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What is the first book of the bible and the most reliable source for what we need to know

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Genesis

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Whose name means man and whose name means mother of all

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Adam and Eve

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What are mans here special characteristics

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1 language and though
2 awareness of the difference between right and wrong
3 freedom to make choices

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Why is man special to God

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Man is special to God because he alone was created in the image of God

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What is evolution

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According to the story man was not created directly by God but instead “evolved” from the animals

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Humanism

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Putting man in place of or above God

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Who were the first two sons of Adam and Eve and who killed who

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1 Cain and Abel

2 Cain murdered Abel because he was jealous

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What is culture

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The way of life of a group of people

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What the most important part of a culture

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It’s how people relate to God

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Who was the man that bragged openly of killing people

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Lamech

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Who was Adam and Eve’s third son

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Seth

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Who became the only hope for the continued existence of the human race

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Noah

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What was the first human sin

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Disobedience

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What is the death penalty

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If you take a life from a person yours will be taken also

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Why did God send a flood

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It was the punishment for the heigh of evil men

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Who were Noah’s three sons

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Shem ,Ham, and Japheth

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Where did the ark come to rest

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Shiner or Sumer

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Who was a descendant of Ham and the ruler over the world at one point

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Nimrod

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The Nation of shiner wanted to make the name great so what did God do

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He confused all their languages

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What is a large group of people who think themselves as one act

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A nation

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What did nimrod and his people build

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The Tower of Babel

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Whose name means man and whose name means mother of all

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Adam and Eve

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What are mans here special characteristics

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1 language and though
2 awareness of the difference between right and wrong
3 freedom to make choices

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Why is man special to God

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Man is special to God because he alone was created in the image of God

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What is evolution

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According to the story man was not created directly by God but instead “evolved” from the animals

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Humanism

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Putting man in place of or above God

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Who were the first two sons of Adam and Eve and who killed who

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1 Cain and Abel

2 Cain murdered Abel because he was jealous

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What is culture

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The way of life of a group of people

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What the most important part of a culture

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It’s how people relate to God

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Who was the man that bragged openly of killing people

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Lamech

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Who was Adam and Eve’s third son

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Seth

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Who became the only hope for the continued existence of the human race

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Noah

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What was the first human sin

A

Disobedience

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What is the death penalty

A

If you take a life from a person yours will be taken also

35
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Why did God send a flood

A

It was the punishment for the heigh of evil men

36
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Who were Noah’s three sons

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Shem ,Ham, and Japheth

37
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Where did the ark come to rest

A

Shiner or Sumer

38
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Who was a descendant of Ham and the ruler over the world at one point

A

Nimrod

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The Nation of shiner wanted to make the name great so what did God do

A

He confused all their languages

40
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What is a large group of people who think themselves as one act

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A nation

41
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What did nimrod and his people build

A

The Tower of Babel

42
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The scattering over the world

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Dispersion

43
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Abraham

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The father of the nation of Israel

44
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Witch city did Abraham and his wife live in before he was called from God

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Ur

45
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Why is the Fertile Crescent important

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It’s ability to grow crops and becausee its shape resembled a crescent

46
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What are the two great rivers and what do they means

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Tigris means arrow

Euphrates mean to make fruitful

47
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Mesopotamia means what?

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Land between rivers

48
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B.C means what?

A

Before Christ

49
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A.D means what?

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Anno domini or in the year of our lord

50
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What does c. Mean

A

Circa

Or approximately

51
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Who conquered the Sumerians

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The Akkadian king Sargon the Great

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Who were the people known to have used the wheel first

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The Sumerians

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What important thing did the Sumerians do after the flood

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They used writing

54
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What’s cuneiform

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Wedge shaped writing

55
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What is the difference between polytheist and monotheist

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Polytheist means believer of many gods

Monotheist means believer of one god

56
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Anu was the god of what

A

The sky

57
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Nana was the God of what

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The son

58
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Towers built in tiers or stages,each stage smaller than the other

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Ziggurats

59
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Who came to he throne of Babylon and united all of Mesopotamia under his rule

A

Hammurabi

60
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What is a group of people appointed by a ruler to help him gover

A

Bureaucracy

61
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What are laws

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Laws are rules people follow in living together

62
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What is promulgation

A

Making the laws known

63
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Ruled by one city or people over other cities or people’s

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Empire

64
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Babylon

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The center of a new empire

65
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Did Hammurabi follow the rule of equality with laws

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No , the rich and poor had different punishments

66
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What does equality under the law mean

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All people should be punished the same way

67
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What was the land that God led Abraham to

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Canaan

68
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What was the center of the ancient world

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Canaan

69
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On a valley in Israel what was the last battle ground of world history

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Armageddon

70
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Who were the three patriarchs and how long did they live in Canaan for

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Abraham, Isaac ,and Jacob

230 years

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What is a nation or a people living in its own land with its own government

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Nation-state

72
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Canaan had single center of political or military power

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False

73
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Who was Baal

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The chief God of the Canaanites

74
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Wandering herdsman with no permanent home

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Nomads

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