Beginnings
The ancestors of the Israelites
Who are Abraham and his family?
The Israelites asked this person to choose a king.
Who is Samuel?
The king who let the Jews return to Judah
Who is Cyrus II of Persia?
The Greek term for "scattered"
What is Diapora?
The term for food that is prepared according to Jewish dietary law
What is kosher?
What was given to Moses that made clear what God considered to be right and wrong?
What are the 10 Commandments?
King David and his army defeated this nation
What is NO?
The Diaspora were groups of ______________ living outside of the Jewish homeland
What are Jews?
The king who required the Jews to worship Greek god and goddesses
Who is Antiochus IV?
What are Christianity and Islam?
Name the 2 groups that wanted to control the trade routes in Canaan
What are the Assyrians and the Chaldeans?
These people guided the Jews because they were not allowed to have their own king
Who are the temple priests and scribes?
The Jewish group made of priests who lived near the Dead Sea
Who are the Essenes?
Name 1 thing the prophets shared with the Israelites
God's love and forgiveness
What "document" in the Hebrew Bible formed the basic moral rules for many nations?
What are the 10 Commandments?
This culture was a mixture of Israelite culture and the culture of other parts of the Assyrian Empire
What is the Samaritan culture?
Name the 3 parts of the Hebrew Bible
What are the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings?
The name given to Judaea by the Romans
What is Palestine?
The term for the large tent-like structure called in which the Israelites worshipped God
What is the tabernacle?
Name 2 similarities between Jewish, Christian, and Muslim beliefs
What are monotheism and treating others kindly
The period of time when the Judeans were sent to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar
What is the Babylonian Exile
The book of ______________ explains that evil and suffering would be replaced by goodness
What is the book of Daniel?
The Jewish group that lived in Judaea and led revolts against the Romans
Who are the zealots?
The general who conquered Greece and then defeated the Persians
Who is Alexander the Great?