The first religion to worship one God, developed among the ancient Israelites
What is Judaism
100
The belief that there is many gods
What is Polytheism
100
Important Jewish leader that moved to Canaan to spread the belief in one god
What is Abraham
100
Empire that enslaved Israelites
What is Egypt
200
The laws and teachings said to have been given to Moses by God
What is the Ten Commandments
200
The holiest city of the Jews; capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and then Judah
What is Jerusalem
200
Judaism’s most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
What is the Torah
200
Jewish leader that led Israelites out of Egypt and God gave the Ten Commandments too
What is Moses
200
Judaism differed from other religions in that time because of what?
What is belief in one god
300
To banish or expel from one’s own country or home
What is exile
300
The Israelite’s kingdom; divided about 930 B.C.E. into two kingdoms called Judah and Israel
What is Israel
300
An early name for Jewish people
What is Israelites
300
This leader contributed to Judaism by building a temple for the Israelites
What is King Solomon
300
Where Jews were exiled too
What is Babylon
400
The scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland beginning about 586 B.C.E.,
What is Jewish Diaspora
400
An ancient city in Israel that became a center for Jewish learning
What is Yavneh
400
A set of moral principles or values
What is ethics
400
Roman ruler that allowed Jews to practice their religion under Roman rule
What is Herod
400
True or False: When the Greeks attempted to force Jews to worship many gods, the Jews rebelled and began a war, which they had won and led to the celebration of Hanukkah
What is True
500
The collection of ancient Jewish writings, or commentaries, that interpret the laws and teachings of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh
What is Talmud
500
The escape of Israelites from slavery in Egypt to freedom
What is Exodus
500
An inherited or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior
What is tradition
500
Rabbi that built the first Jewish learning school in Yavneh
What is Yohanan ben Zacci
500
This is what the place of Jewish learning and worship is called