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Chapter 1: Foundations of World History Flashcards

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What are the primary resources:

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  • Artifacts
  • Oral Traditions
  • Written Records
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What is the most important primary source to historians?

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Written records.

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Biblical teaching that there is no event that is out of God’s control or that doesn’t help to accomplish His purpose for His world.

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Divine Providence

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The study of the record of the past acts of God and man on earth from its creation to the present.

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History

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What are the three central truths?

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  • Creation
  • Fall
  • Redemption
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When was the climax of creation?

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After God made the land animals on the sixth day.

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The physical and mental environment developed through human thought and labor.

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Culture

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Human culture lived in cities or under their influence.

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Civilization

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Complex cultural institutions in which humans share core values and a desire to improve the quality of their existence through specialization and organization.

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Cities

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A system of basic values, beliefs, and behaviors that are directed in worship toward God and lived out in communities with others.

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Religion

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The division of labor that is part of the culture of every city.

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Specialization

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A system of rules, regulations, and accountability that governs all who take part in the functions of a city.

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Organization

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A social condition in which people do right and respect the rights of others.

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Justice

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The ability to bring things under one’s control.

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Power

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Status a person has within a community that gives the citizen certain rights, privileges, and duties.

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Citizenship

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The physical geography in which civilizations are located.

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Environment

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Genesis 3:15 has been called the Bible’s _____ statement for human history.

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Thesis

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The Israelites were descendants of ___.

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Shem

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A very large group of people (usually included many cities) who have in common the same land area and the same language.

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Nation

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Records that were produced during the time being studied.

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Primary source

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Records that explain or interpret a primary source.

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Secondary source

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Any object made by man.

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Artifacts

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The handing down of information by word of mouth.

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Traditions

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The early stone age before 10,000 BC.

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Paleolithic Age

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The period from 10,000 BC to 4,000 BC is called the New Stone Age.

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Neolithic Age

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Worked in agriculture as a herdsmen; descendant of Cain.

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Jabal

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Worked labored in the arts, making musical instruments; descendant of Cain.

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Jubal

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Worked in industry, producing all sorts of objects made of brass and iron; descendant of Cain.

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Tubal-Cain

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They were the first to live in civilization.

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The Cainites

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Proved to be a spiritual as well as physical replacement for Abel; through him the seed of the woman increased and prospered.

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Seth

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The descendants of Seth that did not stay true to the Lord and intermarried with the Cainites, creating a morally corrupt human race.

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Sethites

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What are the three main steps that a historian goes through in order to properly use the resources that he has amassed.

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  • Evaluation of historical resources
  • Historical synthesis
  • Historical interpretation
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Why is a historian’s philosophy of life so important?

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The historian’s philosophy will shape their telling of history.

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What is the goal of human history?

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Redemption in Christ

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Examination of a given record for its internal consistency and believability.

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Evaluation of historical sources

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Interpreting the events by integrating the perceived meaning and significance of events.

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Historical interpretation

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Gathering the useful information and weaving the information together into a narrative of the past.

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Historical synthesis

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Noah placed a curse of Canaan on ____.

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Ham

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Why is Genesis 10 called the Table of Nations?

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Genesis 10 lists the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japeth.

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