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7 Hist BJU Ch 1 Test
7 Hist BJU World Studies Ch 1 Test Review
Term | Definition |
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120 years | How long did God delay His judgment on the world while Noah was building the ark? |
410 AD | year Rome was plundered by barbarians |
Abel, Cain, Seth | Adam and Eve's sons |
Abrahamic Covenant | promise by Jehovah of a seed, a land and a universal blessing |
Arius | a church teacher who claimed the Jesus was not God |
Augustine | Christain leader in Hippo, North Africa |
Barbarians | a name for people that are not Greek of Roman |
Byzantine empire | Old Eastern Portion???? |
Cain | offered God sacrifice of crops |
Christ or Messiah | "anointed one" |
city | cultural institution in which humans who share certain core values work together to improve their quality of life |
city-states | cities that had their own governments, independent of those other cities |
civilization | human culture as it is lived in cities or under the influence of cities |
Constantine | Roman Emperor who converted to Christianity (AD 306 - 337) |
Constantinople | Greek city of Byzantium, the New Rome, western part of the empire |
Coptic Church | Taught that JESUS was God but not really human. |
Council of Nicaea | Constantine had a group meet to consider the deity of Christ; concluded that JESUS WAS GOD, confirmed doctrine of the Trinity |
covenant | an agreement or promise |
creation | The act by which God brought the universe into being |
Creation Mandate | humans' job which is to subdue the earth and have dominion over it |
culture | the physical and mental environment developed through human thought and labor |
Davidic Covenant | God's covenant with David that his seed would last forever, his seed would play a role in fulfilling Abrahamic covenant of a lasting nation, and Seed of David would bring messiah |
Diocletian | the last and wide spreed persecution of the christ relign .He was a romen emperor. 284-305 ad; last and most widespread persecution of Christians; |
Divine Sovereignty | God's complete and permanent control over the world |
dominion | man is responsible to care for God's creation |
Edict of Milan | Ordered by Constantine which put an end to the Christians persecution after 300 years |
Fall | negative effects of Adam's sin |
Genesis | beginning; origin |
Gospel | that Jesus died for our sins and has been raised again to save them for ever. |
Ham | Noah's rebellious son |
image of God | set of qualities possessed by all humans that reflects God's personality |
Jacob | grandson of Abraham, son of Isaac and Rebekah, brother of Esau, and the traditional ancestor of Israelites. His name was changed to Israel, and his 12 sons became the 12 Tribes of Israel. |
Jehovah | God |
Jesus of Nazareth | born around 4 BC most important human being who has ever lived, the great savior.! |
Judaism | religion that belives that thought the Messiah had not come yet. |
Mesopotamia | A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; where Abraham was from |
monotheism | the belief in one God |
Mosaic Covenant | Israel promised to obey God's rules and God would make them a special nation as long as they obeyed His commands |
nation | very large group of people who share the same language , family history, land area and culture |
nation-states | nations having their own government s, independent of other nations |
Nero | First Roman emperor to persecute Christians |
Nestotians | had got powerful in the east |
New Covenant | God's promise to put His rules in the hearts of His people so that they would want to obey |
Nod | land Cain's descendants lived in |
Patrick | missionary to Ireland |
polytheism | the belief that there are many gods |
redemption | the action of saving or being saved from sin |
Rome fire | Nero blamed Christians for this tragedy |
Saul of Tarsus | he was a man who tried to wipe out the church ,but met the messiah and reverted his ways. |
seed of the serpent | Satan's seed that would harm all people |
seed of the woman | God's people; made in His image; would fight with seed of Serpent but would one day defeat seed of serpent |
serpent | The form taken by Satan in the Garden of Eden. |
Seth | his name means "appointed" |
sin | the reason for the flood |
Table of Nations | Genesis 10 which lists the descendants of Shem, Ham and Japheth |
Ten Commandments | ten laws showing Israel how to love God and other humans |
Theodosius I | made Christianity the official religion of Rome |
tree of the knowledge of good and evil | forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden |
Trinity | The truth that God, although one, is three Divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |