World History Chapter 1 Flashcards
How should we study history?
From God’s perspective
What are history’s two great time periods?
B.C. and A.D.
What does B.C. mean?
“Before Christ “
What does A.D. mean
“Anno Domini” in the year of our Lord
What is a fabled process of progressive change, dependent on chance, and time with the origin of life on earth?
Evolution
What is the focal point of all history?
Jesus’s incarnation, birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension
What are history three eras?
Ancient
Medieval
Modern
Fall of the Roman empire - the beginning of the Protestant Revolution
Medieval history
Another name for the Flood
Deluge
What is an institution that has both authority and power to control, direct into rule in the actions and affairs of others?
Government
4000 B.C. - A.D. 500
Ancient History
What is The first foundational civil ordinance
Capital Punishment
What are man’s three special characteristics?
- language and thought
- knowing the difference between right and wrong
- freedom to make choices
Having supreme power over all nations, rulers, and individuals
Sovereign
Post-flood
Postdiluvian
We are descendants of Noah’s three sons
Shem, Ham, Japheth
A large group of people who think of themselves as one
Nation
Who was the builder of the first world empire, Babel?
Nimrod
Another name for lower Mesopotamia?
Plain of Shinar
What are the three key factors that give rise to new varieties within a species in a short period of time?
- a rapidly changing environment
- a small population
- extensive inbreeding
What is the worship of man?
Humanism
Descendant of Shem/ Means “division”, because in his days was the Earth divided.
Peleg
Divisions of people based on the color of their skin, size and shape of their head, kind and color of their hair, and other physical features?
Races
Mankind disobeyed God’s command to replenish what?
The Postdiluvian earth
