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Chapters 1 2; Geog. Facts 1-4. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

All the area between the equator and the North Pole is the
a) Northern Hemisphere
b) Southern Hemispere
c) Eastern Hemisphere
d) Western Hemisphere

The imaginary line that runs halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole is the
a) axis
b) equator
c) Prime Meridian
d) latitude

A globe is a map of the world in the shape of a
a) circle
b) polygon
c) sphere
d) egg

The diameter of the earth is _____ miles
a) 8,000
b) 75,000
c) 25,000
d) 18,000

The circumference of the earth is _____ miles
a) 8,000
b) 75,000
c) 25,000
d) 18,000

Choose the answer with the continents found in the Old World
a) China, America, Mexico, Canada, Australia
b) Africa, Asia, South America, Europe, India
c) Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Antarctica
d) Asia, Africa, Canada, Australia, Europe

The most important Sumerian city
a) Chaldea
b) Euphrates
c) Ur
d) Tyre

Name the mountain on which we believe Noah's Ark came to rest
a) Kilmanjaro
b) Fuji
c) Moriah
d) Ararat

The name of the southern part of Sumer
a) Chaldea
b) Euphrates
c) Ur
d) Tyre

Choose the two major rivers of the Fertile Crescent
a) Huang He and Yellow River
b) Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
c) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
d) Indus River and Arabian Sea

Choose the two major inventions of the Sumerians
a) arch and dome
b) writing and wheel
c) alphabet and writing
d) wheel and paper

What would be located at the top of a ziggurat?
a) arch
b) altar
c) cylinder
d) dome

These people dig up and study the remains of ancient cities
a) archaeologists
b) farmers
c) sculptors
d) evolutionists

Which of the following did the Sumerians use in their buildings?
a) arch
b) cuneiform
c) cylinder
d) seal

What do we call the tall temples the Sumerians built for worshiping their gods?
a) arches
b) cylinders
c) seals
d) ziggurats

What instrument did the Sumerians use to stamp their documents
a) altar
b) dome
c) seal
d) ziggurats

The ______________ Hemisphere has more land than the Western Hemisphere
a) Northern
b) Southern
c) Eastern
d) Western

The Eastern Hemisphere has ______ of the world's people living there
a) 5/8
b) 2/3
c) 1/4
d) 6/7

Sumerian moon good
a) Abraham
b) Lady Shubad
c) Nanna
d) Sir Leonard Woolley

Powerful ruler of Ur who built its ziggurat
a) Abraham
b) Lady Shubad
c) Nanna
d) Ur-Nammu

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