Heritage Studies Chapter 1

What are some reasons for studying ancient history?

The Holy Spirit guided the men who wrote the Bible, breathing out God's words through them

What job specializations were needed to use copper and tin in the pre-Flood and post-Flood eras?

The Flood

The three main sources that a historian uses are

Which body of water is the Mediterranean Sea?

Genesis 3:15 reveals that in human history

The way a person sees and interprets history is his worldview.

Christ's act of rescuing and freeing people from sin is called redemption.

Which area represents where the descendants of Shem occupied?

Why are people able to think, love, use language, know right and wrong, and enjoy relationships like God can?

Which area represents where the descendants of Japheth occupied?

Historians evaluate historical sources for

The Bible says people were created by God 6,000 or 7,000 years ago.

The ability to speak was given to people from the beginning.

The Bible is a reliable source for the origin of humans because

The practice of forging metals did not occur until modern times.

Which area represents where the descendants of Ham occupied?

Name at least two arts and sciences that arose in the pre-Flood and the post-Flood eras.

The first generation of people used agriculture and built cities.

People came into being over a period of time.

Ways the Fall did not affect the development of history is

Why did religions degenerate from the original belief in one God?

Nebuchadnezzar strove for power and resisted God.

The period when people were supposed to have evolved is called post-history.

Genesis 1:28 is God's mandate for people to fill, subdue, and have dominion over the earth.