What Is History?

Front 1

Do we know about all of our past?

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no

Front 2

What is a person who writes about history known as?

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a historian

Front 3

How people should relate to God is found in the Bible in ______20:1-11.

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Exodus

Front 4

How people should relate to other people is found in the Bible in _____20:11-23:9.

Back 4

Exodus

Front 5

How people should relate to their environment is found in the Bible in _____1:28 and ______23:10-12.

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Genisis and Exodus

Front 6

List five of the categories of human culture.

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literature
religion
customs
government
technology

Front 7

One who studies history from the remains of human culture.

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archaeologist

Front 8

One who interprets ancient inscriptions (writings).

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epigrapher

Front 9

The practice of writing history.

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historiography

Front 10

One who studies the history, structure, and function of language.

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linguist

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One who studies coins, medals, or paper money.

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numismatist

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One skilled in collecting and arranging numerical data.

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statistician

Front 13

A historian may use his imagination combined with his knowledge to speculate what the complete history might be.

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true

Front 14

Since a complete knowledge of history is not possible, a historian must be _____ in order to speculate.

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imaginative

Front 15

A _________ is someone who writes history, whereas the practice of writing history is called a _________

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historian and historiography

Front 16

To take a position on history is to be:

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judgmental

Front 17

To be able to do many things well is to be:

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versatile

Front 18

To keep on doing something until it is done is to be:

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tenacious

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Bones, tools, weapons, and pottery are examples of:

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material remains

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Ancient manuscripts, treaties, diaries, books, and magazines are examples of:

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written records

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Drawings and maps are examples of:

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pictorial data

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Myths, legends, and songs are examples of:

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oral traditions

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More __________ sources are found in libraries, while archives, museums, and archaeological ruins usually contain _________ source materials.

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secondary and primary

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Historical _________is the study of the origin and life of the planet.

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geology

Front 25

Which is NOT one of the three methods used to estimate the age of the Earth?

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measurements of the number of rings in tree trunks

Front 26

At the present time, it is impossible to accurately date the earth.

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true

Front 27

One of the ways in which men try to date the earth is by analyzing the ______ of the sea

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saltiness

Front 28

Which of the following is a reliable method for dating the age of the earth?

measuring salinity levels
measuring sedimentation
radioactive decay
none of the above

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none of the above

Front 29

A source from the period being studied is a _____ source

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primary

Front 30

The study of the origin and life of planet earth is called:

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historical geology

Front 31

To remove preconceived notions and ideas from one's mind before writing is to be _____.

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unprejudiced

Front 32

The practice of writing history is known as ______.

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epigraphy

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A source from some time after the period being studied is a ________ source

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secondary

Front 34

Studying the language in which a source is written falls into which step of the historical method

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interpretation of data

Front 35

The historian's decision on how to present the data takes place in which step?

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synthesis of data

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the view that history moves from a beginning to an end with a purpose

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linear history

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having meaning or a certain viewpoint of history

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sense of history

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people who were the first to have a sense of history

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Hebrews

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the view that history recurs purposelessly

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cyclical history

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The ______ view of history was cyclical.

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Greek

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A cyclical view of history can be described as

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incomplete

Front 42

History to Christians does not have an immediate purpose and eternal meaning.

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false

Front 43

Who is in control of history?

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God

Front 44

The starting point for all history was in the heart of God.

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true

Front 45

The first written Hebrew history is called _________.

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the Pentateuch

Front 46

History to Christians has an immediate purpose and eternal meaning.

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true

Front 47

One of the ways in which men try to date the earth is by analyzing the saltiness of the ocean.

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true

Front 48

We need to understand the past that we might better assess the perils and opportunities of the future.

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true

Front 49

History is the story of man and his relationship to God.

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true

Front 50

Man was created to have and enjoy friendship with God.

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true

Front 51

Man's evil nature is constant until he is redeemed.

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true

Front 52

Which culture is best known for its development of the alphabet?

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Phoenicians

Front 53

Which two cultures are best known for their development of a calendar?

Back 53

Babylonians
Egyptians

Front 54

Which culture is best known for its development of irrigation?

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Egyptians

Front 55

Which culture is best known for its development of embalming techniques?

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Egyptians

Front 56

Which culture is best known for spreading civilized ideas to other lands?

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Phoenicians

Front 57

Which culture is best known for its development of a system of weights and measures?

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Babylonians

Front 58

Which culture used the Ten Commandments?

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Hebrews