World History Chapter 1

divine revelation

Bible

What is promised to Abram in Genesis 12:1-3 and 7?

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

Man's original state was one of:

innocence

The spiritual picture of the Flood scenario portrays the Flood as

judgment

The interdependence of an advanced society demands the division or specialization of

labor

Before cities can exist, it is necessary that the civilization have:

large population of nonfarmers and enough food

the ability to read and write

literacy

After the Fall, man was still under the cultural:

mandate

subdue the earth

mandate

the practice of marrying only one person at a time

monogamy

worship and belief in one god

monotheism

the development of an individual organism or the history of its development

ontogeny

Garden of Eden

perfect environment

The economy that the Third Dynasty promulgated was a(n) ___________ economy.

planned

division of labor

specialization

A ziggurat is a:

temple tower

God's mandate

to subdue the earth

says earth is billions of years old

uniformitarian geology

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

Fertile Crescent

Name seven of the Semitic language groups.

Phoenician, Ugaritic, Hebrew, and Moabite (northwest); and Arabic, Minaean, Sabaean, and Ethiopic

Two main opinions or positions as to why God sent the Flood are the intermarriage between Cainites and ______________ and the intermarriage between fallen angels and _____________

Sethites and humans

Arabia and the Fertile Crescent were populated by ___________

Shem

son of Noah

Shem

True or False? Christian theistic evolutionists do not interpret Genesis literally.

True

True or False? Egypt was settled by Ham or his descendants.

True

True or False? Everyone upon the earth may trace his ancestry to Noah.

True

True or False? Evolutionists do not believe in a literal six-day Creation.

True

True or False? God established the four seasons after the Flood.

True

True or False? Human government began when the death penalty was established.

True

True or False? Many different beliefs are held concerning the origin of man.

True

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

True

True or False? Polytheism is a perversion of Adam's original monotheism.

True

True or False? The Hebrew civilization was part of God's blessing upon Japheth's descendents.

True

True or False? The Hebrew word usually refers to a twenty-four-hour day.

True

True or False? The Sumerian account of the Flood differs from that in Genesis in its heathen theology and idolatry.

True

True or False? The four seasons and human government set the stage for the development of postdiluvian civilization.

True

True or False? Theistic evolutionists believe that God started the process of evolution.

True

True or False? To those who accept evolution, Genesis seems to be either legendary or figurative.

True

The dynasty which ruled from about 2125 to 2025 B.C. was the Third Dynasty of __________

Ur

before the flood

antediluvian

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

follows the rise of cities

civilization

A wedge-shaped style of writing used in Sumer is called_______________

cuneiform

moving in cycles; occurring repeatedly at regular intervals

cyclical

digression from one stage to another

devolution

Civilization develops in the struggle for:

dominion and survival

scarce resources

economy

To regain his capacity, man has to expend huge amounts of human:

energy

People who believe man developed from a lower form of life are called

evolution

to develop gradually; work out; unfold

evolve

Labor specialization occurred early in man's history as demonstrated in Cain becoming a____________and Abel became a____________

farmer and Shepard

Racial differences are a part of normal _______________ development.

genetic

What was vitally needed to cultivate the Fertile Crescent region?

hard work and cooperation

The members of Abraham's family were ______________ before they left Ur.

idolater

A secular ruler or King is known as a(n) ____________

lugal

made in God's image

man

made in the image of God

man

A command or order is a

mandate

One invention which made food production more efficient was the: saw,knife,plow, or irrigation

plow

the worship or belief in more than one god

polytheism

Isolated, self-sufficient economic units mark a more______________economy

primitive

The most perfect example of something is:

quintessence

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

recent

Two similarities between the Sumerian and Genesis Flood accounts are:

special revelation and the huge boat

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, and commerce and trade

Select three activities of Cain's descendants listed in the text.

tent dwellers, musicians, and iron and brass workers

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

theistic evolution

believes in both evolution and Genesis

theistic evolutionist

probable date for Chinese civilization

third millennium

technology

tools

The ultimate result of specialization is:

trade

catastrophism

violent interruption

Javan is the father of the ___________

Greek

yom

Hebrew word for day

Abraham was born around:

2161 B.C.

most conservative date for the Flood

2500 B.C.

Cities first arose in Sumer around:

3000 B.C.

probable dates for Creation

8000 to 5000 or 4000 B.C.

Ham and his descendents spread throughout ___________________although some of them remained in Arabia, Palestine, and Mesopotamia

Africa

The Amorites were a tribe descended from ____________

Canaan

According to the curse pronounced by Noah (Genesis 9:24-27),______________was to serve Shem and ______________

Canaan, Japhet

Abraham's promises were inherited by all believers through the work of ___________

Christ

Man will not fully dominate the earth until the return of:

Christ

The spiritual picture of the Flood scenario portrays the ark as

Christ

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

Christ

Man will not fully dominate the earth until:

Christ returns

first major event in the history of civilization

Creation of man

Haran was located northwest of Ur along the _________ River

Euphrates

True or False? A curse was put on Ham.

False

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

False

True or False? God has forbidden man ever to use the death penalty.

False

True or False? No case is written in the Old Testament in which is figurative.

False

True or False? No records are available about life before the Flood because no life existed before the Flood.

False

True or False? The ark was the sign of the Noahic Covenant.

False

The name of the Babylonian account of the Flood is the______________ Epic

Gilgamesh

Presumably, the extent of Sargon's empire extended from the Persian Gulf to the _____________________

Mediterranean Sea

According to most historians, the cradle of civilization was in

Mesopotamia

______________represented united human strength in rebellion against God.

The Tower of Babel