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30 Cards in this Set
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1) What are the worldview implications of creation in terms of how we are to see the difference between things that are “physical” and “spiritual?”
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The worldview implication is that since God is the Creator, and God is good, then Creation must be very good.
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What are the worldview implications of the Fall? How does the Fall affect the creation which is considered “good?”
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The worldview implications of the Fall are that the Fall is bad. This affects the creation because Creation can no longer be all good.
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2) Name one difference between the Genesis 1 creation account and the creation story of Memphis account.
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One difference between the Creation story and the Memphis account is: Creation is monotheistic and Memphis is polytheistic.
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3) In Gen 3:14-15, discuss some views of what the curse here means.
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1) One view is that it only refers to the curse of snakes.
2) Many Jewish people before the time the Old Testament was finished might have thought of it as a picture of the ongoing struggle of man against the forces of good and evil. 3) Others after the writing of the Old Testament began to see that this was a promise of a deliverer who would come and destroy evil. 4) Finally, many began to see it as a symbol for Christ against Satan. Jesus would be killed and later resurrected. Revelation 12:9 shows us that the serpent is the Devil. |
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4) With the tower of Babel, why did God scatter the nations?
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God scattered the nations so that people would disperse throughout the whole earth and not just over-populate one city/area. When the people began to build a big tower so that they would not be dispersed, God realized that it was time to intervene.
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5) Who was Abram (Abraham)? What place did he come from? What is the importance of the fact that he was not originally a worshipper of the God of the Old Testament?
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Abram was Terah’s son. His wife was Sarai. He came from Ur of the Chaldeans. The importance of the fact that he was not originally a worshipper of God is that it proves that God can use anyone to accomplish his good and perfect will.
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What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source?
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The difference between a primary source and a secondary source is that a primary source was recorded by an eyewitness while a secondary source is a commentary on what an eyewitness saw/wrote.
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What are the 4 clues that historians use to understand the past?
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1) fossil remains
2) artifacts 3) Primary sources 4) Secondary sources |
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What is physical geography? What is human geography?
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Physical geography is the study of the earth’s land and features.
Human geography is the study of people and the places where they live. |
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How are Physical and human Geography different?
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One studies people while the other studies the physical features of the earth.
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How are Physical and Human Geograpy alike?
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They are both the study of the earth’s physical and cultural features.
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What is the fertile crescent?
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The fertile crescent was a large arc of fertile farmland.
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What was the material that made the land fertile?
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Silt made Mesopotamia fertile.
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What was the relationship between irrigation and writing?
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It kept people from having to be farmers because now there was a food surplus. Consequently, the former farmers could now write stories and history. They both opened up other job oportunitys.
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What was the role of religion in society?
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Religion influenced how the cultures interpreted life. Ex: A man has a bad crop; he blames the agriculture god. Their religion was polytheistic and the priests had TONS of power.
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What was Hammurabi’s code?
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Hammurabi’s Code was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
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What are two things that we learn about the comparison between the Laws of Exodus, Eshunna and Hammurabi?
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1) Both Hammurabi and God saw how important it was for people to have laws to govern them.
2) Because they deal with roughly the same thing, one could conclude that God did not see any reason to re-write something that was already there, he just improved upon it. |
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For what were the Phoenician’s famous? What was one of their past inventions that affect our lives even today?
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The Phoenicians were famous for their alphabet. One of their past inventions that still affect our lives today is their alphabet.
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Why was Egypt called the “black land?”
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Egypt was called the black land because its soil was so rich it was black.
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Why did the Egyptians see flooding as a “life-giving miracle”?
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Egyptians saw flooding as a life giving miracle because even though the soil was rich, their crops would die if the river didn’t flood.
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How did Egypt’s location help its growth?
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Egypt’s desert kept it safe from enemies and so the people were able to concentrate on development instead of war life and the Nile gave them water for their crops.
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What were the two kingdoms of Egypt called?
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The two kingdoms were called the Upper Kingdom and the Lower Kingdom.
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What was unique about Menes? What did he do?
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Menes combined the kingdoms into one. Menes was unique because he was the first to wear the double crown and be considered a pharaoh.
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Describe the religion of the Egyptians. How did Pharaoh play a part in this? How did they carry out their daily religion?
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The religion of the Egyptians was polytheistic. Before the First Dynasty, each village worshiped their own gods. The people worshiped in Temples and with their shrines in their homes. The Pharaoah was considered to be sent from the gods to govern the people on the earth.
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What was their belief in afterlife? How did mummies relate to this?
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The Egyptians believed that the afterlife was a happy place where all people are young and healthy. Their belief stemmed from their idea of a person’s life force. Since the Egyptians believed that a ka would be unable to receive the food and drink it needed if the body decayed, they developed the Mummy system to keep the ka from suffering.
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What did the pyramids symbolize?
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The pyramids symbolized the Pharaoh’s journey to the afterlife. They were monuments for rulers.
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How was the Middle Kingdom different from the Old Kingdom?
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In the Old Kingdom, the nobles took over, but in the Middle Kingdom, the Pharaoh regained power.
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How was the New Kingdom different from the Middle Kingdom?
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The New Kingdom was different from the Middle Kingdom because the New Kingdom was where Egypt reached its height.
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What importance did the Rosetta stone have in relation to hieroglyphics?
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The Rosetta Stone was so important because it had three different languages- Greek, hieroglyphics, and a later form of Egyptian. Because the text in all three was the same, scholars who knew Greek were able to figure out what the hieroglyphics said.
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How did the climate of Egypt help current historians better understand its past?
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The climate of Egypt helped historians understand its past because the desert sand could have blown over artifacts and buried them, acting as a preservative for thousands of years.
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