Meaning and Origin of Civilization

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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


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