World History A: Unit 1 - Study Set for quiz 1

What is promised to Abram in Genesis 12:1-3 and 7? -he would be given riches in gold -and silver -land -he would be able to curse whomever he wanted to -he would have a great or famous name -he would become a great nation -he would be blessed and be a blessing

-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: -large population of nonfarmers -large amount of industry -complicated road system -enough food -enough farmland

-Large population of nonfarmer - Enough food

Four elements of civilization include: -division of labor -commerce and trade -technology -sewage system -political organization -medical care

-division of labor -commerce and trade -technology -Political organization

1. First major event of civilization 2. man 3. subdue the earth 4. Garden of Eden 5. Economy

1. Creation of man 2. Made in the image of God 3. Mandate 4. Perfect environment 5. Scarce resources

1. moving in cycles; occurring repeatedly at regular intervals 2. God's directive to dominate the earth 3. Before the flood

1. Cyclical 2. Cultural mandate 3. Antediluvian

1.The spiritual picture of the Flood scenario portrays the ark as: 2.The spiritual picture of the Flood scenario portrays the Flood as: 3. The spiritual picture of the Flood scenario portrays those in the ark as:

1. Jesus Christ 2. Final judgement 3. Those in Jesus Christ

1. says earth is billions of years old 2. most conservative date for the Flood 3. Violent eruption 4. probable dates for Creation 5. Third millennium

1. Uniformitarian geology 2. 2500 BC 3. Catastrophism 4. 8000 to 5000 or 4000 BC 5. Probable date for Chinese civilization

1. Civilization 2. Devolution 3. Evolve 4. Literacy 5. Monogamy 6. Monotheism 7. Polytheism

1.Mankind's cooperation to develop arts, sciences, and refinements such as economy, politics, and trade. 2. Movement downward from one stage to another. 3. To develop gradually; work out; unfold. 4. The ability to read and write. 5. The practice of marrying only one person at a time. 6. The worship and belief in one god. 7. The worship or belief in more than one god.

Cities first arose in Sumer around: 3000 B.C. 4004 B.C. 1000 B.C. 500 B.C.

3000 BC

Ham and his descendents spread throughout __________, although some of them remained in Arabia, Palestine, and Mesopotamia.

Africa

_________represented united human strength in rebellion against God.

Babel

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

Babylonian

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

Canaan Japheth

After the Fall, man had lost the: desire to dominate the earth stamina to dominate the earth effort to dominate the earth capacity to dominate the earth

Capacity to dominate the earth.

Some scholars believe societies, before they can have true civilization, must develop: cities automobiles farm land government

Cities

A wedge-shaped style of writing used in Sumer is called: cuneiform petroglyphs scripture hieroglyphics

Cuneiform

To regain his capacity, man has to expend huge amounts of human: energy thyroid modules freedom

Energy

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

Evolutionists

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

False

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

False

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

Farmer Shepard

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 Akkad Nile ziggurat

Fertile crescent

What was vitally needed to cultivate the Fertile Crescent region? a cow patience a tool hard work and cooperation

Hard work and cooperation

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

Idolaters

Which were descendants of Shem? Jesus Christ Abraham Hebrews the first Egyptians the first Europeans

Jesus Christ Hebrews Abraham

The Lugal were ________.

Kings

A command or order is a(n): consistent mandate quintessence ideal

Mandate

According to most historians, the cradle of civilization was in: Egypt Syria Mesopotamia Turkey

Mesopotamia

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 consistent mandate ideal

Quintessence

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

Recent

Which group populated Arabia and the Fertile Crescent? Semites Olmecs Japhethics Hamitics

Semites

The tools and processes to make things and to satisfy human needs is the definition of: -invention -technology -advancement -productivity

Technology

A ziggurat is a: workman rich farmland temple tower ancient capital

Temple Tower

Two similarities between the Sumerian and Genesis Flood accounts are: the huge boat reasoning for flood special revelation dates of flood

The huge boat Special revelation

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

Theistic Evolutionists

Which rivers formed the area known as the cradle of civilization? Nile River Tigris River Yangtze River Euphrates River

Tigris Euphrates

Christian theistic evolutionists do not interpret Genesis literally. True False

True

Egypt was settled by Ham or his descendants. True False

True

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

True

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

True

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

True

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

True

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

True

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

True

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

True

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

True

The dynasty which ruled from about 2125 to 2025 B.C. was the Third Dynasty of _____. Ur Haran Babylon Sargon

Ur