Studying History
The inquiry into what happened in the past and why it happened.
What is history?
The human response to God and his revelation
What is religion?
Firsthand accounts of a historical event or artifacts from the time
What are primary sources?
The Egyptian civilization developed in this part of Egypt
What is along the Nile River?
The main overland trade route between China and the rest of the world
What is the Silk Road?
This is the most important turning point in world history
What is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
A Christian should use this to make moral judgements when studying history
What is the Bible?
What is justice?
Records that explain or interpret primary sources
What are secondary sources?
A government ruled by laws and representatives chosen by the people
What is a republic?
The Hanging Gardens were located here
What is Babylon?
Being a Christian would be this if Christ's resurrection never happened
What is futile?
The accurate study of history depends on this
What is the best surviving evidence?
When people have certain rights and responsibilities in a civilization
What is citizenship?
Objects made by people
What are artifacts?
Ancient people viewed history as this because they observed the seasons
What is cyclical?
The single most important geographic feature of Africa
What is the Sahara?
The disciples did this in the months following the resurrection
What is boldly proclaimed the gospel?
A thing assumed beforehand
What is a presupposition?
Every civilization is placed in a particular geographical location
What is environment?
Christians can study history with hope because of this
Rome fought them in the three Punic Wars
What is Carthage?
Persia fought this civilization in the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis
What is Greece?
Jesus appeared to over this many people after the resurrection
What is 500?
History (time) is this, with a beginning and an end
What is linear?
For a civilization to grow and thrive, its leaders must have this to provide order for the people who live there
What is power?
Name one secular historical presupposition for the motivations behind people's actions.
What are economic interests, ethnic conflict, class struggle, or gender conflict? (give one)
The religion that Africans followed before Christianity and Islam were introduced
What is animism?
He taught that the ideal government was ruled by a few intelligent men
Who was Plato?
What two things happen when we forget what God has done
What is we forget who we are and we lose our way?