Test 1 Flashcards
(94 cards)
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the written record of what man has done with the time God has given us
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history
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only reliable source of history
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the Bible
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theory man came from animals
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evolution
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three special characteristics of man
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- language / thought
- choices
- knowing right and wrong
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focal point of all history
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Jesus Christ’s first advent to earth
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two time periods we divide time into
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BC and AD
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three eras we divide time into
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Ancient (4000 BC - AD 500)
Medieval (AD 500 - 1500)
Modern (AD 1500 - present)
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worship of man
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humanism
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another name for the Flood
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Deluge (2300 BC)
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first civil ordinance given by God
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capital punishment
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institution with the authority and power to control, direct, and rule in the actions and affairs of others
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government
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God is ________, the supreme power over all nations, rulers, and individuals
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sovereign
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Post-Diluvian
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Post-Flood
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Noah’s sons
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Ham, Shem, and Japheth
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the ark landed at ____1____ and Noah’s family traveled to ____2____
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- Mt. Ararat
- the Plains of Shinar
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the builder of the first world empire (Tower of Babel)
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Nimrod (“might hunter”)
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a group of people that act as a unit
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nation
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groups people are divided into based on physical characteristics
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races
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three factors that affect racial variety
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- rapidly changing environment
- small population
- extensive inbreeding
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earth “divided”
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Peleg
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descendants:
1. Ham’s went to
2. Shem’s went to
3. Japheth’s went to
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- Australia and Shinar
- Americas and Asia
- Europe and India
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first post-diluvian civilization
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Sumer
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two rivers of the Fertile Crescent
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Tigris and Euphrates
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land between the rivers
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Mesopotamia
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three oldest settlements of Sumer
Eridu, Uruk, and Ur
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Sumerian agricultural developments
irrigation systems, wheel, animal husbandry
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the Sumerians most important contribution to civilization was __1__, which was called __2__
1. writing
2. cuneiform
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three periods of Sumer's history, and the important leader of the last two
1. Early Dynastic Age
2. Old Akkadian Period - Sargon the Great
3. Third Dynasty of Ur - Ur Nammu
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second great empire builder
Sargon of Akkad
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responsible for the world's oldest law code
Ur Nammu (Sumerian leader of the Third Dynasty of Ur)
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way of life for a group of people
culture
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six characteristics of a civilization
1. control of food supply
2. division of labor
3. written laws
4. written language
5. government
6. art and science
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transmitting knowledge and cultural heritage to the next generation
education
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nation responsible for the first formal education
Sumer
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Sumerian school
edubba "tablet house"
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the most important commercial industry of Sumer
textiles
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Sumerians most important architectural accomplishment, used as temples
ziggurats
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Sumerians discovered the importance of the number ___
60
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first users of astronomy that developed the lunar calendar
Sumerians
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false belief that heavenly bodies influence human affairs and destinies
astrology
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passing on cultures through trade
cultural diffusion
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Sumer's government was a ______ made of Ensi, Elders, and Men
primitive democracy
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Sumerian city's king, aka "big man"
lugal
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4 social classes of Sumer
Nobles, Commoners, Clients, and Slaves
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Sumerians began as ___, they believed in one god (Anu)
monotheistic
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worship of nature
naturalism
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worship of many gods
polytheism
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the world's oldest work of literature outside the Bible that depicted the hopelessness felt because of Sumerian religion
Epic of Gilgamesh
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God called Abraham from ____ in about 2000 BC
Ur
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first empire after Sumer
Babylonia (Old Babylonian Empire)
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Babylonian king that united most of Mesopotamia
King Hammurabi
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empire that preserved important cuneiform tablets
Babylonia (under Hammurabi)
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empire responsible for place-value notation, and law code and justice
Babylonia
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first empire to use iron extensively
Hittite Empire
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empire began by Tiglath-pileser I
Assyrian Empire
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first monarch of Assyria
Tiglath-pileser I
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capital city of Assyria
Nineveh
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the world's first library was started by ___
Ashurbanipal (part of Assyrian empire)
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first leader of the Neo-Babylonian empire
Nabopolassar
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second leader of the Neo-Babylonian empire who conquered southern Israel
Nebuchadnezzar
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Persian ruler who allowed Israel to return to their home
Cyrus the Great
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Persian ruler that developed satraps (governors) and satrapies (providences)
Darius I
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established the first postal service
Darius I
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married Esther
Xerxes (Ahasuerus)
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Persian leader who had Nehemiah as a cupbearer
Artaxerxes I
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Persian pagan religion
Zoroastrianism
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other names for Israel
Canaan, Promised Land, Palestine
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three great monotheistic religions that started in Israel
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
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main highway to the ancient world
Israel
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Israel is known for its great variety of ______ and _______
climate and topography
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the Patriarchs
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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a solemn agreement
covenant
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10 Commandments were given at _____, and the 10 Commandments are also called ______
Mt. Sinai
the Decalogue
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a nation ruled by God is a ______
theocracy
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King David's empire stretched from _____ to ______
the Euphrates to Negev
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under ______ Israel was the greatest nation in the world
Solomon (name means "peace")
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Israel was divided into the Northern (1) and Southern Kingdom (2)
1. Israel
2. Judah
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Samaria (North) fell in 721 BC to the ____
Assyrians
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Jerusalem (South) fell in 586 BC to the ____
Babylonians
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the divided Roman empire was threatened by _______, a militant religion
Islam
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an Arab mystic who created the Islam religion
Mohammed
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city central to Islam
Mecca
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devoted followers to Islam
Muslims
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holy book of Islam
Koran
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Islam teaches that salvation comes from ______
works
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"flight", Islam's initial persecution and mark of the beginning of the Muslim calendar
Hegira
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"Holy Wars", the means to Muslim conquest
Jihads
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Mohammed's successors
caliphs
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the Arab empire ended at the hands of the ______ and ______
Mongols and Turks
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pioneer missionary to the Arabs
Henry Martyn
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modern missionary to the Arabs
Ion-Keith Falconer
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"the apostle to Islam"
Samuel Zwemer
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the earth's final battle
Armageddon
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two factors in the Middle East today
1. large oil reserves
2. international tension
