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What are some of man’s characteristics that make us different from the other parts of creation?

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  • language and thought
  • awareness of the difference between right and wrong
  • freedom to make choices
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What is the fabled process of progressive change dependent of chance and time?

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evolution

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What are the two great time periods on a timeline?

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A.D. and B.C.

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What is the focal point of all history?

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the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ

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What are the three eras of history?

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Ancient history, Medieval history, and Modern history

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When was Ancient history?

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Creation to the fall of the Roman empire (4000 B.C. - A.D. 500

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When was Medieval history?

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the fall of the Roman empire to the Protestant Reformation ( A.D. 500 - A.D. 1500)

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When is Modern history?

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the Protestant Reformation to the present (A.D. 1500 - present)

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What is an institution that has both authority and power to control, direct, and to rule in the actions and affairs of others that was ordained by God?

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government

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What is was the first foundational civil ordinance and the death penalty for murder?

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capital punishment

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What is the worship of man?

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humanism

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What is one of the consequences of humanism?

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a life without God

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What is the area of Lower Mesopotamia where Noah’s family settled?

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Plain of Shinar

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What was the city constructed after the Flood known for its tower?

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Babel (later known as Babylon)

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Who led in the construction of the city of Babel?

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Nimrod

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Who was the builder of the first great empire?

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Nimrod

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What is a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a single entity?

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nation

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What are several large groups into which mankind is divided, each differing in skin color and other physical features?

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races(s)

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Whose name means “division”?

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Peleg

20
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Who were the sons of Noah?

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Shem, Ham, and Japheth

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What language did the descendants of Japheth speak and modernly diverged into 50 common languages today?

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Indo-European

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