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Homework—first quarter
Section A
Introduction
Read Streams pages 1-8
1. What disciplines are important to understanding history?
2. Our author says that historians generally divide history into three time
periods—what are they and what are their dates?
3. From a Biblical point of view, why do you think history “repeats” itself?
4. Read Genesis Chapters 4,5
5. Check in a dictionary and write down the definitions between the two words
“culture” and “civilization” and show how they are different.
6. From Genesis 4 and 5, list as many characteristics of civilization you find there.
Be ready to discuss: What does this tell us about the ‘first men” as recorded in
the Bible versus the view of early man given by most people today?
7. Using your Bible, Bible encyclopedia or Bible study notes answer these
questions:
How many years did Adam live? How many years were there between Adam and
Noah? Did Adam know Noah? What does that make you think about? What
questions does that raise? Do you think Noah knew the story of the Garden of
Eden—that his father may have heard it from Adam himself? How long did it take
mankind to become so wicked that God destroyed mankind.
Chapter 1
Section B
8. Read text pages 10-33. .
9. Vocabulary—write a complete definition for each word. Do not copy from the
text(that is plagiarism)—use you own words. (You may look these up for a clearer
meaning—be sure to cite your source)
Mutation
Evolution
Natural selection
Circa
Dispersion
10. What is the difference between a scientific theory and a belief?
12. Evolutionists believe that the process of evolution is a ________________
over a short/long (choose one) period of time. Things moved from the
complex/simple (choose one) to simple/complex (choose one).
13. What would a creationist say about the abilities of early man?
14. How would a creationist explain the “cave man” evidence that
archeologists have found?
15. What do you think an evolutionist would say about the abilities of early man?
How would an evolutionist explain the “caveman” type cultures?
16. According to the book, what do Neanderthal man and Cro-Magnon man have in
common?
17. What do the Java man, Australopithecines, and the Piltdown man all have in
common?
18. According to the evolutionist, what is the gap in dates between the evolution
of man and the beginning of culture?
19. Catastrophists believe that the earth is old/young (choose one) and that its old
appearance is caused by_________________. What interesting international
cultural fact seems to corroborate that idea?
Internet Search
21. Go to Google search engine!
Type in Peruvian burial stones check out the links and answer these questions:
a. What are they?
b. What do they show?
c. If these are accurate, which origins position do they prove?
d. Have you seen this before? What did you think about it?
Show your parents the pictures and discuss with them why this could be important
What things can we conclude from these—providing they are not fakes? Write
down your ideas.
Have your parents sign here verifying you went to the sites and discussed this with
them________________________________
Follow links the other links on the site:
Dinosaur Art
Omniology.com
Ancient dinosaur depictions and
Fox news (follow the links to see story and see pictures)
Scan and print at least three pictures, I will give you 1 extra-credit points each
Chapter 2
Mesopotamia, Egypt and Old Babylon
Goals: The student will:
1. Understand the effect of the flood in the beginnings of culture
2. Understand the tower of Babel as a primary cause for the dispersion
of peoples
3. Understand the ways geography impacts, society, history, and
culture
4. Label the major geographic features of the Fertile Crescent
5. List the qualities of a city state in Mesopotamia and the effects of
the geography on their development of government, their view of the gods
and life.
6. Know the dates of the three Egyptian “kingdoms’ and the definition
of an intermediate period
7. See Egypt as a place of refuge for the Hebrews and a picture of the
destruction awaiting nations who oppose God
8. See the Exodus as a great event in history and one that God used to
preserve his people
9. Will witness the truth that early civilizations were far from primitive,
but complex and spectacular as he sees the videos on ancient
architectural wonders of the ancient world.
Homework
Project for this unit:due on the day of the test
Project: choose one:
a. Create a cuneiform tablet with the first two lines of the Bible—see
handout
b. Make a mud brick—12”X3” using ONLY natural materials—
you may not buy clay in a store) dry the
bricks—you will need at least a week then we will test
them for water resistance on feast day.(you will
appreciate how great the bricks are that lasted 4000
years from Sumer!! )
Optional : 2 extra credit points to be turned in with the test:
Take a well known nursery rhyme melody and create historical lyrics for it
from facts about Egypt or Mesopotamia ie:
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the Nile,
it floods once a year, bringing black soil near,
and so you see us smile,
(I am sure yours will be better! )
Section A
Read page 30-39; 61-63
1. Using a reliable internet site or a book, find a flood story from another
culture—NOT MENTIONED IN YOUR CHAPTER—briefly write it out. (Think:
Africa, China, Japan, India, the North American Tribes, the Aztecs, Mayans and
Incans.) We will read them in class.
2. Compare and contrast the view of man and society held by the evolutionist and
the creationist.
3. How does each of these two view the “stone age “of man? How long did it last/
when did it start?
4. What do creationists credit as the cause of the dispersion (the movement of
people to the outermost places)? What is their explanation for tribes and
languages?
