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41 Cards in this Set
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What are the humanist and the Biblical Christian worldviews?
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Humanist: Man Centered
Biblical: God Centered |
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What is the Biblical View of History? What does Providential mean?
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"His Story"
-The care and superindendence that God has over existence-sustainers of life. |
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What is uniformitarianism?
What is Catastrophism? |
-Geological processes have always occured in the same way.
-Geological processes are results of catastrophic events. |
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Sumer |
-oldest known civilization; contained ziggurats(massive terraced tower made of rubble); pictographs; polytheistic; Gilgamesh(king, beloved, looked for immortality)
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Babylonia |
-Modern day Baghdad; Hammurabi (greatest king, codifying of the law); King Nebuchadrezzar (hanging gardens of Babylon, wall around city)
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Phoenicia |
-Merchants (sea-faring businessmen, wealthy); 26-letter alphabet; polytheistic
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Hittites |
-Iron (1st to use); introduced war chariots
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Assyria |
-"War-like" society; capital:Ninevah; reigned by terror; defeated b/c they ran out of men; King of Kings
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Persia |
-Reigned by reasonable treatment; location, location, location; monarchy; polythestic; Ramses II; Moses led religion revo.; King Tut; obelisk
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Isreal, kings:
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-Saul: 1st King
-David: 2nd warrior king -Solomon: Wise King-built temple |
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What are city states?
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polis-Greek word for city, nation and church; Athens, Solon, etc.
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What was Ionia?
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-region, contact w/ mesopotamians
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When was the Golden Age of Greece?
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-Between the Persian Wars and the Pelloponnesian War
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What was Greek Philosophy's creed?
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"Man is the measure..."
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Who were the Sophists and what were they about?
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-No absolutes, truth is relative; Socrates-higher truth; Aristotle-Plato's student, "nothing in excess"; Stoics-"simple life"; Epicurians-Life is to enjoy
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The Republic:
-The Patricians |
Contained the Senate: upper class reps. elected; Contained the Consuls (elected by Senate, 2 consuls)& dictator(1 consul, in time of war only)
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The Republic:
-Plebians |
Contained the Tribunes (Plebian gov't Reps) & Veto
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Describe the Punic Wars
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Rome vs. Carthage; Cato-"Carthage must be destroyed!"; Hannibal-led army, used elephants
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What was Caesar called?
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"Father of His Country"; Pontifus Maximus; also wore the purple robe
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Describe the emperors during Pax Romana
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-Nero: when rome burned, blamed Christians
-Caligula: considered insane(senator horse) -Hadrian-directed the building of Parthenon -Diocletian:most wicked, lit Christians on fire -Constantine: made Christianity legal |
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Describe the invasion of the Barbarians...who was involved?
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-Visigoths: wanted peace w/Rome, Rome attacked them
-Ostrogoths: last to invade Rome, took over in 476 -Vandals:destroy for no reason |
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Who was the last Emperor?
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Romulus Augustus
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Who wrote "The City of God"? and defended Christianity?
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Augustine
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Describe the organization of the Christian Church.
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-Decons: widows, orphans
-Elders: taught Word and provided leadership in local churches -Bishop: overseers of local church |
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Who was the first Christian martyr?
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Stephen
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Decribe what the Arians taught and what they came up with (what creed?).
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Taught that Jesus was not God, 7th Day Advents; Nicaean Creed
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What is monasticism?
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Escape from society
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Sum up the Bible.
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-OT: 39 books, Hebrew, 1st 5:Pentateuch
-NT: 27, Greek (some aramaic) -Gospels:story of Jesus'life -Acts: history of the Early Church -Pauline Epistles-Paul's Letters -History to be taken literally |
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The Roman Church was the agency for what?
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...rebuilding the West.
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Germanic tribes built the first what?
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Permanent States
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Describe the Franks...who, what happened?
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Clovis-leader, conquered most of western Europe. Pepsin's grandson-Charlemagne, coronated emperor
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The Feudal System-how does it work?
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Land for personal service
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England info.
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-saxons defeated Celts
-Vikings raided England continuosly -Alfred(only "Great")defeated them. -Chivalry:courtesy, honesty, bravery -Knights:nobles, medieval soldiers |
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Kings of England:
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-King William: claimed all of England as his personal property
-Henry II: made nobles tear down their castles -King John-Magna Carta-rights to life, liberty, property -King Edward: forced the Scots to fight the English Army |
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Kings of France:
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-Hugh Capet: weak, starts hereditary
-Phillip II: recaptured English, appointed beurocrates -LouisIX: "St. Louis", avoidance with war -Philip IX-power hungry, Knights Templar -Pope Boniface-papal bull |
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Describe the Black Death.
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bubonic plague, horrifying death; spread by fleas on rats
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Describe the 100 years war.
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-fought in France, drove england from continent. france developed superior weapons
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Describe the War of Roses.
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-King w/ no heir; Duke of York plucked white rose, Lancaster red rose, civil war began. almost wiped out nobility; envoked parliament
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What events/who drove out the Muslims from Spain?
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Ferdinand of Castille marries Isabella, Queen of Aragon, forming a United Spain.
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What was the Spanish Inquisition?
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an effort to locate and persecute subjects of spain not loyal to the Catholic Church.
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Why did Italy welcome despots?
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Anarchy gave way to totalitarianism
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