Elements of Civilization
Origin and Fall of Man
Origin of Civilizations
Potpourri
100
These 2 were man's earliest ancestors.
Who are Adam and Eve?
100
The theory that God used evolution to create man and everything on Earth.
What is theistic evolution?
100
A temple tower in Sumer is know as this.
What is a ziggurat?
100
The names of Noah's 3 sons.
What Shem, Ham, and Japheth?
200
Before cities can develop, these 2 things need to be present in a civilization.
What are a large population of nonfarmers (specialized labor) and enough food?
200
This is the cultural mandate.
What is to subdue the Earth and have dominion over it?
200
The Fertile Crescent was an area between these 2 rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
200
The Babylonian account of the Flood is called this.
What is the Gilgamesh Epic?
300
All people, civilizations, and cultures can trace their origins back to this man.
Who is Noah?
300
These 2 ancient civilizations also have record of a flood similar to the version in the Bible.
What are Mesopotamia and Babylon?
300
The ancient empire that held the "cradle of civilization."
What is Mesopotamia?
300
This was the cause of civilizations developing.
What is the struggle to dominate the Earth?
400
These are the 4 elements of a civilization.
What are commerce/trade, division of labor/specialization, politics, and technology?
400
The ark, the Flood, and Noah's family represent these 3 elements of salvation
What are Jesus Christ (ark), final judgement (Flood), and Christians (Noah's family)?
400
List 4 Semetic languages.
What are Akkadian; Aramaic and Syriac; Phoenician, Ugaritic, Hebrew, and Moabite; and Arabic, Minaean, Sabaean, and Ethiopic.
400
The more civilized a society gets, the more of this it will have.
What is literature?
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