5. In the new Perspective section on page 33, what is interesting about the
civilization of Urartu?
6. Which rivers watered the Fertile Crescent?
7. What kind of government grew in the area of the Fertile Crescent? What sorts
of problems did that create?
8. Who ruled Old Sumer? Who began to gain power in those governments? Why
do you think people would follow them? (This is going to be a theme throughout
the civilizations we study).
9. How did the Sumerians use their knowledge of the stars? (Think astrology)
10. What did the Sumerians believe about life after death?
What kind of things did the Babylonians do to know the mind of the gods?
11. What inventions and innovations are credited to the Old Sumerians? (think
math, science, architecture, city sanitation)
12. Who united and then ruled the Akkadians? What good things did he do for his
people?
13. What was its capital city? Which Biblical man came from Ur?
14. Looking at the map on page 35 what are the major directions of the sons of
Noah?
Ham went:
Shem went:
Japheth went:
15. Vocabulary: you will need to know these words
Dispersion
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Sumer
Epic of Gilgamesh
City-state
Ziggurat
Sargon
Polytheism
Cuneiform
16. What is the “divine right of kings”?
Who was Hammurabi? What kingdom did he rule? What important thing did he
do?
Section B
Read pages 42-49—beginning with Ancient Egypt and then read 52-60
Questions;
1. What are the three major kingdoms of Egyptian history and their dataes?
2. What major geographic features acted as barriers and kept Egypt safe?
3. What did the Nile provide the peoples of Egypt?
4. Why can the terms Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt be confusing?
5. Which son of Noah began this people group?
6. What need helped to push the Egyptians to organize a government?
7. What two customs developed because of the view of the divinity of the
pharaoh?
8. What job did the Egyptian’s believe the pharaoh accomplished in death?
9. What did the Egyptians believe about the afterlife?
10. What huge engineering feat did the Middle Kingdom accomplish that made
trade possible? What mathematical function did the Egyptians discover?
11. What “weapons” did the Hyksos have that helped destroy the Egyptians?
12. The Hysksos stayed and ruled. How did the Egyptian take to that?
13. Who drove the Hyksos out?
Vocabulary: you will need to know the meaning of these words.
White Nile
Upper Nile
Cataract
Etesian winds
Nomes
Pyramids
Hieroglyphics
Intermediate Period
Pharaoh
Dynasty
Menes
Papyrus
1. What happened that became the reason for the enslaving of the resident
Jews?
2. Besides the thrill of getting rid of their enemies, the Egyptians also got a
taste for . . .
3. Two new feeling swept through Egypt______________ and _________.
They kicked __________________out of ______________________.
4. List in bullet points the cultural changes that occurred during the New
Kingdom?
5. What two challenges came to the Egyptian gods? Who won?
6. What historical facts make our authors think that Amenhotep II was the
pharaoh who opposed Moses?
7. What events and actions lead to Egypt’s destruction?
8. Go online and find inventions that the Egyptians contributed to history.
9.
Vocabulary;
Theocracy
Kohl
Thutmose I
Book of the Dead
Amenhotep
Nefertiti
Hapiru
Go to http:/history.wadsworth.com/spielvogel06/
Go to the chapter drop down menu and find Ancient Near East—chapter 2
Click on chapter 2
Then click on the internet exercise link on the left
Then click on history Image bank
Check images 4-14
OR you may google images of ancient Egypt
Bring in copies of three images of ancient Egypt one extra credit points each
Bring in your papyrus and bricks for competition or grading.
Test
Unit III
The Hittites, Phoenicians, the Hebrews and Judaism
Goals: The student will:
1. Know the major historical facts of the empires and their famous kings
2. Describe the role did the Hittites play in Egyptian history.
3. Explain why the Phoenicians are seen as cultural transmitters and
explorers?
4. Describe God’s providential hand in saving the Hebrews and making them
into a nation
5. List the periods of Hebrew history (Period of the judges, United
Kingdom, Divided Kingdom, the exiles and the post exilic period along with
the famous men of that age.
6. See God’s sovereign power and justice displayed in his judgment of Israel
and the mercy displayed towards his people.
5. List the major branches and practices of Judaism.
Homework
Section A
The Hittites and the Phoenicians
1. Read Streams 74-78
2. Which two groups of people melded together to form the Hittites? Who are
they Biblically related to?
3. What contributions did they give to civilization?
4. How did they apply the new way of making iron? Why did this help them?
5. Who did they worship?
6. What did they copy from the Babylonians?
7. Which country made a pact with them?
8. Who destroyed them?
extra credit points for three Bible verses you find referring to them. (3 total)
9. List the three greatest contributions of the Phoenicians.
10. This author conjectures that the Phoenicians came from which of Noah’s sons?
11. Why did they turn to the sea and exploring?
12. Who were the major gods of the Phoenicians? Find out something about one
of them from outside sources to share with the class.
