701 Q1 Flashcards
What showed how sin damaged relationships between people?
Cain’s murder of Abel
What cycle did many ancient cities experience?
Growth and decay
What do you call people who unearth and study artifacts to learn about ancient civilizations?
Archaeologists
What helps archaeologists date individual layers?
Pottery Sherds
The science of studying ancient writings is called what?
Paleography
The growth of what is seen in education, writing, and art?
Culture
Walls that separate the area of an archaeological excavation are called what?
Balks
Hills formed from layers of human occupation are called what?
Tells
The four parts of the cultural commission from God to Adam and Eve were:
Have dominion over the animals; Take care of the earth and replenish it; Have families that would form communities throughout the world; Use the earth’s resources to bring glory to God
The Biblical Land of Shinar was land of what?
Sumer
What factors help people build secure and prosperous civilizations?
Protection, Cooperation, Division of Labor, acceptance of common authority and laws
In giving the civil law to Noah, God added to the cultural commission what requirement?
Punishment for Murder
The main categories of human activity that are recorded in history are:
1) Man’s Spiritual Story 2) man’s relationship to creation 3) man’s relationship with fellow men 4) history of God’s people
What group of people had more specialized jobs?
City People
What brought sin to the body and spiritual death to the soul?
Sin
Who is always in control of history
God
What type of law governs how people are to treat each other?
Civil Law
The science of unearthing and examining the remains of past human activity is called what?
Archaeology
Pieces of pottery with writing is called what?
Ostraca
A group of people who have developed their own culture and built up their technology is called a what?
Civilization
Man mad objects that have survived the past are called what?
Artifacts
Some essential elements of a civilization include:
Construction of cities; establishment of government; interest in arts and science; development of industry and specialized jobs
Who spoke the universe into existence
God
What is a covenant between a man and a woman to love each other and fulfill the cultural commission?
Marriage
