Ignite Academy World History Unit 1 Quiz 1

What is the area that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea and contains some of the richest farmland in the world called?

Fertile Crescent

son of Noah

Shem

Views on creation are theological in nature rather than historical.

True

before the Flood

antediluvian

violent interruption

catastrophism

According to some scholars which of the following must societies develop before they can have true civilization?

cities

follows the rise of cities

civilization

God's directive to dominate the earth

cultural mandate

Which is defined as a wedge-shaped style of writing used in Sumer?

cuneiform

Which style of writing was used in Sumer?

cuneiform

moving in cycles; occurring repeatedly at regular intervals

cyclical

digression from one stage to another

devolution

Select four elements of civilization.

division of labor commerce and trade technology political organization

Civilization develops in the struggle for which of the following? Select all that apply.

dominion survival

To fulfill the cultural mandate after the fall, what did man have to expend in huge amounts?

energy

Which of the following believe that man developed from a lower form of life?

evolutionists

Which people believe man developed from a lower form of life?

evolutionists

to develop gradually; work out; unfold

evolve

Labor specialization occurred early in man's history as demonstrated in Cain becoming a _________________________and Abel becoming a _______________.

farmer shepherd

The spiritual picture of the Flood scenario portrays the Flood as:

final judgment

What was vitally needed to cultivate the Fertile Crescent region?

hard work and cooperation

What was man's original state?

innocence

The Lugal were_____________

kings

What is promised to Abram in Genesis 12:1-3 and 7? Select all that apply.

land he would have a great or famous name he would become a great nation he would be blessed and be a blessing

Civilization and cities arise when a society has which of the following? Select all that apply.

large population of nonfarmers enough food

the ability to read and write

literacy

man

made in the image of God

made in God's image

man

Which is a command or order?

mandate

subdue the earth

mandate

the practice of marrying only one person at a time

monogamy

worship and belief in one god

monotheism

Garden of Eden

perfect environment

the worship or belief in more than one god

polytheism

The members of Abraham's family ______________________the local religion before they left Ur.

practiced the local religion

third millennium

probable date for Chinese civilization

Which is the most perfect example of something?

quintessence

The modern state is normally held to be a(n) __________development.

recent

economy

scarce resources

Isolated, self-sufficient economic units mark a more ___________economy.

simple

According to Genesis, God created man on the ____________day.

sixth

The Fertile Crescent was an area of valuable ___________________.

soil

division of labor

specialization

What did mankind have to develop in order to survive after the fall?

specialized labor

The tools and processes to make things and to satisfy human needs is the definition of which of the following?

technology

tools

technology

What is a ziggurat?

temple tower

After the Fall, man was still under?

the cultural mandate

Select two similarities between the Sumerian and Genesis Flood accounts.

the huge boat special revelation

believes in both evolution and Genesis

theistic evolutionist

People who believe that God started the evolutionary process, then left it to run according to His laws, are called

theistic evolutionists

The spiritual picture of the Flood scenario portrays those in the ark as:

those in Jesus Christ

What is the ultimate result of specialization?

trade

says earth is billions of years old

uniformitarian geology

When will man fully dominate the earth?

when Christ returns

In Christian tradition, everyone upon the earth may trace his ancestry to Noah.

True

Jesus Christ was a descendant of Abraham.

True

Many different beliefs are held concerning the origin of man.

True

Most Hamitic people went to Africa.

True

Paleoanthropologists believe that the first people originated in Africa.

True

Paul's statement about the origin of physical death in Romans 5:12 seems to contradict the assumptions of evolution.

True

The Tower of Babel represented human rebellion against God.

True

The four seasons and human government set the stage for the development of postdiluvian civilization.

True

Theistic evolutionists believe that God started the process of evolution.

True

yom

Hebrew word for day

most conservative date for the Flood

2500 B.C.

When did cities first arise in Sumer?

3000 B.C.

probable dates for Creation

8000 to 5000 or 4000 B.C.

Which three were descendants of Shem?

Abraham Elam Sheba

According to bible scholars, Ham and his descendants spread throughout North ___________________and parts of Mesopotamia.

Africa

The _______________ruler Sargon the Great, created the first world empire.

Akkadian

_____________represented united human strength in rebellion against God.

Babel

The name of the _____________________account of the Flood is the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Babylonian

divine revelation

Bible

Civilization first developed among the descendants of whom?

Cain

According to the curse pronounced by Noah (Genesis 9:24-27), _____________________ was to serve Shem and _________________.

Canaan Japheth

first major event in the history of civilization

Creation of man

Which is the Babylonian account of the Flood?

Epic of Gilgamesh

Adam, the first man, was a polytheist.

False

Everyone believes that the existence of God is necessary when discussing man's origin.

False

Lugal was a city in Ur.

False

No records are available about life before the Flood because no life existed before the Flood.

False

The cradle of civilization was in central Europe.

False

to subdue the earth

God's mandate

The spiritual picture of the Flood scenario portrays the ark as:

Jesus Christ

From 2125 B.C. to 2025 B.C., which of the following was ruled by the Third Dynasty of Ur?

Mesopotamia

Where was the cradle of civilization according to most historians?

Mesopotamia

In Christian tradition, everyone is descended from whom?

Noah

Which dynasty ruled from about 2125 to 2025 B.C.?

Third Dynasty of Ur

Which two rivers formed the area known as the cradle of civilization?

Tigris River Euphrates River

A complex society requires a higher order of political organization than a simple society.

True

Bible historians believe that Shem and his descendants settled in the Middle East.

True

Christian theistic evolutionists do not interpret Genesis literally.

True

Evolutionists do not believe in a literal six-day Creation.

True