Section B
The Hebrews from the reading
13. When did the Hebrews come out of Egypt?
14. Who lead them?
Information: After wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, the Hebrews came
into Canaan and conquered, Joshua dies and there is no one to take his place.
15. What system did the Jews use to rule themselves? When times of danger
came, the Hebrews would look to the judges—what was their job?
16. Who were the most powerful enemies of the Hebrews? Where did they come
from? What advantage did the Philistines have over the Hebrews?
17. When the Philistines were forced out of Egypt, they ended up settling in
Canaan. What did they establish there? Name a famous warrior from one of these
cities?
18. Read I Sam.9:15- I Sam. 10:1 Who was the first king of the Hebrews? ,
19. Read I Sam 15:7-23—what did he do to lose his position? 20. Read I Kings
16:10-13 Who was the second king of Israel and the one who did most to defeat
Israel’s enemies?
20. Read I Kings 11:1-13--Which king ruled for 40 years, and married many
foreign wives and concubines—how many(
) 1 extra credit point if you can
find what terrible practice he introduced to the Jews.
21. Read I kings3: I kings 4: 20-34 ff. How well did the kingdom do under his
rule?
22. I Kings 5:1-6 What did he build that was of great importance?
23. What influence did the Hebrews have on history?
Section C
Read 79-81 also use a Bible encyclopedia or dictionary, internet and assorted
Scriptures
24. Read I Kings 12:1-17
Why did the kingdom split?
Look in a Bible dictionary or reference section in your Bible… and find the
year that the kingdom split
25. I Kings 12:25-33
What horrible thing did Jeroboam do once he became king of Israel? (Did
you know that from that point onward, Israel never had a godly King?!!!)
26. II Kings 17:1-6
Which people conquered Israel and in what year?
What happened to Israel after that?
27. II Kings 25:1-12
How long did Judah last?
Which nation conquered her?
When?
What did that nation do with the people?
Who is a famous prophet associated with this event? (who was in
Babylon with friends)
How long was Judah in captivity?
28. Ez. 36:16-23
Why did God allow his people to be conquered?
Why did he bring them back?
29. Reference Bible or encyclopedia
How many years were there between Judah coming back to Jerusalem under
Nehemiah, and the coming of Christ?
What do we call this “God silent” period of time? (1 extra credit point)
30. You may google this
When did the Romans destroy Jerusalem?
III. Section D
Read Halverson 126-133 or the Compact Guide to World Religions pages 120130.
32. When does Halverson say that the Judaism we know really began?
33. What cataclysmic event marked that change?
34. Before the 18the century, there was one kind of Judaism—now there are
three major “branches—what are they? What does each emphasize?
35. What does the author mean when he says Judaism is a religion of deed not
creed?
36. What does each branch believe about; (YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE
THIS DOWN, BUT YOU will HAVE TO KNOW THE INFORMATION FOR YOUR
TASTE)
Scripture
God
Mankind
The Law
Sin
Salvation
Messiah
The Afterlife
Section E
Read Halverson 134-137 Compact Guide page 127 and following.
Google: practices of Judaism
1. What are Judaism’s basic beliefs?
Jews live out their religion in their daily practices, their Life cycle practices and
the observance of holidays.
2. List the daily lifestyle practices of many Jews. (list with bullet point
explanations)
3.Google Practices of Judaism
Click on” how to”
Scroll down to How to kosher a kitchen. Answer the following questions.
a. What three things that surprised you.
b. What does Kosher Mean?
4. Can you find a Scripture that speaks to the idea that what we take into our
body does/does not defile us? Or a scripture that speaks to observing practices,
Sabbaths, festivals etc as a way of being holy? 1 point extra credit
5. List the life cycle events that characterize the loves of most Jews?(list them
with a few bullet points of explanation).
You can go to google and find these on your own and not necessarily these exact
cites.
Also Google: Practices of Judaism
Go to Observance and practice in Judaism click
Go to Topics column
Click on Life Cycle Events click on:
Bar/Bat Mitzvah—
Answer: what is the meaning of a bar/bat mitzvah?
Death and Mourning
Answer: What are the five stages of mourning?
What is shiva or sitting shiva
What do they believe about the deceased’s soul?
What are some of the interesting customs?
Jewish Weddings
Click on All About Marriage in Judaism
Answer: how does Judaism view marriage?
What is the purpose of marriage?
Naming customs
Answer: why is naming important?
6. List the holidays, their religious significance and the months they are
celebrated.
5. Go to google again and find the topics section . click on the Torah and Talmud
and answer the following the following questions:
a. What is the Torah
b. What is the Talmud?
c. What is the Mishna and Gemara?
d. What is the Sh’ma
On page 148 in Illustrated Guide—(137 in Compact Guide) look at the prophecies
fulfilled in Jesus: Did you know that the statistical chances of having only 7
prophecies fulfilled out of 200(there are at least that many concerning the
Messiah in the OT) is 10 to the 17th power—that is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 to
1!!!!!
Test