How to do history?
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Bible Vocab
History Vocab
General Concepts
100

This kind of historical source includes documents, journals, and letters.

What are written records?

100

This was the first man, whose sin caused the Fall.

Who is Adam?

100

This refers to a flood in which water covers the whole earth.

What is a universal flood?

100

A form of government with one ruler.

What is a monarchy?

100

This event caused massive changes to the earth's geography and climate, even moving entire continents.

What is the (Universal) Flood?

200

This kind of historical source includes ancient man-made objects such as tools, clothing, or even buildings.

What is an artifact?

200

This man was told to build an ark to save his family from a universal flood.

Who is Noah?

200

God’s plan to save the world from sin and death through the death and resurrection of Jesus; salvation.

What is redemption?

200

When a group of people move from one country or region to settle in another.

What is migrate?

200

This is the reason why humans can think, love, use language, know right from wrong, and enjoy relationships like God can.

What is the Image of God?

300

This kind of historical source includes the stories passed down by generations of people.

What is tradition?

300

This son of Adam committed the first murder and was banished to wander the earth.

Who is Cain?

300

How a person sees and interprets the universe and everything in it.

What is a worldview?

300

The period when humans supposedly evolved and when there were no written records.

What is prehistory?

300

This event affected history by introducing sin, disease, war, and death, making it hard for people to fulfill the creation mandate.

What is the Fall?

400

These are the three main kinds of sources used by historians to learn about ancient civilizations.

What are artifacts, written records, and traditions.

400

He wrote the first five books of the Bible.

Who is Moses?

400

The first command given by God to mankind in Genesis 1:28; God’s instruction to people to have children and to fill and rule over the earth.

What is the creation mandate?

400

A system of customs including language, religion, government, economy, and arts that groups of people use to develop their world.

What is culture?

400

Even though people originally knew the truth about God, they rebel against God and use their sinful imagination to develop myths that are similar to the truth.

What are false religions?

500

This is the only written record that includes eyewitness accounts of creation and the beginning of history.

What is the Bible?

500

These three sons of Noah are the ancestors of modern-day nations. (Must answer all three.)

Who are Ham, Shem, Japheth.

500

God breathing out the Scriptures, using holy men to record them.

What is inspiration?

500

A group of people who establish cities, governments, social classes, specialized jobs, arts, sciences, written language, and religion.

What is civilization?

500

This key feature of a civilization allowed people to focus on one kind of job, using experience and special tools to become more efficient.

What is job specialization?

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