Vocab
Define the Ten Commandments.
What is a set of moral and ethical teachings given to Moses by God?
Advantages of the Ancient Israelites geographic location.
What are close proximity to bodies of water that allow for transportation and trade?
Define monotheism.
What is belief in one all powerful, just god?
Empire that conquered kingdom of Israel.
Who are the Assyrians?
Describe the significance of Moses.
Who is god appeared to him in a burning bush and he become a prophet that led the Israelites out of slavery and was given the Ten Commandments?
Define a covenant.
What is an agreement with God?
Disadvantages of Ancient Israelites geographic location.
What are close proximity to neighboring empires with stronger militaries?
The significance of Sabbath.
What is a weekly day of rest?
Empire that conquered kingdom of Judah
Who are the Chaldeans?
Describe the significance of Abraham.
Who is the man who entered into a covenant with god, stating that the Promised Land would belong to him and his descendants forever?
Define Exodus.
What is the journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land?
Name one desert that is located in the region.
What is the Syrian Desert?
Describe Kosher food.
What is food prepared according to Jewish dietary laws?
Romans renamed Judea to this, referring to the ancient Philistines.
What is Palestine?
Describe the importance of Saul, David, and Solomon.
What are that they were all kings of the tribes? What is Saul was the first king and David was the most beloved?
Define Babylonian Exile.
What is a period in which Jews were forced to live outside of their homeland by the Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar?
Describe their economy— how people made money.
What is agriculture/farming?
The significance of the holiday of Passover.
What is remembering the Exodus?
Empire that allowed Jews to return to Judah after period in exile but did not let them rule over themselves.
Who are the Persians?
Describe the significance of Yohanan Ben Zakkai.
Who is the person who created a new center for Jewish learning at Yavneh after the Roman destruction of the Second Temple?
Define diaspora.
What is the scattering of the Jewish population in the Mediterranean world?
Describe their method of irrigation.
What are ditches to store rainwater for use during the dry season?
The significance of the holiday of Hanukah.
What is the cleansing of the Second temple of Greek gods?
Describe both times the temple was sacked.
What is the first temple was destroyed by the Chaldeans and the second was sacked by the Romans?
Describe the significance of the story of Daniel.
What is that it shows his devotion to god and how he saved him in his moment of need?