Jackson - 7th World Studies Test 1 Flashcards
What is the inquiry into what happened in the past and why it happened?
History
What is the study of the record of the past acts of God and man on earth from Creation to the present based on the best surviving evidence?
History
What is all about trying to understand what happened in the past through the study of writings, artifacts, and other records?
History
Discovering the good and bad of past civilizations and the way we understand it through God is called what?
Biblical worldview - people are created in God’s image so therefore they produce some good things but sin has damaged the image of God in human beings so there is also bad things in every culture.
God wants us to remember the past why?
When we forget what God has done we forget who we are and lose our way by following new trends that do not fit with their values.
What is the biblical view of history?
History unfolds according to God’s plan and has a beginning and an end
The Sahara is the most important geographic feature in?
Africa
What is the belt called between the two regions of Africa, North Africa and sub-saharan Africa called?
Sahel (200 miles wide and crosses the entire continent)
A history textbook is a what type of source?
secondary
Who was famous for his immense wealth and devotion to Islam?
Mansa Musa - King of Mali
God revealed to Daniel the meaning of who’s dream?
Nebuchadnezzar’s
What are objects made by people that may be small relics of towering monuments?
Artifacts
(pottery, tools, weapons, furniture, jewely, etc)
What was considered a period of peace and prosperity in Rome with the reign of Augustus ?
Pax Romana
In 334 BC who invaded and defeated the Persian Empire?
Alexandar the Great
The Olmecs and Mayas were civilizations in?
Mesoamerica
What was founded by twin brothers Romulus and Remus in 753 BC?
Rome
Shintoism is a religion in?
Japan
The Hyksos ruled during what kingdom in Egypt?
New Kingdom
God used which Persian emperor to free the Israelites so they could rebuild the temple?
Cyrus
Roman religion Followers of what lived for pleasure alone
Epicureanism
Chinese call themselves “sons of…..”?
Han
What was the predominate religion in ancient Africa?
Animism
To be treated rightly?
Justice
When people have certain rights and responsibilities in a civilization?
citizenship
What enables leaders to provide order for the people of a civilization to grow and thrive?
Power
The human response to God and His revelation
religion
Placement of every civilization in a particular geographical location
environment
What is a form of nature worship that teaches every object or creature in nature has a spirit that should be worshipped as a god?
Shintosim
Japan
An archipelago, a group of islands
Four main islands
Islands are mountainous
It was isolated from the rest of the world by the Sea of Japan and North Pacific Ocean
What are the eras of Japan?
Heian
Yamato
Fedual
What are the 5 key themes of history?
Justice
Power
Citizenship
Environment
Religion
What are the first hand written accounts of the people involved and the eyewitnesses in relation to history?
Primary Sources
(diaries, journals, letters, books, artifacts, etc)
What are records that explain or interpret primary sources?
Secondary sources
(wikipedia article, biography, history book, etc)
What is called relating to the world, not specifically religious?
Secular
A thing assumed beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action?
presupposition
What religion was used by Egyptians?
polytheistic
Egypts class structure was in the shape of a what?
pyramid
Top - pharaoh
2nd - highest ranking officials
3rd - priests, soldiers, scribes
bottom - farmers, merchants, slaves, servants
Which kingdom of Egypt did the pharaohs have great power?
Old Kingdom
Which kingdom of Egypt was there peace and stability?
Middle kingdom
Who reigned and was known for building up Babylon but then God’s judgement fell on him and he lost his throne and became like a best of the field?
Nebuchadnezzar
What country includes thousands of tiny islands and is a mountainous peninsula with valleys and natural harbors?
Greece
Who started the trojan wars in Greece?
Mycenaeans
What was the religion in Greece?
They believed in many gods; they made fanciful stories about the gods called myths
What were the two classes of people in Rome?
Patricians and plebeians
Who were the working class of Rome?
Patricians
Who were the ruling class of Rome?
Plebeians
Roman religion followers of what believed that doing one’s duty led to happiness?
Stoicism
Who was the dictator of Rome?
Julius Caesar
Who were involved in the Roman Punic Wars (first, second and third)?
Rome vs. Carthage fought for control of the Mediterranean Sea.
The religion of Mesoamerica believed in sacrificing what?
Blood sacrifice - sacrificed humans
The civilizations of Aryans and Harappans is from what country?
India
What are the two types of religion in India?
Buddhism
Hindusim
What religion believes in many gods, believes in reincarnation, and higher in cast system the closer to god?
Hinduism
The belief that heaven, the supreme force of nature, gave the king his right to rule?
Mandate of Heaven (China - Zhou dynasty)
Who was the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty?
Qin Shi Huang Ti
What did Qin Shi Huang Ti do to help China?
china become more unified, set up a bureaucracy, demanded one writing system and building roads and canals, great wall of china, the name china comes from the name Qin
What was the main trade route called for the Han dynasty?
Silk Road - since silk was the most famous trade
What China teaching was the belief that through proper behavior man could solve society’s problems?
Confucianism
What China teaching was the belief to find peace and happiness by living in harmony with nature?
Taoism - “tao” meant the way
Who was the mythical ancestor of Japanese emperors?
Jimmu Tenno
What was the African religion that worshipped spirits that they believed in animals or things like trees and rivers and tried to make the spirits happy?
Animism
The Egyptian civilization was developed along which river?
Nile
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the original what?
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
What type of government did the Romans follow?
Republic - a government ruled by laws and representatives chosen by the people.
What were the 3 branches of the Roman government?
- Consuls
- Senate
- Assemblies
