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History of the World
Chapter 1 -The Beginning
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why do we begin our study of world history with the book of Genesis? | It is the most reliable source for what we need to know. |
| Why is man special to God? | He alone was created in the image of God. |
| List three special characteristics of man. | language and thought, awareness of the difference between right and wrong, and freedom to make choices |
| What was the first human sin? | Rebellion against God when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit. |
| What is a culture? | the way of life of a group of people. |
| What is the most important part of a culture? | how people relate to God. |
| Which culture tends to be stronger in world history? | Cain's |
| Why did God send the Flood? | The earth was so filled with evil that God in His justice could no longer tolerate it. |
| How much did man learn from the Flood? | not much, if anything |
| What are two names for the place where the survivors of the Flood settled? | Shinar, Sumer |
| What event resulted in the confusion of people into many nations? | Under Nimrod's leadership, the people began to build the city of Babel. God stopped the project by causing the people to speak different languages. |
| What is a nation? | a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit. |
| Noah | one descendant of Seth that found favor with God; obeyed God and built an ark to protect itself and his family from the Flood |
| Adam | first man in the world |
| Eve | the first woman; her name means "mother of all" |
| Cain | the first murderer; God doomed him to live as a wanderer because of his sin |
| Seth | a son of Adam and Eve whose descendants were at least aware of their sins |
| Lamech | a descendant of Cain; he bragged about the murders he had committed |
| Nimrod | a mighty hunter who encouraged the people to build the tower of Babel |
| Shem, Ham, and Japheth | Sons of Noah, who repopulated the world after the Flood |
| Shinar | the plain where Noah's family and his descendants settled |
| Babel | the city in Shinar where the tower was built |
| Capital punishment | the death penalty |
| Genesis | means "beginning" or "origin" |
| humanism | putting man in place of or above God |
| evolution | the idea that man was not created directly by God but instead evolved from the animals |
| What impact did it sin have on world history? | Paradise was lost. It brought painful childbirth, toil in the production of food, and death. |
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