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Abraham and Moses
David and Solomon
100
An agreement or promise
What is a covenant?
100
An inherited or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior
What is a tradition?
100
The region where Jews originally lived
What is Mesopotamia?
100
This title is often given to Abraham
What is "Father of the Jews"?
100
David is said to have fought and defeated this giant warrior
Who is Goliath?
200
An early name for the Jewish people
What is Israelite?
200
The first religion to worship one God, developed among the ancient Israelites
What is Judaism?
200
Land along the east coast of Mediterranean Sea, where the Jews moved to
What is Canaan?
200
Judaism began with this sacred agreement between God and Abram
What is a covenant?
200
David united the Israelites into this single nation
What is Israel?
300
The state of a person who is treated as the property of another
What is a slave?
300
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
What is the Torah?
300
The city in Mesopotamia where Abraham lived
What is Ur?
300
The most important contribution Abraham made to Judaism
What is the belief on a single God?
300
David chose this as his capital city
What is Jerusalem?
400
The Israelites' kingdom; divided about 930 B.C.E. into two kingdoms.
What is Israel?
400
The holiest city of the Jews
What is Jerusalem?
400
Where the Israelites fled to when a famine hit Canaan
What is Egypt?
400
Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in...
What is Egypt?
400
Solomon's greatest achievement was building this in Jerusalem
What is the First Temple?
500
The escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt to freedom
What is the Exodus?
500
Ten laws and teachings said to have been given to Moses by God
What are the Ten Commandments?
500
After 40 years of wandering, the Israelites settled here once again
What is Canaan?
500
Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments on top of this mountain
What is Mount Sinai?
500
This wood and gold chest held the tablets of the Ten Commandments
What is the Ark of the Covenant?
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