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Chapter 1-2 Flashcards

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only reliable source of history

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the Bible

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written record of what mankind has done with the time God gave them

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history

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3
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why is history important?

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to help us make wise decisions now

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three characteristics that set man apart from everything else

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  1. language and thought
  2. knowledge of right and wrong
  3. freedom to make choices
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the focal point of all history is ______

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Jesus Christ’s first advent to earth

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idea that man evolved from animals

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evolution

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BC and AD stand for

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Before Christ
Anno Domini “in the year of our Lord”

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three eras history is divided into

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  1. ancient
  2. medieval
  3. modern
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ancient history was from

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4000 B.C. (the beginning of recorded history) - A.D. 500 (fall of the Roman empire)

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medieval history was from

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

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modern history is from

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

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worship of man; exalting man in the place of or above God

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humanism

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13
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the Flood (deluge) was around ______

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2300 B.C. (within 1600 years of the Fall)

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the first foundational civil ordinance

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capital punishment (the death penalty)

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an institution with the authority and power to control, direct, and rule in the action and affairs of others; these powers come from God

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government

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supreme power over all nations, rulers, and individuals

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sovereign

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17
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the ark landed ______

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Mount Ararat

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18
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place where Noah’s family settled after the flood

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Plain of Shinar

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a descendant of Ham, his name means “mighty hunter”

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Nimrod

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the builder of the first world empire

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Nimrod

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the city built under Nimrod’s leadership in Sumer was _____

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Babel

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resulted in the confusion of languages and the dispersion of people into many nations

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Tower of Babel

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a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit

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nation

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groups of people mankind are divided into, differing by skin color, head shape, hair type, and other physical features

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races

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3 factors of racial variety:

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  1. A rapidly changing environment
  2. A small population
  3. Extensive inbreeding
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Shinar, Modern Africa, Pakistan, India, Australia, Islands of the Aegean Sea and South Pacific were settled by ______

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Ham’s family

27
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earth divided

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peleg

28
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Asia, Modern Arabs, Jews, Arctic Regions, Pacific Islands, Americas were settled by _____

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Shem’s family

29
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Europe, Russia, India, Parts of the Middle East were settled by _______

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Japheth’s family

30
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the common language of the Japhetic People

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Indo-European

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the location of the Garden of Eden that is named for its characteristics

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Fertile Crescent (“Cradle of Civilization”)

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the two important rivers in the Fertile Crescent

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Tigris and Euphrates

33
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Greek for “Between the rivers”

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Mesopotamia

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the site of the first postdiluvian (post-flood) civilization was _____

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Sumer

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the three oldest Sumerian settlements were _____

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Eridu, Uruk, and Ur

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Sumerian agricultural contributions

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  1. Irrigation systems / flood control
  2. The wheel / plow
  3. Animal husbandry / crop-raising
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the Sumerians greatest contribution to civilization was ____

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writing

38
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Sumerian writing

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cuneiform

39
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broke the code of the trilingual cuneiform inscriptions

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Sir Henry C. Rawlinson

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three parts of Sumer’s history

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  1. Early Dynastic Age
  2. Old Akkadian Period
  3. Third Dynasty of Ur
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history’s second great empire builder

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Sargon of Akkad

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____ became king and led Ur to rule over the Sumerians during the Golden Age of Ur

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Ur Nammu

43
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established the world’s oldest law code

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Ur Nammu

44
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way of life for a group of people

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culture

45
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characteristics of civilization:

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  1. Control of food supply
  2. Division of labor
  3. Written language
  4. Codified laws
  5. Organized civil government
  6. Art and sciences
46
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transmitting knowledge and cultural heritage to the next generation

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education

47
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the first to use formal education

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Sumerians

48
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the “tablet house” (school); trained them in cuneiform

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edubba

49
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most important Sumerian commercial industry

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textiles (fabrics)

50
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Sumerians most important architectural accomplishment were the ______

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ziggurats

51
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false belief that heavenly bodies influence human affairs and destinies

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astrology

52
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spreading of cultural traits and patterns

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cultural diffusion

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the king of the Sumerian city-states

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lugal

54
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four social classes of Sumer

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Nobles: upper class rulers and priests
Commoners: free, land-owning citizens
Clients: craftsmen and other workers
Slaves: enslaved captives from war

55
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belief in one God

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monotheism

56
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worship of nature

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naturalism

57
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worship of many gods

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polytheism

58
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the world’s oldest work of literature outside the Bible

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Epic of Gilgamesh

59
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long poem written in a dignified form which tells the story of a great fictitious or historical hero

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epic

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