goats correct answers 8,500 Walls of Jericho correct answers 7,800 Ceramic Pottery correct answers 6,500 Invention of the Wheel correct answers 4,500 Invention of Writing correct answers 3,000 House of TIles Destroyed correct answers 2,250 Battle of Qadesh correct answers 1,285 Trojan War correct answers 1,265 Collapse of Bronze Age correct answers 1,200 Alphabet appears in Greece correct answers 735...

Mesopotamia Part 2 question and answers 2023 updated Which of the following was NOT an invention of the Mesopotamians? - correct answer Horse-drawn buggy What was the first thing that the Sumerians accomplished? - correct answer Farming and domestication of animals. Why was Mesopotamia such a good area for growing crops? - correct answer The rivers flooded and deposited rich soil. How did the Sumerians solve the problem of flooding. - correct answer They dug irrigation ditches and b...

Abeka 7th Grade History, Chapter 2 Review 100% Pass Abraham the father of the nation Israel Sargon the Akkadian king who conquered the Sumerians Sumerians the descendants of those who stayed in the general vicinity of the Tower of Babel after the dispersion, and whose greatest accomplishment was writing Hammurabi the king of Babylon who united all of Mesopotamia under his rule Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Joseph Jacob's son who was sold into slavery by his brothers Middle East a p...

Abeka 7th grade History Test 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit nation the way of life of a group of people culture the scattering of people over the earth dispersion a wedge-shaped writing cuneiform the rule by one city or people over other cities or peoples empire a group of people living in its own land with its own government nation-state an organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him...

ABCTE Elementary Education Questions With Verified Correct Answers | UPDATED Magna Carta - ANSWER (1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom 13th Ammendment - ANSWER officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude. Articles of Confederation - ANSWER 1st Constitution of the U.S. (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to...

Abeka 7th grade History quiz 2 already graded A What does B.C. after a date mean before the birth of Christ What was the greatest turning point in world history Christ's first coming What does Tigris mean arrow What was the greatest accomplishment of the Sumerians writing What best describes the Sumerians and their religion polytheists and humanists who served gods such as Anu and Nanna Left Ur around 2000 B.C. to begin and new nation Abraham Means "land between the rivers" and is locat...