Meaning and Origin of Civilization
Name Seven of the Semetic language groups mentioned.
Akkadian Aramaic Syriac Phoenician Ugaritic Hebrew Moabite Arabic
represented united human strength in rebellion against God.
Babel
The name of the account of the flood is Gilgamesh Epic.
Babylonian
antediluvian
Before the flood
According to the curse pronounced by Noah, was to serve Shem and .
Canaan Japheth
mandate
a command or order
After the Fall, man had lost the
capacity to dominate the earth
Some scholars believe societies, before they can have true civilization, must develop
cities
Devolution
digression from one stage to another
To regain capacity, man has to expend huge amounts of human
energy
People who believe man developed from a lower form of life are called
evolutionists
Labor specialization occurred early in man's history as demonstrated in Cain becoming a ____ and Abel becoming a _____ .
farmer shepherd
What was promised to Abram in Genesis?
he would have a great or famous name he would be blessed and be a blessing he would become a great nation land
The members of Abraham's family were before the left Ur.
idolaters
The Lugal were
kings
Before cities can exist, it is necessary that the civilization have
large population of nonfarmers enough food
A command or order is a(n)
mandate
Cyclical
moving in cycles; occurring repeatedly at regular intervals
The economy that the Third Dynasty promulgated was a(n) economy.
planned
Isolated, self sufficient economic units mark a more ____ economy.
primitive
The most perfect example of something is
quintessence
The modern state is normally held be a(n) ____ development.
recent
The tools and processes to make things and to satisfy human needs is the definition of
technology
Four elements of civilization include
technology division of labor political organization commerce and trade
A ziggurat is a
temple tower
literacy
the ability to read and write
quintessence
the most perfect example of something
monogamy
the practice of marrying only one person at a time
Polytheism
the worship or belief in more than one god
People who believe that God started the evolutionary process, then left it to run according to His laws, are called
theistic evolutionists
Polytheism is a perversion of Adam's original monotheism.
true
The Four seasons and human government set the stage for the development of postdiluvian civilization.
true
The Hebrew civilization was part of God's blessing upon Japheth's decendents.
true
Theistic evolutionists believe God started the process of evolution.
true
To those who accept evolution, Genesis seems to be either legendary or figurative.
true
monotheism
worship and belief in one god
Two similarities between the Sumerian and Genesis flood accounts are
Special revelation the huge boat
Christian theistic evolutionists do not interpret genesis literally.
True
Egypt was settled by Ham or his descendants
True
Everyone upon the earth may trace his ancestry to Noah.
True
Evolutionists do not believe in a literal six-day creation.
True
Many different beliefs are held concerning the origin of man
True
Paul's statement about the origin of physical death in Romans 5:12 seems to contradict the assumptions of evolution
True
The dynasty which ruled from about 2125 to 2025 B.C. was the Third Dynasty of
Ur
Ham and his descendents spread throughout , although some of them remained in Arabia, Palestine, and Mesopotamia.
Africa
Cities first arose in Sumer around
3000 B.C.
Cuneiform
A wedge-shaped style of writing used in Sumer.
A wedge-shaped style of writing used in Sumer is called
Cuneiform
Everyone believes that the existence of God is necessary when discussing man's origin
False
No records are available about life before the flood because no life existed before the Flood.
False
The area that stretches from the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean sea and contains some of the richest farmland in the world is called the
Fertile Crescent
What was vitally needed to cultivate the Fertile Crescent region?
Hard work and cooperation
Which group populated Arabia and the Fertile Crescent?
Semites
According to most historians, the cradle of civilization was in
Mesopotamia
Evolve
To develop gradually; work out; unfold
